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Fun Facts - 1950s
Vintage Movie Trailers The Early 1950s Preview
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Can you believe!
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The population of the world is 2.52 billion |
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Walt Disney's Cinderella opens in theaters. |
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Sugar Pops are introduced. |
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RCA 45 RPM record attachment |
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Silly Putty is introduced! |
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Pillsbury and General Mills offered prepared cake
mixes. |
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CBS begins broadcasting in color. |
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Ball-O-Fire gumballs are available. |
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The stuff of grilled cheese sandwiches arrived,
KRAFT® Deluxe process cheese slices are introduced. |
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Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and the Port Authority
open in NYC |
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Seeburg starts selling jukeboxes that play 45 RPM
records. This is the jukebox that ends up in the soda shops, bowling
alleys and bars. |
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Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner . |
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Smokey the Bear gains national popularity.
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Minute Rice arrives. |
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Haloid Corporation (later renamed Xerox) develops
the first xerographic copy machine. |
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2,200 drive-in movie theatres, twice as many as in
1949. |
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Peanuts debuted on October 2, 1950. |
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Cartoonist Hank Ketcham created and introduces
"Dennis the Menace." |
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10,500,000 TV sets in 10,400,000 homes. |
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The first self-service elevator is installed by
Otis Elevator in Dallas. |
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Unemployment is 5.3% |
In 1950 ....
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A House cost: $14,500 |
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Average income: $3,216 |
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Ford car: $1339-$2262 |
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Admiral "home entertainment" TV system: $549.50 |
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12" records: $4.85 |
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10" records: $2.85 |
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Milk: .82 cents |
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Gas: .20 cents |
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Bread .14 cents |
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Postage stamp: .03 cents |
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Sirloin steak: $.77 lb |
In 1951
3,823,000 babies were born, and life
expectancy was 68.4 years.
For the month of October we have the following birthdays:
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10/02 Sting |
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10/03 Dave Winfield |
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10/05 Karen Allen |
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10/07 John "Cougar" Mellencamp |
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10/08 Johnny Ramone |
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10/13 John Ford Coley |
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10/18 Pam Dawber |
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10/18 Terry McMillan |
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10/20 Alan Greenwood |
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10/23 Michael Rupert |
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10/30 Harry Hamlin |
In 1951 ....
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A House: $16,000 |
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Average income: $3,515 |
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Ford car: $1424-$2253 |
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Milk: .92 cents |
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Gas: .20 cents |
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Bread .16 cents |
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Postage stamp: .03 cents |
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14 oz. can of Hershey’s Syrup: .17 cents |
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Sliced Bacon: .63 cents per lb |
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Coca Cola, 6 bottles: .37 cents |
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The ventriloquist dummy for Jerry Mahoney : $14.95
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