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WAY BACK WHEN (1954)
Eisenhower is President and Nixon is
Vice President. The Geneva Conference is convened to bring peace to Vietnam, dividing the country at the 17th parallel. A
U.S. postage stamp is 3 cents and the World Series is broadcast in color for the first time.
The New York Giants defeat the Cleveland Browns, J.R. Tolkein publishes “The Fellowship of the Ring” and children
in the U.S. line up to receive Dr. Jonas Salk’s polo vaccine. Danny Thomas is best actor in a television comedy for
“Make Room for Daddy” and “On the Waterfront” takes the Oscar for best picture. Silly putty is invented,
birth control pills are approved by FDA and the USS Nautilus, the first atomic submarine, is commissioned in Groton, CT.
THEN (1972)
Nixon is President and Agnew is Vice President. Eleven Israeli atheletes are killed in the Munich Olympic games, Governor
George Wallace of Alabama is shot and five men are arrested for breaking into the Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C.
Dallas beats Miami in the Super Bowl, MASH premieres on CBS and Atari introduces “Pong”. “All in the Family”
is best comedy on television and “The Godfather” takes the Oscar. Prozac is released, compact discs are developed
and Carole King sweeps the Grammy awards with her album, “Tapestry”.
NOW (2007)
Bush is President and Cheney is Vice President. The war in Iraq claims more than 3,000 U.S. armed forces lives. A U.S. stamp
costs 41 cents and American Idol is the top-rated television show. Katie Couric is the first female anchor of a nightly newscast
and Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's record for most home runs.
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