1950s
If I Ran The Zoo was published by this famous children’s author in 1950.
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
This muscle car, named for a WWII era fighter plane, was first produced by Ford in 1962.
Mustang
On April 10, 1970, this man announced to the public that he was leaving the Beatles, effectively breaking up the band.
Paul McCartney
The music video for this 1983 single by Michael Jackson, often played on MTV, involved zombies.
"Thriller"
This form of entertainment was popularized in the 1950s and involved watching movies in your car.
Drive-In Theater
This 1968 movie, set in a post-apocalyptic future where humans are no longer the dominant species on Earth, featured groundbreaking animatronic effects and an iconic scene involving a ruined Statue of Liberty.
Planet of the Apes
Partly because of the founding of the organization OPEC, this commodity skyrocketed in price throughout the 1970s.
Oil (Gasoline)
This football team, named for a historical event, won three Superbowls in the 1980s.
San Francisco 49ers
This 1953 Disney film, partly set in England and partly in a fantasy world, centered on the exploits of a boy who didn’t grow up.
Peter Pan
This Disney film starring Julie Andrews as a nanny came out in 1964.
Mary Poppins
This football team, named for its town’s primary industry, won three Superbowls in the 1970s.
Pittsburgh Steelers
This man was the United States President for most of the 1980s.
Ronald Reagan
Still technically ongoing, this conflict in East Asia began in 1950 and involved the first use of UN troops in a conflict zone.
Korean War
Published in 1960, this now-famous book explored race relations in the Depression Era south from the perspective of its young protagonist Jean Louise “Scout” Finch.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Throughout the 1970s President Richard Nixon established relations with this communist world power in Asia.
People's Republic of China
This 1986 movie, directed by John Hughes and starring Matthew Broderick, involves three teenagers skipping school to hang out in Chicago.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Still in use today, this airplane produced by Boeing was introduced to the Air Force in 1952 in order to be able to launch long-range nuclear attacks against targets a continent away as part of America’s nuclear triad. It is also the name of a rock band formed in 1976.
B-52
What civil rights figure famously spoke on the Washington D.C. Mall in 1963 to garner support for the upcoming vote on the Civil Rights Act.
Martin Luther King Jr.
This musical, released in 1978, starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton John as teenagers in love.
Grease
On November 9, 1989, this structure began to be torn down by citizens of both East and West Germany.