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Fashion Timeline
1Jewelry that was made in the 1950’s sometimes contained metals like lead, nickel and chromium.
2 Men used to wear high heels in the 1600’s but stopped when women started wearing them to look more masculine.
3 Clothes like skirts, dresses and more feminine types of clothing in the 50’s were meant to attempt to replicate the hour glass shape. -
Korean war
1 The Korean war began because communist North Korea invaded South Korea, during this time period, The USA believed that communism was wrong and that it would spread across the world.
2 Neither side actually lost this war because a peace treaty was never signed, technically the fighting has ended, but the war hasn't.
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Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Baker)
1 Marilyn Monroe is a stage name and not Norma Baker’s real name.
2 Marilyn Monroe was first married at the age of 16.
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Music artists
Elvis Presley 1: Elvis Presley served in the military after becoming famous.
Ray Charles 2: Ray Charles started played piano before the age of 5
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The first computer hard disk
1 The computer hard disk (HDD) was the size of two medium fridges, weighed one ton and contained only 3.75 megabytes.
2 , the original disk drive can only store one digital photo by today’s standards.
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Jackie Robinson
1 Jackie Robinson served in the military during WW2 before his baseball career
2 He was a good friend of the boxer Joe Louis during his time in the military.
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Transportation (1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible)
- This vehicle has a 250 horsepower Ramjet V8 engine. 2.This car originated in California during the year 1957. 3.This car was 6.10 feet in width and 16.9 feet in length and had a fuel capacity of 16 gallons.
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Toys During the 1950's
(play doh) 1 Play doh was made in the 1930’s with the sole purpose of cleaning wallpapers.
(Pogo Stick)2 The pogo stick was invented in 1957
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12 angry men (1957)
1 This movie was inspired by real jury experience.
2 The movie is based on a book of the same name that was made in 1954.
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Dennis the Menace (sitcom) (1959)
1 Dennis the menace was originally a comic strip that was made in 1951
2 Dennis the menace (mason gamble) grew up to be a marine biologist.
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President Timeline
John F Kennedy (JFK) roughly 2 years in office.
1. JFK served in the navy during world war 2 before being president.
2. JFK remains the youngest ever elected president of the United States of America.
3. JFK was the first ever catholic president to be elected.