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Joe DiMaggio
He married Marilyn Monroe and was a popular baseball star for the Yankees. -
Walter Winchell
Walter Winchell was a top gossip reporter, whose newspaper column and radio show could make or break a celebrity. -
South Pacific
A highly popular broadway musical and movie. -
Harry Truman
He ended WW2 and led America into the Korean War. -
Doris Day
She started singing and touring with the Les Brown Band at age 16. She made her first movie in 1949 and soon became a popular movie star and singer. -
Johnnie Ray
Johnnie Ray came to Hollywood in 1949 as a partially deaf musician. -
Red China
Communists took control of China and it was named Red China by America to show that thy were communist. -
Richard Nixon
The 37th US president. He resigned from office. -
Joe Mccarthy
He was a senator for Wisconsin and he was known for his brutal interrogations of suspects. -
Studebaker
A popular car. The company went out of business in 1966. -
North Korea and South Korea
Korea was split after World War 2. North Korea attacked South Korea which started the Korean War. -
Marilyn Monroe
A movie star and sex symbol. She died under suspicious circumstances. -
Television
They were in black an white. -
Rosenburgs
Two people who were arrested and executed for selling atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union. -
The King and I
A popular Broadway play. -
The Catcher in the Rye
An extremely popular book among teens because was the epitome of their thoughts and attitudes. -
Sugar Ray
A boxing champion who was popular. -
Brando
Marlon Brando was a became a top movie actor. He was popular for his mumbling and brooding. -
Panmunjom
Panmunjom, Korea is where negotiations between the United states led by the United states and the Communist North Koreans to end the Korean war took place. -
H-Bomb
A hydrogen bomb was created under the guidance of Edward Teller. The Soviet Union then copied the U.S and blew up their own version. -
Eisenhower
The 34th president of the United States of America. -
England's Got a new Queen
Queen Elizabeth 2 took control of England from her father. -
Vaccine
Jonas Salk discovered the cure to polio, a disease that killed many over time. -
Liberace
A popular pianist and entertainer. He was a ladies man and wore fancy clothes. -
Marciano
He retired undefeated as a boxer. -
George Santayana
George Santayana died in 1952 -
Malenkov
Georgy Malenkov was a Soviet politician and Communist Party leader, and a close collaborator of Joseph Stalin. -
Joseph Stalin
A Soviet Union dictator. -
Prokofiev
Sergei Sergeyevich was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. -
Communist bloc
USSR and their satellite countries formed what was called the Communist bloc. -
Rockefeller
Nelson and Winthrop Rockefeller were grandsons of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller. -
Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser was the second President of Egypt after Muhammad Naguib. He was considered one of the more influential Arab leaders in history. -
Campanella
Roy Campanella was the all-star catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. His career was cut short by a paralyzing car accident. -
Juan Peron
Juan Peron was a leader in Argentina and was very anti-British and anti-American. -
Dien Bien Phu
The French lose control over Indo-China—now known as Vietnam—with the fall of the city Dien Bien Phu. -
Dacron
wonder-material Dacron hit the market. -
Rock around the clock
Bill Haley and the Comets came out with what was considered the first rock-and-roll hit song, Rock Around the Clock. It was the theme music for the popular movie Blackboard Jungle. -
Roy Cohn
Roy Cohn was the advisor to Senator Joseph McCarthy during the McCarthy Hearings on Communists in the movie industry and government. -
Elvis Presley
Singer Elvis Presley became a national phenomenon with such number-one hit songs as Heartbreak Hotel, Don't Be Cruel and Hound Dog. -
Peter Pan
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Albert Einstein
Einstein developed the Theory of Relativity in 1903 and was considered one the world's smartest scientists. He became a popular figure in the later years of his life. He died in 1955. -
Disneyland
Disneyland opened in 1955 in Anaheim, California. -
James Dean
James Dean was a movie star who became a symbol of young people for his role in the movie Rebel Without a Cause. He was the only one killed in a vehicle accident. -
Brooklyn Dodgers
The Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team finally won the World Series over the New York Yankees. They later moved to Los Angeles. -
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett was a in a v role played by Fess parker -
Bardot
Brigitte Bardot was a french actress, model, and singer. -
Trouble in the Suez
Egypt was invaded. -
Alabama
Rosa parks didn't move from her seat. -
Khrushchev
A soviet union leader. -
Peyton Place
A famous book. -
Trouble in the Suez
Egypt was invaded. -
Khrushchev
He was a leader of the S.U after Joseph Stalin died. -
Princess Grace
Grace Kelly left Hollywood to marry a Prince. -
Peyton Place
A famous book. -
Budapest
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Princess Grace
An actress that married a prince. -
Budapest
There were anti-communist riots and S.U officers arrested many students and other people. -
Alabama
Rosa Parks would not give up he sat to a white man. -
Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini was a world-famous conductor, considered to have been one of the greatest classical conductors of all time. -
Sputnik
The first satellite. -
Sputnik
The first orbiting satellite. -
Little Rock
Black students entered a school and police officers kept them from entering. The crisis gained massive attention. -
Pasternak
He was a poet and writer. -
Mickey Mantle
A baseball player. -
Kerouac
An author of a famous book author. He later became an alcoholic. -
Chou En-Lai
He was a popular administrator. He was also a minister. -
Kerouac
He was a famous author that died because of being an alcoholic. -
Little Rock
Black men tried to get into school and they were held back by police officers. -
Pasternak
He was a poet and author. -
Mickey Mantle
A baseball star. -
Bridge on the River Kwai
A famous movie. -
Chou En-Lai
He was an administrator and minister. -
Charles de Gaulle
The leader of France. -
California baseball
Baseball teams moved places. -
Starkweather homicide
He was a serial killer. -
Lebanon
Riots were occurring and the US stepped in to help. -
Children of Thalidomide
Children were born without ligaments. -
Buddy Holly
A popular singer. -
Space Monkey
Monkeys sent to space that had successful flights. -
Hula Hoops
Hula Hoops were created. -
Edsel is a no-go
The car didn't work out. -
Ben Hur
A famous movie. -
Mafia
Leaders that went to NYC. -
Castro
Dictator of Cuba. -
Chubby Checker
He created a popular song. -
Belgians in the Congo
Gained freedom from Belgium. -
Kennedy
Kennedy was elected president. -
Psycho
A popular thriller movie. -
Syngman Rhee
The first president of South Korea. -
Payola
Disk jockeys were exposed. -
Eichmann
A former Nazi leader. -
Stranger in a Strange Land
A famous book. -
Hemingway
A famous author who committed suicide. -
Bob Dylan
A famous singer. -
Berlin
The Berlin wall was destroyed. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
People were sent over from America to overthrow Castro but were unsuccessful. -
Lawrence of Arabia
A famous movie. -
British Beatle-mania
The Beatles were a popular group. -
Ole Miss
Mississippi admitted its first black student -
John Glenn
The first man to orbit Earth -
Liston beats Patterson
He was a boxer. -
Pope Paul
He became the Pope. -
Malcom X
A Black rights activist. -
JFK BLOWN AWAY
Kennedy was assassinated. -
British politician sex
A sex scandal with government and showgirls. -
Birth control
Birth Control became an issue. -
Richard Nixon back again
Nixon fought for the presidency title. -
Moon shot
The first man on the moon. -
Woodstock
The biggest rock concert ever. -
Watergate
Nixon resigned due to crime. -
Punk Rock
Punk rock bands. -
Begin
A Prime Minister of Israel. -
Palestine
Palestinians protested bad treatment by the Israelis. -
Reagan
Once an actor but became president. -
Terror on the Airlines
Many planes were take over. -
Ayatollah's in Iran
The US and Iran were supporting countries. -
Russians in Afghanistan
S.U went into Afghanistan. -
Wheel of Fortune
A famous T.V show. -
Sally Ride
The first woman on a space crew. -
Heavy metal, suicide
Heavy Metal became popular and suicide rates went up. -
Foreign debts
A burden on American taxpayers. -
Homeless Vets
Veterans of Vietnam became homeless. -
AIDS
This disease started to spread. -
Crack
Cocaine was popular. -
Bernie Goetz
A killer. -
Hypodermics on the shore
Needles were found on the beach. -
China's Under Martial Law
China went under martial law. -
Rock and Roller Cola Wars
Pepsi and Coke battle for the better soda. -
Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope launched during Space Shuttle Discovery -
The Gulf War
The Gulf War is waged in the Middle East -
Heat Wave
A heat wave killed 750 people in Chicago. -
Flight
TWA Flight 800 explodes off Long Island killing all 230 aboard. -
Bug
Along with the rest of the world, the U.S. prepares for the possible effects of the Y2K bug in computers, which was feared to cause computers to become inoperable and wreak havoc. -
Iraq(Hadyn's Dad was in this war)
U.S. forces continue fighting an insurgency in Iraq while helping the Iraqis build a new army of their own and develop a democratic form of government -
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina devastates the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama coastlines killing at least 1,836 people and causing $81 billion in damage, making it the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. -
George W. Bush
George W. Bush orders a troop surge which substantially increases the number of U.S. troops in Iraq and ultimately leads to reductions in casualties and major victories for coalition and Iraqi forces -
Obama
President Barack Obama is re-elected over Republican candidate Mitt Romney in the presidential election. -
Orlando Shooting
Omar Mateen kills 49 people and injures 53 at the Pulse gay nightclub, in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. -
Odyssey of the Mind
Hadyn, Cheyenne, Avilon, Stephen, Jacob, Hannah, and Aubrey compete in OOTM and take 6th place.
