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100

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

100

This man, born into a poor Quaker family, became vice president under DD Eisenhower.

Richard Nixon
100

This allowed people to listen to baseball games outside of the house.

Transistor Radio

100

She starred in Breakfast at Tiffany's

Audrey Hepburn

200

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

200

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

200

President Eisenhower created this government agency after the launch of Sputnik.

NASA

200

She starred in the African Queen.

Catherine Hepburn

300

The most popular song of 1961 was "Tossin' and Turnin'", sung by this man.

Bobby Lewis

300

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

300

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

300

She starred in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Liz Taylor

400

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

400

After Stalin's death,he became the First Secretary of the Communist Party and consolidated power.

Nikita Kruschev

400

This technology, giving people a new way to pay bills, started with "Diner's Club"

credit cards

400

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

500
He had lots of success with the song "Lonely Boy"

Paul Anka

500

Elizabeth II became queen in 1952, after the death of her father, this man.  She was 25 years old at the time.

George VI

500

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

500

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