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First color tv
First color tv was introduced. This was one of the biggest innovations in history. -
Car Seats
Car seats were first introduced in 1952. Made a huge impact on car history. -
First Playboy magazine
First Playboy magazine was introduced. Mainly for adult purposes -
Segregation ruled illegal
in 1954 segregation was ruled illegal. Had a huge impact on civil rights -
Disneyland
Disneyland was created by Walt Disney. Was made to be better than the fair. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Til was found dead in a river. Killed for whistling at a white woman. -
First Remote control
in 1956 the first remote control was introduced. Was a very mportant invention -
Dr Suess Cat In The Hat
In 1957 This book by Dr Suess was published. Was known as one of the greatest children books at the time . -
NASA was created
The company NASA was created to learn about space. Still in used today. -
LEGO Bricks were introduced
LEGO brickes are a toy used by little childred. Are still around today. -
Greensboro Sit-in
Part of the Civil Rights Movement. Included black and white college students protesting equal rights. -
Birth control approved by FDA
in 1960 birth control was approved by the Federal Drug Association. Helped with the birth rate. -
Bay of Pigs invasion
A failed attack on Cuba. Set up by president Eisenhower. -
JFK Man on the moon speech
President JFK gave a speech addressing the the space race between the us and soviet union. -
Marlyn Monroe Dead
Marilyn Monroe was found dead in the bedroom of her Brentwood home by her psychiatrist Ralph Greenson after he was called by Monroe's housekeeper Eunice Murray on August 5, 1962. She was 36 years old. -
March on Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr. stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial, and delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech in which he called for an end to racism. -
JFK Assassinated
on November 22 1963 Kennedy was fatally shot by a sniper while traveling with his wife Jacqueline. -
Beatles Popular in the U.S
in The 1960s The Band "The Beatles" became very popular in the U.S. -
Mlacom X Assassinated
Malcom X was assassinated while giving a speech by members of the Islam nation. -
First Super Bowl
First AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football,was played on January 15, 1967 -
Beatles Break Up
The break-up of the Beatles, one of the most popular and influential musical groups in history. occured in 1970. -
London Bridge brought to U.S
was bought by Robert P. McCulloch from the City of London. McCulloch had exterior granite blocks from the original bridge numbered and transported to America to construct the present bridge in Lake Havasu City. -
First VCR
Video Cassette Recording is an early domestic analog recording format designed by Philips. It was the first successful consumer-level home videocassette recorder system. -
U.S Pulls out of Vietnam
The withdrawal of all U.S. forces, the release of all prisoners of war, and the creation of an international force to keep the peace with Vietnam. -
Nixon Resigns
Nixon's second term saw a crisis in the Middle East, resulting in an oil embargo and the restart of the Middle East peace process, as well as a continuing series of revelations about the Watergate scandal. The scandal escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support, and on August 9, 1974, he resigned in the face of almost certain impeachment and removal from office. -
Microsoft
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for Altair 8800. -
The movie "Roots"
Roots is a television miniseries in the USA based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, entitled Roots: The Saga of an American Family; the series first aired, on ABC-TV, in 1977. -
Star Wars
An American epic space opera film[5] written and directed by George Lucas. The film's success gave rise to the Star Wars film franchise. -
Elvis Found Dead
Several years of prescription drug abuse severely deteriorated his health, and he died in 1977 at the age of 42 -
John Lennon Assassinated
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John Lennon Assassinated
John Lennon was an English musician who gained worldwide fame as one of the founder members of The Beatles, for his subsequent solo career, and for his political activism and pacifism. -
Pac-Man
An arcade game developed by Namco and first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. It was licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway and released in October 1980. -
Aids
Lawrence Mass becomes the first journalist in the world to write about the epidemic, in the New York Native, a gay newspaper. A gay tipster overheard his physician mention that some gay men were being treated in intensive-care units in New York City for a strange pneumonia. -
E.T Movie
a 1982 American science fiction film coproduced and directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Melissa Mathison, featuring special effects by Carlo Rambaldi and Dennis Muren, and starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote. -
Micheal Jackson "Thriller"
Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was released on November 30, 1982, by Epic Records, as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off the Wall.
