LabDaddy Posted March 22, 2018 Share #1 Posted March 22, 2018 http://www.pop-culture.us/List.html 1959: The Top Song was Mack The Knife by Bobby Darin The Big Movies included Ben-Hur, Sleeping Beauty and Some Like It Hot Time Magazine's Man of the Year - Dwight D. Eisenhower Volvo invented the modern seatbelt in 1959. To save lives, they decided to make it an "open patent," allowing other manufacturers to use the same design. Every car produced today uses this mechanism, considered one of the major safety inventions of the 20th century, saving over 1M lives. The current US flag was designed in 1958 by Robert Heft as a junior high history project an got a B- for it. The grade was later changed to an A after Heft's design was accepted and adopted by the United States Congress in 1959. January 3rd - Alaska became state # 49. August 21st - Hawaii became the 50th state. Most popular TV: Gunsmoke (CBS) Wagon Train (NBC) Have Gun Will Travel (CBS) The Danny Thomas Show (CBS) The Red Skelton show (CBS) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkpow Posted March 22, 2018 Share #2 Posted March 22, 2018 The Quotes of 1956: "That'll be the day" - John Wayne, in 'The Searchers' "You’re in good hands with Allstate" -Allstate "We will bury you." - Nikita Khrushchev "Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse" - James Dean "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking" -Times (watches) "Away go troubles down the drain" - Roto-Rooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted March 22, 2018 Share #3 Posted March 22, 2018 John F Kennedy murdered. I will Follow Him by Little Peggy was #1 when I was born Lawrence of Arabia won the Oscar Beverly Hillbillies was top TV show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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shootingstar Posted March 22, 2018 Share #5 Posted March 22, 2018 10 hours ago, LabDaddy said: http://www.pop-culture.us/List.html 1959: The Top Song was Mack The Knife by Bobby Darin The Big Movies included Ben-Hur, Sleeping Beauty and Some Like It Hot Time Magazine's Man of the Year - Dwight D. Eisenhower Volvo invented the modern seatbelt in 1959. To save lives, they decided to make it an "open patent," allowing other manufacturers to use the same design. Every car produced today uses this mechanism, considered one of the major safety inventions of the 20th century, saving over 1M lives. The current US flag was designed in 1958 by Robert Heft as a junior high history project an got a B- for it. The grade was later changed to an A after Heft's design was accepted and adopted by the United States Congress in 1959. January 3rd - Alaska became state # 49. August 21st - Hawaii became the 50th state. Most popular TV: Gunsmoke (CBS) Wagon Train (NBC) Have Gun Will Travel (CBS) The Danny Thomas Show (CBS) The Red Skelton show (CBS) Since I was born in same year: from Canada: June 26, 1959 – Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower officially open the St. Lawrence Seaway. 959 - Olivia Poole (1889-1975) the inventor of the Jolly Jumper for pre toddler babies had began manufacturing the device in the 1950's and by the end of the decade the family factory in North Vancouver was supplying all of North America, Great Britain and Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted March 22, 2018 Share #6 Posted March 22, 2018 Intel releases world's first microprocessor, the 4004 Aswan Dam is completed Charles Manson and three of his followers receive the death penalty National Public Radio (NPR) broadcasts for the first time Walt Disney World Resort opens in Florida Mount Etna erupts Ibrox disaster (I had to google that one) Zzeppelin IV, Sticky Fingers and Who's Next were released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted March 22, 2018 Share #7 Posted March 22, 2018 The Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted March 23, 2018 Share #8 Posted March 23, 2018 I just realized I am older then I thought I was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 23, 2018 Share #9 Posted March 23, 2018 Dirt was invented Continental drift started 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted March 23, 2018 Share #10 Posted March 23, 2018 9 hours ago, Kzoo said: Dirt was invented Continental drift started Hey! You are the bad twin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 23, 2018 Share #11 Posted March 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: Hey! You are the bad twin. Hey, you are the confused twin. Signed, the good twin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted March 23, 2018 Share #12 Posted March 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, Kzoo said: Hey, you are the confused twin. Signed, the good twin. No argument here! Except for the good Kazoo absurdity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted March 23, 2018 Share #13 Posted March 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: No argument here! Except for the good Kazoo absurdity. Siblings......... and yes the ‘rents told me I was their favorite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted March 23, 2018 Share #14 Posted March 23, 2018 5 minutes ago, Kzoo said: Siblings......... and yes the ‘rents told me I was their favorite. They did that so you would sit in the corner quietly. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tybeegb Posted March 23, 2018 Share #15 Posted March 23, 2018 The Cleveland Browns won the NFL championship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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