A.C. Nielsen's Audimeters track viewer watching. One and a half million TV sets in U.S., a tenfold jump in one year. Computers are sold commercially. Still camera get built-in flash units.
Coaxial cable reaches coast to coast.
3-D movies offer thrills to the audience. Bing Crosby's company tests video recording. Telephone area codes. The U.S. Supreme Court strikes down school segregation in Brown vs. the Board of Education . By 1960, the transition from the Gold Top to the Cherry Sunburst is complete.