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Join Venture Discovers Oil in the Gulf of Mexico
| 1950 | Senator Joseph McCarthy begins his hearings as Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Un-American Activities. |
| 1951 | A crude topping unit at Lake Charles Refinery has a record run of 875 consecutive days and “B” Cat establishes a record 1,058-day run. |
| 1951 | The Univac (Universal Automatic Computer) was designed for commercial purposes. |
| 1952 | Yankees defeat the Dodgers in the "Subway" World Series. |
| 1952 | Cities Service begins exploration in the Middle East in Muscat and Oman. |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Adlai Stephenson in the presidential election. |
| 1953 | Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climb to the summit of Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. |
| 1953 | Cities Service joint venture discovers oil in the Gulf of Mexico. |
| 1954 | In a unanimous decision written by Chief Justice Earl Warren, the Supreme Court of the United States rules that racially segregated schools are unconstitutional. |
| 1954 | Cities Service acquires exclusive rights to operate service stations on the New Jersey Turnpike. |
| 1954 | Hugo Chávez, current president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, was born in Sabaneta, Barinas, Venezuela. |
| 1955 | Disneyland opens in California. |
| 1956 | Rock and roll comes of age with Bill Haley and the Comets’ “Rock Around the Clock.” |
| 1957 | The computer language “FORTRAN” developed. |
| 1957 | Cities Service begins aggressive credit card marketing and makes first delivery of jet fuel to the U.S. Air Force. |
| 1957 | The Russians launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite to orbit the earth. |
| 1958 | Louisiana State University wins the National Football Championship. |
| 1958 | Stereo LP records were first sold. |
| 1958 | Democracy returned to Venezuela after a 10-year hiatus and free elections are established to select the president of the republic. |
| 1959 | The Soviet Union launches Luna 2, the first space probe to reach the moon. |
| 1959 | Cities Service subsidiary Arkansas Fuel operates 1,159 oil wells and in Louisiana drills its deepest well-15,120 feet. |
| 1959 | J. Ed Warren named President of Cities Service. |
CITGO History
Through The Decades
The 1900s
The 1910s
The 1920s
The 1930s
The 1940s
The 1950s
The 1960s
The 1970s
The 1980s
The 1990s
The 2000s
Text Color Key
Black Text =
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Green Text =
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