US Best Selling Singles (Music)
White Christmas by Ben Crosby
Traditionalist (1942), 50 Million sold
Avatar, $2.9 Billion
Generation Z (2009)
Thomas John Watson becomes chairman of newly renamed International Business Machines (IBM)
Traditionalist (1924)
Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) wins Olympic Gold in boxing light heavyweight title
Generation X (1960)
Man landed on the moon
Generation X (1969)
I Will Always Love You, Whitney Houston
Millennials (1992), 20 million sold
Cinderella, $263 Million
Baby Boomers (1950)
YouTube was founded
Generation Z (2005)
Michael Jordan hits "the shot" in the NBA Playoffs and Air Jordan IV athletic shoes hit the global market, take the world by storm
Millennials (1989)
Civil Rights Act passed allowing voting rights for all, signed into law by President Eisenhower.
Baby Boomers (1957)
Love Story, Taylor Swift
Generation Z (2008), 18 Million Sold
Jurassic Park, $1.03 Billion
Millennials (1982)
Video Game "Pong" introduced by Atari
Generation X (1972)
Babe Ruth retires from 22 year pro baseball career with 714 home runs
Traditionalist (1935)
Henry Ford popularized the 40-hour work week.
Traditionalist (1926)
Rock Around the Clock, Bill Haley & His Comets
Baby Boomers (1954), 25 Million sold
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, $418 million
Traditionalist (1937)
Time Magazine names "Man of the Year", the personal computer.
Millennials (1982)
Michael Phelps wins 8 gold medals and breaks 7 world records at Beijing Olympics
Generation Z (2008)
The Great Recession
Generation Z (2008)
YMCA, Village People
Generation X (1965), 12 million sold
Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope, $775 Million
Generation X (1977)
First copy machine is release by Xerox
Baby Boomers (1964)
The first Superbowl. Was played in Los Angeles, California.
Baby Boomers (1967)
Nelson Mandela elected president of South Africa
Millennials (1994)