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toy
https://gunthertoodys.com/1950s-toys-play-doh/
fact 1. Play-Doh actually started out as wallpaper cleaner.
fact 2. It was invented by Noah McVicker of Kutol Products, a soap manufacturer in Cincinnati.
fact 3. But in the mid 1950’s Joe McVicker, the nephew of Noah, learned that young children were using it to make Christmas ornaments. -
news event
https://www.history.com/topics/korea/korean-war
fact 1). On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began
fact 2). This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War
fact 3). By July, American troops had entered the war on South Korea’s behalf. -
fashion
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Coco-Chanel
fact 1). Chanel was born into poverty in the French countryside; her mother died, and her father abandoned her to an orphanage
fact 2). After a brief stint as a shopgirl, Chanel worked for a few years as a café singer.
fact 3).She partnered with businessmen Théophile Bader of the Galeries Lafayette department store and Pierre Wertheimer of the Bourjois cosmetics company, who both agreed to help her produce more of her fragrance and to market it -
Actor/Actress
https://medium.com/the-nonfiction-zone/18-fascinating-facts-about-marilyn-monroe-f074ccd76f2b
fact 1.Her birth name was Norma Jean Mortenson
fact 2. Her grandmother was committed to a hospital for mental disturbances on August 4, 1927.
fact 3. She was sent to an orphanage when she was nine years old. -
music
https://www.shmoop.com/1950s/elvis-presley.html
fact 1).Elvis Presley (1935–1977) was born to a poor family in East Tupelo, Mississippi
fact 2). When he was a teenager, the Presleys moved to Memphis, where Elvis graduated from high school and took a job as a truck driver.
fact 3). Through his teen years, though he couldn't read sheet music, he played guitar and sang country and hillbilly tunes. -
president
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower
fact 1). Eisenhower was born David Dwight Eisenhower in Denison
fact 2). he was raised in Kansas in a large family of mostly Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry.
fact 3). His family had a strong religious background. His mother was a Lutheran, married as a River Brethren, and later became a Jehovah's Witness. Eisenhower -
passenger jets
https://historyofpassengerjets.blogspot.com/2012/03/1950s.html
fact 1). The 1950’s was the first decade of passenger aircraft being powered by a jet.
fact 2). For that reason, there were only three major jetliners.
fact 3). A series of crashes for the de Havilland Comet meant that it was out of the race. -
sport player
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Minnie-Minoso
fact 1).Minoso began his career playing on teams in the Cuban sugar-mills league
fact 2). Minoso led the American League in stolen bases and triples three times
fact 3).He won three Gold Glove awards, and was a seven-time All-Star. -
Tv show
https://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/cbs-loved-lucy-1950s-1970s/ fact. 1 Lucille Ball was born on Aug. 6, 1911, and died on April 26, 1989
fact 2.When The Lucy Show ended in 1968, it was the No. 2 rated show on TV.
fact 3.At age 15, Ball went to New York City to attend drama school and become an actress. -
movie
https://ohmy.disney.com/movies/2015/11/22/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-toy-story/
fact 1.20 years ago, Pixar released Toy Story, the first feature-length, computer-animated film.
fact 2. Pizza Planet was originally going to be a pizza parlor/mini-golf course hybrid called Pizza Putt (a play on Pizza Hut).
fact 3. The writers named Buzz after the second man who walked on the moon. -
car
http://www.danjedlicka.com/classic_cars/55_57_thunderbird.html
fact 1. The 1955-57 two-seat Ford Thunderbird is among the most recognized iconic American cars.
fact 2. The mass media often has mistakenly called any sporty looking car, such as the Ford Mustang, a "sports car."
fact 3. The 1955-57 "T-Bird" was America's second mass-produced sports car from a large domestic automaker, right behind the Chevrolet Corvette.
