I think you all will get a kick out of this
 

http://moreoldfortyfives.com:80/Take...TheSixties.htm

And this is visually stunning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30M_sAFo-LI

Have fun.

Melody

Really nice MelodyL (except the 2nd one stopped soon after it started). I remember most of that stuff though I was in my preteen years. Whenever they have a documentary on TV I like to watch it.
Last yr my DHs twin sis gave him a little book about 1956, the year they were born. (It was before my time. I was born in 1958) Does anyone wanna know about 1956:

The Coasters sign w/Atlantic records
The US post office installs electric stamp sellers
Ampax corp. demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder
U.S. explodes the 1st airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll
U.S. army gets official flag
steel strike
Japan launches world's largest oil tanker, 780 ft long,84,730 tons
1st transatlantic telephone cables
The XVIth Summer Olympic Games open in Australia
In Ohio, Columbus Zoo reports 1st gorilla born in captivity
Castro lands on Eastern coast of Cuba, launching a revolution against the
Batista regime
Lennon & McCartney meet for the 1st time as Lennon's group The Quarrymen perform at a church dinner
Life magazine was 20 cents
Supreme Court outlaws racial segragation in intrastate public transportation
Martin Luther King organizes a boycot of Alabama public buses
Congress authorizes private atomic energy plants
"As The Worlds Turns" debuts on CBS
TV Favorites: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, I've Got A Secret, Gunsmoke
Pres...Eisenhower - Vice Pres...Nixon
Life expectancy 69.6 yrs
New house - $11,720
Average income - $4,454
New car - $2,050
Average rent - $88
Tuition to Harvard - $800 per yr
Movie ticket - .75
Gasoline - .22
Postage stamp - .03
Granulated sugar - .88/10 lbs
Vitaman D milk - .97/gallon
Coffee - .85/lb
Bacon - .58/lb
Eggs - .27/dozen
Fresh ground hamburger - .56/lb
Fresh baked bread - .18/loaf
Andy Garcia, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mel Gibson, Kenny G, Joe Montana, Carrie Fisher, Sinbad & Bo Derek were born :grouphug:
Music Favorites - Don't be Cruel by Elvis
.......................The Great Pretender by The Platters
.......................Heartbeak Hotel by Elvis
.......................Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) by Perry Como
.......................Hound Dog by Elvis
.......................I Almost Lost My Mind by Pat Boone
.......................Love Me Tender by Elvis
.......................Memories Are Made of This by Dean Martin
.......................Rock and Roll Waltz by Kay Starr
Movie Favorites - Around The World in Eighty Days
.......................The King and I
.......................Invasion of the Body Snatchers
.......................Forbidden Planet
.......................The Man Who Knew Too Much
.......................The Ten Commandments

Lor:

The first video tape recorder was invented in 1956. I had no idea. That is so interesting.

And did YOU know that you have the same name as Data's evil android twin in the Star Trek Generations tv series.??? lol

Melody

Do you mean "Data" is a character in the show (I don't watch it). Is her evil android twin named "lor"?

Oh my goodness, I am showing my age now aren't I??

Star Trek Generations was a sci-fi show many many years ago.
Data was a male android with an evil twin brother. His name was LORE.

I just googled it and got the correct spelling.

You are obviously not a Trekkie, are you???

And actually, they prefer to be called Trekkers.

Well, I'm a bonafide Star Trek trekker.

Know the dialogue of every episode. Never forgot them.

And I certainly can't believe that Ampex Corp discovered the first videotape recorder. I must look that up. That is so interesting.

Thanks,
Melody

My DH is a trekkie (U aren't old). We have this 'cute' Xmas ornament that is Spock's craft. You press the little button & it says "Starcraft to enterprise, Starcraft to enterprise, come in enterprise, Spock here. Happy Holidays, live long and prosper". And the voice sounds like Spock. ;)

Now that is adorable.

I have original Star Trek Action figures and stuff (still in original plastic cases that I just might put up on ebay)

I can only imagine an ornament with Spock's voice coming out of it.

Live Long and Prosper (that's Vulcan speak)

lol
Melody