'50s
This animal was used in the 1956 logo for NBC.
What was the peacock?
This "Fab Four" group had their first-ever appearance on the Ed Sullivan show in 1964, singing "Twist and Shout" and "Please Please Me" to a crowd of screaming girls!
Who are the Beatles?
In 1974, the Sears Tower officially became the world's tallest building in this US city.
What is Chicago, Illinois?
Charles, Prince of Wales, married this member of the British Royal Family.
Who was Lady Diana?
The computer named Deep Blue beat Gary Kasparov at this game.
What is chess?
Topps began selling these collectible sports items in 1951.
What are baseball cards?
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" was a word invented for which classic 1964 Disney film?
What was "Mary Poppins?"
The 26th Amendment lowered this legal age from 21 to 18 in the year 1971.
What is the right to vote?
This 1985 film starred the celebrated teen group, the Brat Pack.
What is "The Breakfast Club?"
This one-hit wonder dance song was so popular that even U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell busted a few moves at a public event.
What is the "Macarena"?
This famous comic strip about a lovably awkward, sensitive boy in a yellow shirt debuted in 1950.
What is "Peanuts?"
This 1961 movie was an adaptation of the classic tragedy "Romeo and Juliet," featuring rival gangs in New York City.
What was "West Side Story?"
Hamida Djandoubi became the final person to die of this gruesome form of French capital punishment.
What is the guillotine?
This is the name of the space shuttle which exploded during launch.
What was the Space Shuttle Challenger?
In 1992, Euro Disney was opened in this country.
Where is France?
'If I Ran the Zoo" and "Horton Hears a Who" were some of the first books written by this famously wacky children's author in the 50s.
Who was Dr. Seuss?
This was the title of Marilyn Monroe's final film, released in 1961.
What was "The Misfits?"
Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein exposed this scandal on the morning of June 17, 1972, leading to one of the biggest milestones in investigative journalism.
What is the Watergate break-in?
This is the name of the first woman to ever be launched into space, an event which happened in 1983.
Who was Sally Ride?
The Maastricht Treaty formed this organization in 1992.
What is the European Union?
'Passion pit' was a common nickname for this staple of entertainment in the 1950s.
What was a drive-in movie theater?
Gil Favor and Rowdy Yates were both characters in this classic 1960s TV western... "Move 'em on, head 'em up!"
What was "Rawhide?"
This was the name of the Mars planetary probe launched by NASA in 1975.
What was Viking I?
Live Aid occurred in London and this American city in 1985.
Where is Philadelphia?
These dinosaur bones uncovered in the 90s were nicknamed "Sue." They remain the most complete and well-preserved skeleton ever discovered of this type of dinosaur.
What is a T. Rex?