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Timeline... 1950 - 1959


The World


The Korean War – June 1950 – July 1953.
1954: Elvis Presley records “That’s All Right” at Sun Studios in Memphis Tennessee with Scott Moore and Bill Black.


Canada


1957: Lester Pearson wins the Nobel Peace Prize for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis.
1957: John Diefenbaker becomes the only Conservative Party Leader between 1930 and 1979 to win a National Election. He governed until 1963.



Manitoba


1951: Manitoba Hospital Districts formed. Ivan Scultz, Minister of Health made the expansion of hospital services a priority.



The Wawanesa Area

1950

Interprovincial (Oil) Pipeline is constructed.

1951

The dam is rebuilt.

1953

Hospital opens.

1954

Television service comes to the area.