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Actor or Actress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille_Ball
Facts: 1)She was the star of the self-produced shows I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, Here's Lucy, and Life with Lucy.
2)In 1951 Ball and Arnaz created the sitcom I Love Lucy, a series that became one of the most beloved programs in television history.
3)That same year Ball gave birth to their first child, Lucie Arnaz, followed by Desi Arnaz Jr. in 1953. -
President
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman
Facts: 1)When North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950 Truman gained approval for the police action known as the Korean War.
2)While serving as president in 1947, he applied for a license to practice law.
3)Truman considered attending United States Military Academy but was refused an appointment because of poor eyesight. -
Fashion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poodle_skirt
Facts: 1) Blouses were called “peasant blouses” because they were worn by women working at home.
2)The full skirts were used for going out to run errands, and the shirts were worn as lounging shirts.
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Poodle skirts were created by an American woman in the 1950s as a last-minute Christmas gift. -
Transportation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_XK120
Facts:
1) It was a very successful racing car.
2) The first XK120s were built around 1949.
3) It had rear-wheel drive. -
News Event
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-korean-war-timeline/
Facts: 1) As a product of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States Korea had been split into two states.
2)The war started when some soldiers from North Korea
invaded the Republic of Korea in the south.
3)As American officials were concerned, it was a war against the forces of international communism itself. -
Toys
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_people
Facts: 1)The first appearance of Little People was in 1950, when Fisher-Price designed a fire truck with three round headed firefighters attached to the top.
2)In its first year, 300,000 Barbie dolls were sold.
3)Play-Doh started off as a wallpaper cleaner and as the years went on, it became an entertaining toy for children. -
Music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Cline
Facts: 1)Patsy Cline was an American country music singer and part of the Nashville sound during the late 1950s and early 1960s.
2)The Flamingos are a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-inducted doo-wop group from the United States.
3)He was American trumpeter, composer, vocalist and occasional actor who was one of the most influential figures in jazz. -
TV or Radio Show
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_Lucy
Facts: 1)CBS didn’t think Americans would buy that Lucy was married to a ‘foreign’ man.
2)The show broke ground in several ways simply because the Arnaze family wouldn’t move to New York.
3)Only Lucy was allowed to make fun of Ricky’s broken english. -
Sports Figure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mantle
Facts: 1) Mickey played his entire Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees as a center fielder and first baseman from 1951 through 1968.
2)Mantle was really the greatest offensive threat of any center fielder in baseball history.
3)He has the highest career of any center fielder and he had the highest stolen base percentage in history. -
Technology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenith_Flash-matic
Facts: 1)Theremote, called "Lazy Bones," was connected to the television by a wire.
2) A wireless remote control called the Flashmatic was developed in 1955 by a guy named Eugene Polley.
3)The Flashmatic had to be pointed so perfectly at one of the sensors in order to work. -
Movie
http://planninecrunch.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-deadly-mantis-giant-mantis-breaks.html
Facts: 1)It was the first science fiction film made by director Nathan Juran who says the opening sequence was his idea.
2)To create the film's special effects, a 200-foot by 40-foot long papier-maché model of a mantis, with a wingspan of 150 feet was built.
3)The Deadly Mantis received mostly negative reviews upon its release, getting awarded 1/4 stars calling it ‘a Lame rip-off of the sci-fi classic THEM!’
