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Kyra Brown and Zoe Austin
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Kyra Brown and Zoe Austin
Table of Contents 1950- Television, Marilyn Monroe
1955- James Dean, Disneyland
1959- Buddy Holly
1960- John F. Kennedy, Psycho
1962- Beatlemania
1964-1989- Woodstock, Wheel of Fortune
Television Became popular in the late
1940s and early 1950s 10 inch black and white
screens Color was introduced in
1951, but it was years later until color television became universally popular
It changed a lot of people social lives and made events more known and they could watch them publicly
Marilyn Monroe Popular, "sex symbol", and
movie star Married to baseball hero Joe
Dimaggio Rumored to have
relationships with President John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, As well as mafia boss Joe Gianconna
Died under suspicious circumstances (rumored drug overdose)
She started a lot of controversy and was an inspirational actress
James Dean Born on February 8, 1931
in Marion, Indiana
Movie star, symbol of young people
Played a starring role for Rebel Without a Cause
Killed in a car accident on September 30, 1955 at the age of 24
Disneyland Opened in 1955 in
Anaheim, California
Developed by Walt Disney and based on his cartoon characters
Designated as a place for family entertainment
“Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy”
Buddy Holly Born on September 7,
1936 in Lubbock, Texas
Popular singer, leader of the Crickets rock group
He was a seasoned performer by the age 16
Was killed in plane crash February 3rd, 1959 at the age of 22
Showed young people to follow dreams
John F. Kennedy Born May 29, 1917 in
Brookline, Massachusetts
Assassinated in Dallas 1963
He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald
Served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate
35th president in 1961
Symbol of hope for America
Psycho 1960 American horror movie directed by Alfred
Hitchcock
Staring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh
Ranked among the greatest films of all time
Based on the 1959 novel by
Robert Bloch
Led to 4 Academy Award
nominations
Beatlemania John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and
Ringo Starr
Got their haircuts as a spoof to look like schoolboys
In 1964- had 5 hits on the billboards top 10 at the same time
Dubbed the British invasion
Formed in Liverpool, England
1960
Changed music forever
Woodstock A farmer in the Woodstock
area of New York state donated his land (600 acre dairy farm) for a concert
An unexpected 500,000 fans showed up
Biggest rock concert ever held
Billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 days of Peace and Music” (August 15th-18th, 1969)
“Wheel of Fortune” A TV show that became a
favorite, its original name was "Shoppers Bazaar“
Has been taped a total of 61 times and in 26 different cities
The puzzle board contains 52 touch screen monitors, 12 across in the top and bottom rows of 14 across in the two middle rows