Economy
President
Vice President
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Life Expectancy
Avg Income
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Dow-Jones Avg
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New Home
New Car
Dozen Eggs
Gallon of Milk
Gallon of Regular Gas
Loaf of Bread
First-Class Stamp
Billboard Top 10
1
You Talk Too Much
2Cathy's Clown
3Twist, The
4Save The Last Dance For Me
5Running Bear
6Sweet Nothin's
7Handy Man
8Walk, Don't Run
9Alley-Oop
10Stay
Top Albums
Nice `n' Easy
Persuasive Percussion
The Sound of Music
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year
Best New Artist
Best Pop Duo or Group
Best Pop Female Vocal
Best Pop Male Vocal
Best Pop Single Artist
Record of the Year
Song of the Year
Americas Top 20 TV Favorites
1Gunsmoke
2Wagon Train
3Have Gun, will travel
4The Andy Griffith Show
5The Real McCoys
6Rawhide
7Candid Camera
8The Untouchables
9The Price is Right
10The Jack Benny Show
11Dennis the Menace
12The Danny Thomas Show
13My Three Sons
1477 Sunset Strip
15The Ed Sullivan Show
16Perry Mason
17Bonanza
18The Flintstones
19The Red Skelton Show
20Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Emmy Awards, Drama
Best Drama
Best Actor
Best Actress
Emmy Awards, Comedy
Best Comedy
Best Variety
Academy Award Winners
Best Picture
Best Actor
Best Actress
Books, Fiction Best Sellers
Advise and Consent
Hawaii
The Leopard
The Chapman Report
Ourselves to Know
The Constant Image -
Sermons and Soda-Water -
Books, Nonfiction Best Sellers
Folk Medicine
The General Foods Kitchens Cookbook
May This House Be Safe from Tigers
Better Homes & Gardens Dessert Book
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Conscience of a Conservative -
Pulitzer Fiction
Advise and Concent
Sports, Football
NFL
Pro MVP
College Football
Heisman Trophy
Rose Bowl
Orange Bowl
Cotton Bowl
Sugar Bowl
Sports, Basketball
NBA Championship Winner
Opposing Team
NBA MVP
NCAA National Champions
Sports, Baseball
World Series Winner
Opposing Team
National League MVP
Rookie of the Year
American League MVP
Rookie of the Year
News Headlines
· Capt. Gary Powers U-2 Spy Plane Shot Down Over Russia
· Israelis Kidnap Adolf Eichman from Argentina to Jerusalem
· Khrushchev at U.N . Pounds Shoe In Anger.
· John F. Kennedy Wins Democratic Nomination, Nixon wins GOP
· Kennedy Wins Presidency, Democrats Sweep Congress
· Two White Public Schools in New Orleans Are The First To Integrate.
· House Committee Looks Into "Payola" American Bandstand DJ Dick Clark Involved
· Alan Freedman Eight Arrested In Taking Radio Payola
· Communist China and Soviet Union split in conflict over Communist ideology
In The News
· Soldiers stop riots at Newport Jazz Festival
· Enovil 10, first contraceptive pill sold for .50 cents each.
· Two airliners collide over Staten Island, 134 die.
· Howdy Doody show ends after 13 years
· Negro Sit-ins Integrate Lunch Counter In Greensboro North Carolina
· Floyd Patterson is first fighter to regain title by beating Ingemar Johanson
· Castro Nationalizes all American property
· Black runner Wilma Rudolph wins 3 Olympic gold medals
· Kennedy and Nixon meet in first televised Presidential debate
· Emily Post, Queen of etiquette dies
· Advise and Consent by Allen Drury is a best seller
· The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer is another best seller
· Harper Lee wins a Pulitzer Prize for To Kill a Mockingbird
· Nick Holonayk invents the digital display for the pocket calculator & electronic watches
· Eco One is launched, the worlds first communication satellite
· The worlds first weather satellite, Tiros is launched
· Pete Rozell becomes NFL commissioner
· Rafer Johnson wins gold in the decathlon
· Cassius Clay wins Olympic gold in boxing
· Mrs. Kennedy becomes the fashion to follow
· Women's "knickers" are in
· Men's sports coats are plaids, bold prints, strips and checks
· Berry Gordy borrows $800 and starts Motown Records
· Estimated 850,000 "war babies" enter college, overcrowding dorms
· JF. Kennedy Jr. is born on Nov. 25 , by Cesarean delivery
· Fads, talkathons, folk singing in coffee houses
· Deiz Arnaz and Lucille Ball file for divorce
· New York court rules "Lady Chaterleys Lover " is not obscene
· Earnest Evans changes his name to Chubby Checker
· New words, Anchorman, sit-in, cosmonaut, bluegrass, laser, compact car
· First appearances, Astroturf, Librium, felt-tip pen, Rayon, OPEC meeting
1950's Woolworths Soda Fountain Menu
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
180,671,158
69.7 years
$ 6,227/yr
$ 1.00/hr
616
685
566
$ 92.19 billion
$ 290.5 billion
1.4%
29.6
5.5%
$ 16,500.00
$ 2,275.00
$ .57
$ .49
$ .31
$ .20
$ .04
Joe Jones
The Everly Brothers
Chubby Checker
The Drifters
Johnny Preston
Brenda Lee
Jimmy Jones
The Ventures
The Hollywood Argyles
Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
Frank Sinatra
Terry Snyder and the All Stars
Original cast
Button Down Mind, Bob Newhart
Bob Newhart
We Got Us - Eydie Gormé & Steve Lawrence
Mack the Knife - Ella Fitzgerald
Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles
Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles
Theme From A Summer Place - Percy Faith
Theme From Exodus
Playhouse 90 (CBS)
Robert Stack - The Untouchables
Jane Wyatt - Father Knows Best
Art Carney Special (NBC)
Fabulous Fifties (CBS)
The Apartment - Directed By Billy Wilder
Burt Lancaster - in Elmer Gantry
Elizabeth Taylor - in Butterfield 8
Allen Drury
James Michener
Giuseppe Di Lampedusa
Irving Wallace
John O'Hara
Marcia Davenport
John O'Hara
D.C. Jarvis
General Foods
Alexander King
Better Homes & Gardens
William L. Shirer
Barry Goldwater
Allen Durry
Philadelphia 17 - Green Bay 13
Norm Van Brocklin, Phi., QB &
Joe Schmidt, Detroit, LB
Minnesota
Joe Bellino, Navy, HB
Washington 17, Minnesota 7
Missouri 21, Navy 14
Duke 7, Arkansas 6
Mississippi 14, Rice 6
BOSTON 4-3 - Coach: Red Auerbach
St. Louis Hawks - Coach: Ed Macauley
Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia, C
Ohio State 25-3 - Coach: Fred Taylor
PITTSBURGH 4-3 - Coach: Danny Murtaugh
NY Yankees - Coach: Casey Stengel
Dick Groat, Pit - SS
Frank Howard, LA - OF
Roger Maris, NY - OF
Ron Hansen, Bal - SS
