popular baby names
Most popular baby boy name in 1900
John
In 2000, a gigantic purse
Barney Bag
This disease is largely eradicated in the west due to vaccines but is still common in some parts of the world. This disease causes muscle weakness or paralysis which sometimes leads to death.
Polio
This quirky hat replicated the one worn by actor, Fess Parker in Disney's hit 1954 mini series "The Frontierland Series" which was featured in a popular weekly show called "Walt Disney World of Color"
Coonskin Cap
This sports event that occurs every 4 years was boycotted by 65 countries in 1980.
1980 Moscow Summer Olympics
Most popular baby boy name in 2000
Jacob
Circa 2000 , A newcomer
Newbie
Spread by the saliva of infected animals and is deadly if not caught early
Rabies
an informal, school chaperoned event at which compliant teens removed their shoes to protect the gymnasium floor
Sock Hops
May 18 1980 marks this volcanic eruption
Mt Saint Helen'
Most popular baby boy name in 1960
Michael
circa 1940, 'a really good time or something really funny'
gas
Before 1963, nearly everyone in the US got this disease by age 20. Virus that attacks the respiratory system. Disease starts off like a cold, then progresses to a red or brown skin rash.
Measles
These movies may have saved the movie industry in the 1950s. This unique experience successfully coaxed viewers from their televisions.
3-D Movies
December 8 1980 This music icon was murdered
John Lennon
Most popular baby girl name in 1900
Mary
circa 1940s 'snap your cap' meant...
to get angry
Now eradicated, a sometimes fatal virus that begins with flu-like symptoms and then a rash in the mouth, which sore develop that burst , at which point a rash starts to form on the body. The last known case in the US was in 1949.
Small Pox
Counter style restaurants that served soft drinks and ice cream often with a juke box in the corner.
Soda Fountains
December 2 1983 marked debut of this Michael Jackson pop song with a horror theme.
Thriller
Most popular baby girl name in 2000
Emily
Circa 1940 what did someone mean by "armored heifer"
canned milk
This disease wiped out nearly 1/3 of Europe's population in 1300s. A bacteria transmitted by infected rodents and bugs. It affects the lymph nodes and causes them to swell and burst - also gangrene can result.
Bubonic Plague (Black Death)
A black-clad, poetry reading typically urban literary intellectuals , who wrote and performed in acts of spontaneous creativity often accompanying the spoken word with music. Free expression and individual desires and beliefs were encouraged.
Beatniks
March 24 1989 Accident that took place in Prince Edward Sound, Alaska causing an environmental disaster.
Exxon Valdez oil spill