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Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th President of the United States Served from Jan. 20, 1953 to Jan. 20, 1961
“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
1955 Cadillac
AVERAGE COST OF LIVING
TV shows
• Gunsmoke • Alfred Hitchcock Presents • Cheyenne • The
Richard M. Nixon 36th Vice President of the United States Served from Jan. 20, 1953 to Jan. 20, 1961
World events
• U.S. military intervention in Iran • Great Britain declares state of emergency due to national rail strike • The first commercial TV station with advertisements starts in London • The St. Lawrence Seaway opens to ocean vessels from Montreal to U.S. ports on the Great Lakes • The Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies sign the Warsaw Pact giving integration of military, economic and cultural policy between the eight Communist nations • Ruth Ellis, the last woman in England to be executed, is hung at Holloway Prison • 77 die in a disaster at 24-hour Le Mans Race • New polyurethane is used more and more in everyday goods • West Germany joins NATO
Honeymooners • The Little Rascals • Highway Patrol • The Lawrence Welk Show • The Mickey Mouse Club • Captain Kangaroo
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• The military seizes control in Argentina, forcing Juan Peron to flee
U.S. news
• Hurricane Diane hits the northeast U.S., killing 200 and causing over $1 billion in damage • “In God We Trust” is added to all U.S. paper currency • United Airlines Flight 629 is blown up shortly after takeoff over Longmont, Colorado • Rosa Parks’ arrest for not giving up her bus seat to a white person in Montgomery, Alabama, sets the American Civil
Rights Movement in motion • Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old teenager, is murdered for not showing respect to a white woman in Money, Miss. • Jonas Salk produces the vaccine to prevent polio
American ly created as a mint dispenser in 1927, values but soon after the Pez Hass Austrian candyluxumaker the are not company decided to place ries, butdispensers and heads on the market them to children. Santa Claus necessities — not the and Mickey Mouse were the first renditions. salt in our bread, but the bread itself.” Movies — Jimmy Carter • Blackboard Jungle
• East of Eden • The Night of the Hunter • To Catch a Thief • Oklahoma!
Popular culture
• Disneyland opens in California • Though McDonald’s began in California by the McDonald brothers who initiated the low price fast food concept, it was not until 1955 when Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald’s franchise chain in Des Plains, Ill., that it became what it is today.
Music
• “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White,” Perez Prado • “Rock Around The Clock,” Bill Haley and His Comets • “The Yellow Rose of Texas,” Mitch Miller • “Autumn Leaves,” Roger Williams • “Unchained Melody,” Les Baxter • “Sixteen Tons,” Tennessee Ernie Ford
BORN THIS YEAR: Bill Gates, Microsoft founder. Above left: Howie Mandel, comedian/game show host; Reba McEntire, country singer/TV star; Willem Dafoe, movie actor; Whoppi Goldberg, comedian/actress/talk show host.
Born this year
• Steve Jobs, Apple Computer • Bill Gates, Microsoft • Tony Dungy, first AfricanAmerican NFL head coach • Whoopi Goldberg, comedian/ actress • Kevin Costner, actor • Willem Dafoe, actor • Olga Korbut, Olympic gymnast, USSR • Reba McEntire, singer/actress • Donatella Versace, fashion designer
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Income per year ....... $4,130 Minimum wage .............. 75¢ New house ............ $15,000 Monthly rent .................... $87 New car .................... $1,900 Gallon of gas .................. 23¢ Dozen eggs .................... 61¢ Gallon of milk .................. 92¢ Loaf of bread .................. 18¢ First-class stamp .............. 3¢ Movie ticket .................... 50¢
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