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General Foods Corp. introduces TANG
breakfast beverage crystals. |
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Barry Gordy, Jr. invests $700 to found
"Motown Records." And the rest, as they say... is history. |
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Velcro is patented by George de Mestral
of Switzerland. |
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Greyhound inaugurates the "It's such a
comfort to take the bus and leave the driving to us" ad campaign. |
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The 13-year-old Bobby Fisher becomes a
chess champion. |
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Major John Glenn, Jr. sets an air speed
record by traveling from California to New York in a jet in 3 hours, 23
minutes, and 8.4 seconds. |
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It's here! The Pink Flamingo!
Read the story! |
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Houston, we have a problem...Sputnik is launched. |
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AFL-CIO votes to expel the Teamsters,
which was readmitted in October 1987. |
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On the Air! You'd find 2,974 AM radio,
530 FM radio and 471 TV Stations. |
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Music Man, starring Robert Preston, opens
on Broadway.
Buy the Movie on DVD On VHS or
Buy the Movie Cast on CD. |
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West Side Story, the energetic
combination of talents, Leonard Bernstein (music), Stephen Sondheim (lyrics)
and Jerome Robbins (choreography) opens on Broadway. Buy the Movie on DVD
On VHS. or
Buy the Movie Cast on CD. |
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Britian becomes the 3rd nation to join
the "nuclear club" with the explosion of an atomic weapon. |
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Anthony Eden resigns and Harold Macmillan
becomes Prime Minister Britain |
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More news from Merry Ole England.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth & Prince Philip visit Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower
at the White House. Talk about your fun crowd... |
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Ed Gein's killing and mutilation spree is
over as he is arrested. Gein was the inspiration for Norman Bates in Psycho and
Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs. Read more on Ed Gein. |
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Eveready produces "AA" size alkaline
batteries for use in "personal transistor radios." |
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And the winner is...Oscar stuff. |
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B-52 bombers begin full-time flying alert
in case of USSR attack |
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Ghana (formerly Gold Coast) declares
independence from UK as does Malayasia (formerly Malaya). |
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Jackie Robinson, perhaps the finest
athelete of the century, announced his retirement from baseball |
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In Sports... |
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Elizabeth Taylor's 2nd divorce (from
Michael Wilding) and 3rd marriage (to Mike Todd) Can you recall all
her
marriages? |
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Singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme
wed in Las Vegas. |
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Please Don't Eat the Daises by Jean Kerr
is a book smash! |
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James
Hoffa gains control of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters |
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The
Frisbee is renamed and nationally marketed! |
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One thousand computers are sold. And not
one of them had a Windows operating system. Imagine that. |
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Chairman Mao of China implements his
"Great Leap Forward" which places 1 million Chinese in communes. |
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On September 4, the last game is played
at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn as the Dodgers prepare to move to LA. On February
23 of 1960, they tear the stadium down. Days that will live in infamy! |
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Wagon Train debuts on TV. The
Wagon Train Website. Also,
Have Gun Will Travel, Tales of Wells Fargo and Maverick. The Fifties Web
Western Section. |
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The National Geographic announces that it
has found the resting place of the H.M.S. Bounty. |
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American Bandstand goes national with
Dick Clark as host. The Fifties Web American Bandstand Pages. |
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Senator Joseph McCarthy dies of cirrhosis
of the liver. Good riddance. |
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The first large scale American nucleur
power plant goes into operation in Shippensport, PA and will service
Pittsburgh. |
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The average American production worker is
now making $82.32 a week. |
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5,000 new products wil hit the
supermarket shelves, including YES YES YES - frozen pizza. |
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This is the
EDSEL! |
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Prime commercial paper (4 to 6 mos) was
at 3.81%. In New York City a commercial loan ran 4.47% |
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At a Miami radio station, new employee
Lawrence Harvey Zeiger abruptly adopts a stage name - Larry King - and begins
broadcasting. |
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NYC ends trolley car service |
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Pulitzer prize awarded to John F. Kennedy
for Profiles in Courage. |
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Treaty of Rome establishes European
Economic Community (Common Market) |
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The publication of Jack Kerouac's On the
Road introduces the words "beat" and "beatnik" into the American popular
consciousness and gives a name to a generation.
Buy the book! |
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Americans Clarence W. Lillehie and Earl
Bakk invent the internal pacemaker. |
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Theodore Geisel writes Cat in the Hat as
Dr. Seuss!
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas/Dr. Seuss' The Cat In
The Hat 2-Pack [DVD] |
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The Little Rock Nine require federal intervention. Other
events from Civil Rights in
'57. |
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There is a 51.7% business failure rate.Chart for 1946-1964 |
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I can't believe it isn't...Margarine
sales take the lead over butter. |
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Williams-Sonoma opens in San Francisco.
Alright! |
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Better Homes & Gardens prints its
first microwave-cooking article. |
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American will import 258,343 passenger
cars. |
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Proctor and Gamble acquired Charmin Paper
Mills, a regional manufacturer of toilet tissue, towels and napkins. Dick
Wilson, aka Mr. Whipple was a mere 41 years old. P&G also introduces Zest
Soap. |
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There are 38,702 motor vehicle related
deaths. While in the air, there were 6 accidents resulting in 70
fatalities. |
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Unemployment is 4.3% |
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U.S. GNP (Gross National Product) is
$460.7 billion |
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