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Peter Pan
broadcast on TV live and in color from the 1954 version of the stage musical starring Mary Martin on March 7. Disney released an animated version the previous year. -
Richard Nixon
is first elected to the United States Senate. -
Mickey Mantle
is in the middle of his career as a famous New York Yankees outfielder and American League All-Star for the sixth year in a row. -
Starkweather
homicides capture the attention of Americans, killing eleven people before he is caught in a massive manhunt in Douglas, Wyoming. -
H-bomb
is in the middle of its development as a nuclear weapon, announced in early 1950 and first tested in late 1952. -
“Rock around the clock”
is a hit single released by Bill Haley & His Comets in May, spurring worldwide interest in rock and roll music. -
Einstine
dies on April 18 at the age of 76. -
Birth control
In the early 1960s, oral contraceptives, popularly known as "the pill", first go on the market and are extremely popular. Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965 challenged a Connecticut law prohibiting contraceptives. In 1968, Pope Paul VI released a papal encyclical entitled Humanae Vitae which declared artificial birth control a sin. -
Jonnie Ray
American singer, and song writer -
Cola Wars
Soft drink giants Coke and Pepsi each run marketing campaigns using rock & roll and popular music stars to reach the young adult demographic.