Kyra Brown and Zoe Austin

Table of Contents 1950- Television, Marilyn Monroe

1955- James Dean, Disneyland

1959- Buddy Holly

1960- John F. Kennedy, Psycho

1962- Beatlemania

1964-1989- Woodstock, Wheel of Fortune

Television Became popular in the late

1940s and early 1950s 10 inch black and white

screens Color was introduced in

1951, but it was years later until color television became universally popular

It changed a lot of people social lives and made events more known and they could watch them publicly

Marilyn Monroe Popular, "sex symbol", and

movie star Married to baseball hero Joe

Dimaggio Rumored to have

relationships with President John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, As well as mafia boss Joe Gianconna

Died under suspicious circumstances (rumored drug overdose)

She started a lot of controversy and was an inspirational actress

James Dean Born on February 8, 1931

in Marion, Indiana

Movie star, symbol of young people

Played a starring role for Rebel Without a Cause

Killed in a car accident on September 30, 1955 at the age of 24

Disneyland Opened in 1955 in

Anaheim, California

Developed by Walt Disney and based on his cartoon characters

Designated as a place for family entertainment

“Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy”

Buddy Holly Born on September 7,

1936 in Lubbock, Texas

Popular singer, leader of the Crickets rock group

He was a seasoned performer by the age 16

Was killed in plane crash February 3rd, 1959 at the age of 22

Showed young people to follow dreams

John F. Kennedy Born May 29, 1917 in

Brookline, Massachusetts

Assassinated in Dallas 1963

He was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald

Served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate

35th president in 1961

Symbol of hope for America

Psycho 1960 American horror movie directed by Alfred

Hitchcock

Staring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh

Ranked among the greatest films of all time

Based on the 1959 novel by

Robert Bloch

Led to 4 Academy Award

nominations

Beatlemania John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and

Ringo Starr

Got their haircuts as a spoof to look like schoolboys

In 1964- had 5 hits on the billboards top 10 at the same time

Dubbed the British invasion

Formed in Liverpool, England

1960

Changed music forever

Woodstock A farmer in the Woodstock

area of New York state donated his land (600 acre dairy farm) for a concert

An unexpected 500,000 fans showed up

Biggest rock concert ever held

Billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 days of Peace and Music” (August 15th-18th, 1969)

“Wheel of Fortune” A TV show that became a

favorite, its original name was "Shoppers Bazaar“

Has been taped a total of 61 times and in 26 different cities

The puzzle board contains 52 touch screen monitors, 12 across in the top and bottom rows of 14 across in the two middle rows