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Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/08 at 1:50 pm
Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury (1950)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: ninny on 11/10/08 at 4:10 pm
Buddy Holly,The Big Bopper & Ritchie Valens were all killed Feb 3rd 1959.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/11/08 at 12:10 am
^ :\'(
Carl Perkins scores a big hit with the song "Blue Suede Shoes"; the song was also popularized by Elvis Presley.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/12/08 at 4:33 am
(The) Diary of Anne Frank published (1952)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/13/08 at 12:08 am
Elvis Presley
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/13/08 at 7:16 am
Flint-Worcester Tornadoes: A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts killing 94 (1953)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: ninny on 11/13/08 at 9:48 am
Givenchy showed his first collection in Paris- 1952
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/14/08 at 5:13 am
The Hyatt House Los Angeles, opens. It is the first hotel in the world built outside of an airport (1954)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/14/08 at 11:49 pm
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 11/14/08 at 11:50 pm
James Dean
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/15/08 at 12:01 am
Knights of the Round Table (1954 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/08 at 3:33 pm
Lady and the Tramp, Walt Disney's fifteenth animated feature film, debuts in U.S. movie theaters (1955)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/15/08 at 8:58 pm
The Milton Berle Show (also known as Texaco Star Theatre).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 11/16/08 at 12:11 am
Norma Jean... aka Marilyn Monroe
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/08 at 6:17 am
Operation Auca: Five U.S. missionaries are killed by the Huaorani of Ecuador shortly after making contact with them (1956)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 11/16/08 at 10:42 am
Peter Pan (Disney movie)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/08 at 10:56 am
Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be dismissed handled the ball in test match cricket (1957)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 11/17/08 at 4:57 pm
Speedy Gonzales
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/17/08 at 9:15 pm
The Trouble With Harry (1955 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 11/17/08 at 9:17 pm
UHF stations were around
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/08 at 4:47 am
Van Cliburn wins the Tchaikovsky International Competition for pianists in Moscow, breaking Cold War tensions (1958)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 11/18/08 at 1:37 pm
Walt Disney Presents
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/08 at 4:17 am
Algerian War
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 11/19/08 at 8:25 pm
Buddy Holly
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/19/08 at 9:45 pm
Cleveland Indians are the 1954 American League champions; would go on to lose the World Series to the New York Giants (today known as the San Francisco Giants).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/08 at 4:50 am
(The) Defense Production Act is enacted into law in the U.S., shaping American military contracting for the next 60 years (1950)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 11/20/08 at 12:28 pm
Everly Brothers
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/20/08 at 8:53 pm
Father Knows Best
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/08 at 8:33 am
Geneva Opera House, Geneva, Switzerland is almost destroyed in a fire (1951)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: ninny on 11/21/08 at 9:10 am
Hillary and Norgay Climb Mount Everest (1953): After years of dreaming about it and seven weeks of climbing, New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Tenzing Norgay reached the top of Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the world, at 11:30 a.m. on May 29, 1953
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/21/08 at 5:06 pm
Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald," wife of the Commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in West Germany (1951)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/21/08 at 9:14 pm
Jumping Jacks (1952 film starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/08 at 11:36 am
(Dr.) Kwame Nkrumah is elected Prime Minister of the Gold Coast (1952)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/22/08 at 9:22 pm
Long, Hot Summer, The (1958 film starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/08 at 9:34 am
Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia (1953)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/23/08 at 8:56 pm
Nixon, Richard (served as Vice President under President Dwight D. Eisenhower).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 8:38 am
Officials announce that an American hydrogen bomb test has been conducted on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean (1954)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 11/24/08 at 11:39 am
Peter Pan (1953 Disney film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/08 at 4:26 pm
Roger Bannister runs the first four-minute mile (1954)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/24/08 at 9:01 pm
"Summertime Blues" (Top 10 hit for Eddie Cochran in 1958).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/08 at 7:57 am
Tappan Zee Bridge in New York opens to traffic (1955)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: ninny on 11/25/08 at 10:10 am
U.S. Quiz Shows Found to be Fixed-1959
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 11/25/08 at 4:17 pm
"Venus" from Frankie Avalon, not the Shocking Blue/Bannarama song
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/25/08 at 9:34 pm
Whitey Whitney ("Leave It to Beaver" character; one of Beaver's friends).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/26/08 at 3:21 am
X the Unknown (1956 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/26/08 at 9:03 pm
Yakety Yak (1958 hit song by The Coasters).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/27/08 at 4:40 am
(The) African Convention is founded in Dakar (1957)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/27/08 at 11:58 pm
Big Bopper, The :\'(
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/28/08 at 3:23 am
Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio. They release him 28 hours later (1958)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/28/08 at 11:57 pm
Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher tie the knot in 1955; they divorced several years later.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/08 at 4:20 am
Empire Day is renamed Commonwealth Day (1959)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 11/29/08 at 3:06 pm
Felix the Cat had own tv cartoon in end of the decade
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/29/08 at 9:48 pm
Gigi (1958 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: ninny on 11/30/08 at 8:54 am
Hattie McDaniel, Gone With The Wind - passed away in 1952 :\'(
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 11/30/08 at 9:42 pm
I've Got a Secret (the original version) debuts in 1952.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: star80 on 11/30/08 at 10:24 pm
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are electrocuted for their part in W.W.II espionage in 1953.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/01/08 at 12:12 am
Kiss Me, Kate (1953 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/08 at 8:13 am
(King) Léopold III of Belgium abdicates in favour of his son Baudouin (1951)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/01/08 at 3:16 pm
Mickey Mouse Club
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/08 at 4:40 pm
Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with a 1-kiloton bomb dropped on Frenchman Flats, northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada (1951)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/01/08 at 9:42 pm
Old Yeller (1957 Disney live-action film).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 5:31 am
Peter Sellers
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: danootaandme on 12/02/08 at 6:49 am
Quiz Shows
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 7:01 am
(The) Roman Catholic Church bans the books of André Gide (1952)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: ninny on 12/02/08 at 9:03 am
(the) Seven Year Itch -1955
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/08 at 5:16 pm
Treaty of San Francisco (1952)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/02/08 at 9:27 pm
U.S. Presidential election of 1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) defeats Adlai Stevenson (Democrat).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/08 at 3:37 am
(The) Unknown Soldier (1955 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/13/08 at 12:06 am
(La) Vida No Vale Nada (1955 Mexican film starring Pedro Infante)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/08 at 1:24 pm
William Wyler
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/13/08 at 7:43 pm
Yul Brynner
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/15/08 at 12:06 am
Audrey Hepburn wins the Oscar for Best Actress in "Roman Holiday" (1953).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/08 at 3:50 am
Bentine, Michael
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: star80 on 12/15/08 at 10:36 am
Cuban rebels kidnap 5-time world driving champion Juan Manuel Fangio, releasing him 28 hours later. (1958)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/15/08 at 9:38 pm
Dial M for Murder (1954 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/08 at 4:50 am
Egyptian leader Gamal Abdal Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (1956)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: ninny on 12/16/08 at 11:07 am
Father Of The Bride - 1950
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/16/08 at 1:45 pm
Gidget (movie)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/16/08 at 2:22 pm
Harry Secombe
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/16/08 at 9:53 pm
Ingrid Bergman stars in the 1956 film Anastasia, in which she won Best Actress for her performance in the movie.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/18/08 at 9:52 am
Juvenile delinquency was said to be at unprecedented epidemic proportions in the United States, though some see this era as relatively low in crime compared to today.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/18/08 at 9:36 pm
Kukla, Fran, & Ollie
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/18/08 at 9:45 pm
Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/18/08 at 9:45 pm
"Mickey Mouse Club"
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/18/08 at 9:50 pm
North By Northwest (1959 Alfred Hitchcock film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/18/08 at 9:52 pm
Ozzie & Harriet
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/18/08 at 11:54 pm
Paul Anka scores one of his biggest hits of the 50's, "Diana".
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/19/08 at 5:55 am
The Rose Tattoo (1952)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Marian on 12/19/08 at 5:35 pm
Sh-boom
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/19/08 at 9:36 pm
To Catch a Thief (1955 Alfred Hitchcock film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/20/08 at 12:38 pm
Skip "U" & "V"
Woody Woodpecker now voiced by Grace Stafford (aka Mrs. Lantz) until 1972
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/20/08 at 9:17 pm
Young Philadelphians, The (1959 film starring Paul Newman)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/21/08 at 2:53 pm
Zorro
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/21/08 at 9:08 pm
Audrey Hepburn
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/21/08 at 9:27 pm
Beany & Cecil
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/21/08 at 9:47 pm
Connie Francis scores her first major hit, "Who's Sorry Now?" in 1958.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/22/08 at 4:39 pm
Daffy Duck becomes greedy in Chuck Jones directed cartoons
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/22/08 at 9:49 pm
Elvis Presley's third appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show was only shown from the waist up to television viewers.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/23/08 at 8:55 am
Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/23/08 at 2:02 pm
Gidget (movie)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/23/08 at 9:45 pm
Harry S. Truman's Presidential term ended in January 1953.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/23/08 at 11:16 pm
Ike Eisnehower
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/24/08 at 12:00 am
Jukeboxes were a very popular way to play rock n' roll music in the 50's.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/24/08 at 4:10 pm
Kukla Fran & Ollie (kids' show)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/24/08 at 8:59 pm
Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Chicago White Sox in 6 games to win the 1959 World Series.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: star80 on 12/24/08 at 10:44 pm
"Maverick", the tv series first aired in September of 1957.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/25/08 at 7:49 am
Neil Harvey (Australian cricketer)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/27/08 at 12:21 am
Orson Welles both directed and co-starred with Charlton Heston in the 1958 film "Touch of Evil".
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/27/08 at 11:29 am
Pulitzer Prize-winning Picnic (1953)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/27/08 at 8:05 pm
Skip "Q"
Rock n' Roll
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/27/08 at 9:32 pm
Sleeping Beauty (1959 Disney animated film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/29/08 at 1:16 am
television becomes popular
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/29/08 at 9:38 pm
UHF stations become more common, despite being in poorer quality than VHF stations.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 12/29/08 at 10:23 pm
Walt Disney Presents
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 12/31/08 at 9:35 pm
Skipping Z
Yahtzee (the dice game) first sold in 1956.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/01/09 at 1:29 pm
The state of Ajaigarh is ceded to the Government of India in 1950.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 01/01/09 at 11:56 pm
Barbie doll first introduced by Mattel in March 1959.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 01/02/09 at 1:33 am
Carl Barks continued to write Disney comic books
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 01/03/09 at 12:25 am
Desert Inn hotel and casino opens in Las Vegas in 1950.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/09 at 11:06 am
Eugene O'Neill
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Marian on 01/03/09 at 2:39 pm
French stuff in fashion
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/09 at 7:35 pm
(The) Goons
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 01/03/09 at 9:50 pm
Hacienda Hotel and Casino (the original one), opened in Las Vegas in 1956 (was demolished in 1996 to make way for the Mandalay Bay resort).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/09 at 1:25 am
Ideal Toy Company
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 01/08/09 at 12:46 am
Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Marian on 01/08/09 at 1:11 pm
King creole was a popular movie starring Elvis
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 01/15/09 at 2:50 am
Lucille Ball
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Marian on 01/15/09 at 3:20 pm
music boxes from 50s are co9llectible
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 01/16/09 at 4:40 pm
Norma Jean (aka Marilyn Monroe)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Marian on 01/26/09 at 4:34 pm
op art
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 01/26/09 at 6:35 pm
Popeye cartoons still made
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/09 at 9:04 am
Red Warrior (Marvel Comics)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 01/30/09 at 9:36 pm
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1950's CBS TV series)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Marian on 02/04/09 at 3:05 pm
tammy is a popular movie
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/08/09 at 7:55 pm
"Venus" from Frankie Avalon (Not Shocking Blue/Banarama song)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/08/09 at 11:52 pm
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (one of Jerry Lee Lewis's best-known songs)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/09/09 at 2:57 am
Your Shows of Shows
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/09/09 at 9:51 pm
Skipping Z
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" debuts on CBS in 1955.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/09/09 at 11:28 pm
Bob Clampett creates "Beany & Cecil"
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/10/09 at 10:38 pm
Curse of Frankenstein, The (1957 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/11/09 at 8:35 pm
Daffy Duck becomes greedy
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/12/09 at 1:30 am
Enemy Below, The (1957 war film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/12/09 at 6:33 pm
Frankie Avalon
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/12/09 at 9:50 pm
Giant (1956 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/12/09 at 9:51 pm
Hugh Hefner starts Playboy magazine
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/12/09 at 11:37 pm
I've Got a Secret (Goodson/Todman game show on CBS).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/12/09 at 11:50 pm
Jackie Gleason
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/13/09 at 12:12 am
Kenner Toys introduces Girder and Panel building sets in the late 50's.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/13/09 at 12:35 am
Lamb Chop (Numa! :D )
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/13/09 at 1:02 am
Mr. Potato Head officially debuts in 1952.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/13/09 at 5:13 am
Name That Tune
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/13/09 at 4:44 pm
Ozzy & Harriett
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/14/09 at 12:50 am
Play-Doh first introduced in 1956.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/14/09 at 8:13 pm
Skip Q
Road Runner cartoons
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/14/09 at 9:18 pm
Sock Hop (a type of high school dance)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/15/09 at 6:38 pm
tv was popular
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/15/09 at 9:58 pm
Unchained (1955 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/15/09 at 11:59 pm
Skip V
"Woody Woodpecker" still made, though design changed and also Grace Stafford (aka Mrs. Lantz) started providing the voice
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/18/09 at 12:57 am
Skipping X
Your Show of Shows (NBC sketch comedy series)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/09 at 6:15 am
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/19/09 at 1:06 am
Abbott and Costello Show, The
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/09 at 4:53 am
Bluebottle, a character in the Goon Show played by Peter Sellers
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/19/09 at 3:47 pm
Chuck Jones directs some of the more well known Looney Tunes shorts like "What's Opera Doc?" and "Duck Amuck"
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/20/09 at 1:00 am
Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959 film adaptation of the book)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/20/09 at 5:35 am
Elvis
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 02/20/09 at 3:14 pm
Fabian
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/22/09 at 1:03 am
"Gunsmoke" debuts on CBS television in 1955 and became one of the longest running TV series in history.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/22/09 at 2:54 am
House wives were common on tv shows
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/22/09 at 10:13 pm
"Ike" (nickname for the 34 U.S. President, Dwight D. Eisenhower).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 02/22/09 at 10:55 pm
Joltin Joe Dimaggio retires during the 50's
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/22/09 at 11:42 pm
Kukla Fran & Olly
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/24/09 at 9:04 pm
"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding is first published in 1954.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 02/26/09 at 1:24 am
Marty (Oscar winning movie)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/26/09 at 9:33 am
Nabokov
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/26/09 at 3:28 pm
Ozzie & Harriett
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/27/09 at 12:52 am
Phone booth stuffing (trying to cram as many people as possible in one phone booth) is a short-lived late 50's fad.
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Frank on 02/27/09 at 1:10 am
Quick draw McGraw
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/27/09 at 6:34 am
Rosa Parks
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 02/27/09 at 9:57 pm
Showboat Hotel and Casino opened in Las Vegas in 1954 (imploded 2006).
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 02/28/09 at 12:49 am
TV becomes popular
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: coqueta83 on 03/01/09 at 12:19 am
Unchained (1955 film)
Subject: Re: 50s ABC list
Written By: woops on 03/01/09 at 3:58 pm
Skip "V"
Woody Woodpecker cartoons still produced
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/02/09 at 12:33 am
You're In the Navy Now (1951 film)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/09 at 7:23 am
Alistair Sim
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Written By: woops on 03/02/09 at 1:35 pm
Beany & Cecil
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Written By: Frank on 03/03/09 at 1:18 am
Cecil B Demille
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Written By: woops on 03/03/09 at 1:19 am
Donald Duck cartoons still produced
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Written By: Frank on 03/03/09 at 1:23 am
E...E...darn...there was this singer...had some fame...had some songs...oh yeah
ELVIS
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Written By: woops on 03/03/09 at 1:23 am
Annette Funicello
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Written By: Frank on 03/03/09 at 1:48 am
Gogi Grant
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/05/09 at 7:39 am
Helmut Rahn (German footballer)
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Written By: woops on 03/05/09 at 2:00 pm
I Love Lucy
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/05/09 at 9:28 pm
June Cleaver (the mother in "Leave It to Beaver")
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Written By: Frank on 03/06/09 at 1:14 am
Korean War
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/09 at 4:34 am
Long Day's Journey into Night is a 1956 drama in four acts written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill.
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/07/09 at 12:17 am
Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino opens as the first desegregated casino in Las Vegas in 1955.
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Written By: Frank on 03/07/09 at 12:22 am
New York had 3 great baseball teams back then (Yankees, N.Y Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers)
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/07/09 at 12:27 am
Oklahoma! (1955 film version starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones)
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Written By: woops on 03/07/09 at 2:49 pm
Poodle skirts
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/09 at 5:02 pm
(The) Rose Tattoo byTennessee Williams
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Written By: woops on 03/07/09 at 6:43 pm
Snoopy
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/07/09 at 9:11 pm
Tuesday Weld portrays Thalia Menninger, a character on "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis", which premiered in 1959.
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Written By: woops on 03/08/09 at 1:44 am
Skip "U"
"Venus" is one of Frankie Avalon's hits
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/09 at 11:08 am
What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
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Written By: woops on 03/09/09 at 1:34 pm
Yogi Bear
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/09/09 at 8:27 pm
Skipping Z
Anatomy of a Murder (1959 film)
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/11/09 at 3:35 pm
Billy Graham
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/13/09 at 11:32 pm
Caine Mutiny, The (1954 film starring Humphrey Bogart)
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Written By: woops on 03/14/09 at 12:02 am
Debbie Reynolds
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Written By: Frank on 03/14/09 at 12:52 am
Eddie Fisher
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/14/09 at 11:10 pm
Frisbees are a popular toy.
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Written By: Frank on 03/15/09 at 6:43 pm
Gleason (Jackie)
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/15/09 at 8:34 pm
How to Marry a Millionaire (1953 film)
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Written By: woops on 03/16/09 at 2:00 pm
I Love Lucy
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/16/09 at 8:40 pm
Judy Garland begins to star in a number of specials for CBS.
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Written By: Frank on 03/17/09 at 12:47 am
Kingston Trio
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Written By: woops on 03/17/09 at 1:07 pm
Looney Tunes still made
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/17/09 at 8:41 pm
Mint, The (downtown casino in Las Vegas first opened in 1957)
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Written By: woops on 03/17/09 at 9:41 pm
Norma Jean... aka Marilyn Monroe
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Written By: Frank on 03/18/09 at 11:19 am
Ozzie & Harriet
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Written By: Marian on 03/18/09 at 2:29 pm
poodle skirts
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Written By: woops on 03/18/09 at 6:14 pm
Skip "Q"
Rocky & Bullwinkle debuts in 1959
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Written By: Frank on 03/18/09 at 10:50 pm
Sam Cooke
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/19/09 at 11:43 pm
TV Dinners first introduced by Swanson in 1953.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/09 at 9:51 am
Unchained
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Written By: Marian on 03/21/09 at 1:32 pm
Voxpoppers
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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/09 at 1:53 pm
Winston Smith
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Written By: woops on 03/21/09 at 6:47 pm
Yogi Bear debuts in 1958
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Written By: Womble on 03/21/09 at 6:51 pm
Zion National Monument became Zion National Park in 1956.
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Frankie Avalon
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Written By: Womble on 03/21/09 at 9:06 pm
Barbie Doll hits stores shelves in 1959.
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/21/09 at 11:18 pm
Clearasil (the acne and skin care brand) first introduced in 1950.
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Written By: woops on 03/22/09 at 3:31 am
Dick Clark
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/22/09 at 8:50 pm
Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, and Burl Ives star in the 1958 film adaptation of "Cat On a Hot Tin Roof".
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Written By: woops on 03/22/09 at 8:51 pm
Annette Funicello
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/22/09 at 11:13 pm
Gumby is introduced in the mid-1950s.
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Written By: Frank on 03/23/09 at 4:40 pm
Howdy Doody
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Written By: woops on 03/23/09 at 4:48 pm
I Love Lucy
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Written By: Frank on 03/23/09 at 5:01 pm
Joe Dimaggio retires
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Written By: woops on 03/23/09 at 5:19 pm
Kukla Fran & Ollie
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Written By: Frank on 03/23/09 at 9:57 pm
Los Angeles gets the Brooklyn Dodgers
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/24/09 at 8:31 pm
Mad Libs (a word game in which words are inserted into a story with wacky results) debuts in book form in 1958.
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Written By: Frank on 03/25/09 at 1:11 am
North Korea (Korean war)
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Written By: woops on 03/25/09 at 12:52 pm
Ozzie & Harriett
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Written By: Frank on 03/25/09 at 2:06 pm
Peter Gunn
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/25/09 at 9:12 pm
Riviera Hotel and Casino opens on the Las Vegas Strip in 1955 (and still standing today! :)).
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Written By: Frank on 03/25/09 at 11:39 pm
Sock hop
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/25/09 at 11:50 pm
Tony the Tiger debuts as the mascot for Frosted Flakes cereal in 1952.
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Written By: Frank on 03/27/09 at 12:12 am
Unchained Melody hits #1 for Les Baxter
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Written By: woops on 03/27/09 at 1:14 am
What's Opera Doc?
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Written By: coqueta83 on 03/27/09 at 10:03 pm
Yahtzee (the dice game) introduced in 1956.