Songs & Singers
This song, first publicly performed in 1941, was one of the first popular secular Christmas songs, and was written by a Jewish immigrant to the US.
White Christmas
This man, born into a poor Quaker family, became vice president under DD Eisenhower.
This allowed people to listen to baseball games outside of the house.
Transistor Radio
She starred in Breakfast at Tiffany's
Audrey Hepburn
He had his first number-one song, "Because of You" in 1951, and did concerts 70 years later with Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta.
Tony Bennet
This man was a senator from Missouri, Vice President under FDR, and was president for almost 8 years, despite only running for president once.
Truman
President Eisenhower created this government agency after the launch of Sputnik.
NASA
She starred in the African Queen.
Catherine Hepburn
The most popular song of 1961 was "Tossin' and Turnin'", sung by this man.
Bobby Lewis
This first lady didn't get too involved with politics, but she did take some stands, such as by not inviting Joseph McCarthy to the White House, and supporting the Civil Rights act of 1957.
Mamie Doud Eisenhower
In the U.S., following a mass immunization campaign promoted by the March of Dimes, the annual number of cases of this disease fell from 35,000 in 1953 to 5,600 by 1957.
Polio
She starred in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Liz Taylor
Also known as "Little Miss Dynamite", this singer sang the song "I'm Sorry" and is in both the Rock and Roll and Country Music Halls of Fame.
Brenda Lee
After Stalin's death,he became the First Secretary of the Communist Party and consolidated power.
Nikita Kruschev
This technology, giving people a new way to pay bills, started with "Diner's Club"
credit cards
He starred in Sons and Lovers (1960), the Golden Salamander (1950), The Clouded Yellow (1951), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968).
Trevor Howard
Paul Anka
Elizabeth II became queen in 1952, after the death of her father, this man. She was 25 years old at the time.
George VI
If your TV went out while you were watching Howdie Doody, you could take this part to the drug store and test it, and buy a new one if needed.
Vaccuum Tube
If you made a movie about a guy who was the announcer for "America's Top 40", you would need to cast someone to play this person.
Casey Kasem