Term
|
Definition
| is engulfed in a political and religious crisis. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| is elected first president of the French Fifth Republic following the Algerian Crisis. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| begins as the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants move to California and become the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. They are the first major league teams west of Kansas City. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Charles Starkweather homicides capture the attention of Americans, killing eleven people before he is caught in a massive manhunt in Douglas, Wyoming. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Mothers taking the drug Thalidomide had children born with congenital birth defects caused by the sleeping aid and antiemetic, which was also used at times (although not in the USA) to treat morning sickness. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| dies in a plane crash on February 3 with Ritchie Valens and J. P. Richardson ("The Big Bopper"), in a day that had a devastating impact on the country and youth culture. The event was immortalized by Don McLean as "The Day the Music Died" in his famous tribute song American Pie. (As an intro to this stanza, Billy Joel mimics Buddy Holly's trademark "hiccup" style, singing a-UH-uh-oh...). |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| wins eleven Academy Awards as a film based around the New Testament starring Charlton Heston. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Monkeys in space: Able and Miss Baker are the first living beings to successfully return to Earth from space aboard the flight Jupiter AM-18. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| are the center of attention for the FBI and public attention builds to this organized crime society with a historically Sicilian-American origin. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| reach 100 million in sales as the latest toy fad. |
|
|
