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Telephone was introduced
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korean war began
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colored tv was invented
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Dna was discovered
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korean war ends after three years of non stop fighting
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Oklahoma Sooners spanned five seasons from 1953 to 1957. The longest winning streak in Division I FBS history started with a 19-14 win over Texas in the Cotton Bowl and has yet to be approached by any team
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In a sport where people are literally gunning for your head, Marciano proved unflappable. He successfully defended his title six times during his career and stepped down unscathed in 1956.
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Dr. Suess published Cat in the Hat
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NASA was founded
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Joe Louis successfully defended his title 25 times before retiring in 1959. That is the definition of protecting what is yours.
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Gogolak's 41-yard field goal during Cornell's '61 season was the first by a soccer-style kicker, and it changed the kicking game forever.
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Ernie Davis was the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy in 1961, breaking his own barriers and providing an example for the thousands of athletes to follow in his footsteps.
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16th street baptist church bombing in Birmingham,Alabama
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Martin Luther King Jr. made his "i have a dream" speech then assassinated in '68.
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Nike was introduced January 25, 1964
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voting rights act
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First Super Bowl
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Mike Powell has since eclipsed the record by two inches, but we'll never forget Bob Beamon's 1968 thrashing of the existing record long jump by almost two feet (29'2.5").
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Neil Armstrong apperently became the first man on the moon.
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U.S. bombs North Vietnamese positions in Cambodia and Laos
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Vince Lombardi victories in the first two Super Bowls left quite the shiny legacy and provoked the league to rename the trophy after the legendary coach in 1970.
