Snapshot of Yesterday (Pt I)
TIME CAPSULE: 1956-7
POLITICSUS PRESIDENTDwight "I Like IKE" D. EisenhowerCOLD WARNikita KhrushchevECONOMICSNEW HOME$11,700 NEW CAR$2,050 AVERAGE INCOME (Annual)$4,450 MINIMUM WAGE (Hour)$1.00 GAS (Gal)$0.22 MILK (Gal)$0.97 BREAD (Loaf)$0.18 POSTAGE STAMP$0.03 FILMGIANTRock HudsonGUYS & DOLLSFrank SinatraTHE KING AND IYul BrynnerTELEVISION• Bert Parks begins hosting the Miss America Pageant, ...now televised direct to your living room.• Dick Clark makes his 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand.• The Sitcom is first introduced to US network broadcast television.• Charles Van Doren unseats long-running champion Herbert Stempel ... on the Quiz Show Twenty-One.AM KIDS SHOWSThe Howdy Doody HourThe Mickey Mouse ClubAFTERNOON KIDS SHOWSLassieRin Tin TinDAYTIME GAME SHOWSThe Price is RightDAYTIME SOAPSAs the World TurnsYOUNG ADULTAmerican BandstandSITCOMSI Love LucyThe HoneymoonersPRIMETIME DRAMAThe Adventures of SupermanDragnetGunsmokeMUSIC• Elvis Presley releases his first hit, Heartbreak Hotel, …and makes his first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.• Rock & Roll Dance Craze sweeps the nation.CHUCK BERRYTwistELVIS PRESLEYHeatbreak HotelLERRY LEE LEWISGreat Balls of FireLITERATUREKIDSCurious GeorgeDr. SeussOld YellerNancy DrewBEATNIKHowl (Allen Ginsberg)On the Road (Jack Kerouac) NON CONFORMISTAtlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)FICTIONJames BondPULITZERProfiles in Courage (JFK)NON-FICTIONDiary of Anne FrankPOP CULTURE• Play-Doh first demonstrated for children.• Mr Potato Head makes his first appearance. • Barbie makes her debut on the toy market.• Dear Abbey first appears in column syndicateFASHION TRENDSLetter JacketsBowling ShirtsPoodle SkirtsDavy Crockett HatsFADSAnt FarmsFuzzy DiceTOYSScrabbleYahtzeeTECHNOLOGYIBM1st 5MB Hard DiscSPUTNIK1st Satellite to orbit EarthBETTE NESMITH GRAHAMWhite-OutMOMENTS IN HISTORY• University of Alabama refuses admittance to, …and then expels first black student accepted.• Nat King Cole attacked by whites on stage of Birmingham theater.• Alabama Bus segregation laws declared illegal by US Supreme Court.• US tests 1st airborne hydrogen bomb• Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco.