1956
On September 9th, 1956, this rock 'n' roll icon made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, where he was famously shown only from the waist up.
Who is Elvis Presley?
Marilyn Monroe's skirt gets famously blown up by a subway grate in this 1955 comedy.
What is The Seven Year Itch?
This legendary Liverpool quartet arrived in America in 1964 and took over The Ed Sullivan Show.
Who are The Beatles?
Introduced by Mattel in March 1959, this iconic fashion doll was created by Ruth Handler.
What is Barbie?
Originally worn by dancers to keep lower leg muscles warm, these knitted tubes became a massive everyday accessory trend after the movie Flashdance.
What are leg warmers?
She left Hollywood behind in April 1956 when she married Prince Rainier III in a lavish ceremony in Monte Carlo.
Who is Grace Kelly?
Released in 1973, this chilling horror film featured a possessed young girl and is still considered terrifying today.
What is The Exorcist?
February 3, 1959, is famously remembered as this tragic day in music history when Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash.
What is "The Day the Music Died"?
Introduced by Hasbro in 1964, this action figure was deliberately marketed as a "movable fighting man" rather than a doll for boys.
What is G.I. Joe?
Often made of shiny polyester, this matching jacket-and-pants combo was the ultimate casual statement for 1970s men.
What is a leisure suit?
Sparked by Rosa Parks' arrest in late 1955, this pivotal year-long civil rights protest against segregation on public transit successfully concluded in December 1956 after a Supreme Court ruling.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This veteran actress earned an Oscar nomination for playing Mrs. Gump, who famously told Forrest that "life is like a box of chocolates".
Who is Sally Field?
This Fleetwood Mac album spent 31 weeks at number one on the US charts in 1977 and 1978.
What is Rumours?
This stretchy, muscle-bound orange figure had no internal batteries and could stretch up to four times its size.
Who is Stretch Armstrong?
Popularized by teen idols like David Cassidy on The Partridge Family, these short, Pacific-inspired choker necklaces were made from tiny beach shells.
What are puka shell necklaces?
The 1956 U.S. presidential election was a literal rematch of the 1952 election, featuring the exact same major party candidates from the Republicans and Democrats. Name these two men.
Who are Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson?
Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and Rodney Dangerfield hung out at a chaotic country club in this 1980 comedy.
What is Caddyshack?
This synth-pop track by a-ha featured a revolutionary pencil-sketch rotoscope animation style and topped the US charts in 1985.
What is "Take On Me"?
Adopted from "little people" in a mythical cabbage garden, these soft-sculptured dolls came with adoption papers.
What are Cabbage Patch Kids?
These calf-length, slim-fitting trousers with small side slits at the hem became a casual staple for late-50s women.
What are Pedal Pushers?
Originally formulated in Cincinnati as a wallpaper cleaner, this colorful compound was re-packaged and sold as a smash-hit children's toy starting in 1956.
What is Play-Doh?
Stanley Kubrick directed this groundbreaking 1968 sci-fi masterpiece featuring a sentient computer named HAL 9000.
What is 2001: A Space Odyssey?
Los Del Rio created a global dance phenomenon in 1995 with this Spanish-language smash.
What is "Macarena"?
Released by Bandai in 1996, this pocket-sized digital pet required constant feeding and attention to avoid virtual death.
What is Tamagotchi?
Characterized by clean lines and no waistline, this geometric dress style was a signature silhouette of mid-60s Mod fashion.
What is an A-Line (or shift) dress?