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Space Monkey
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104578202 They sent space monkeys into space to see if monkeys and humans could with stand the air pressure. -
Marilyn Monroe
http://www.biography.com/people/marilyn-monroe-9412123Marilyn Monroe stared in 5 movies making her popularity huge! Later her friend Johnny Hyde dies and she attempted sucide. She later (1954) married Joe DiMaggio. -
Television
http://inventors.about.com/od/tstartinventions/a/Television.htmTelevision is becoming very popular all around the world. It was set in black and white version. -
Julius and Ethel get arrested for espionge
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/rosenb/rosenb.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_and_Julius_RosenbergJulius & Ethel got arrested for espionage or spying on the government on March 29, 1951. -
Queen of England
http://www.biography.com/people/queen-elizabeth-ii-9286165Queen Elizabeth ll gets United Kingdom throne. She also gets Commonwealth Realms due to the death of George Vl and was crowned the next year. -
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Birth Control
http://www.medicinenet.com/birth_control/article.htmBirth Control was also refered as to "the pill." Many people disagreed with the concept of it.One person actually wrote a book on how he thought birth control was a "sin." -
Apollo 11
http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/as11/a11.htmThe first known successful landing on the moon. -
Punk Rock
http://www.fastnbulbous.com/punk.htm Punk Rock was music that was used to "stick it to the man." They were known as sex pistols. Most of the songs were either based arounf sex or someone making them mad. -
Heavy Metal
http://heavymetal.about.com/ Heavy metal came after punk rock. Many people grew old of punk rock and needed more "head banging" music.
