1950s Fun
March 13, 2019 4:04 pm 2 Comments
In the 1950s:
- The Diner’s Club begins issuing the first credit cards.
- DJ Alan Freed coins the term “Rock n’ Roll”
- The first hydrogen bomb is successfully detonated by the United States
- The Double Helix DNA Model is revealed by Francis Crick and James Watson
- Rosa Parks is arrested in Alabama after she refuses to give up her bus seat, sparking the Civil Rights Movement.
- The polio vaccine, frozen dinners, McDonald’s chain is started, “In God We Trust” is added to all paper currency, the micro-chip, NASA is created, Alaska and Hawaii become US States
The cost of:
- A car – $1510 ending at $2,200 in 1959
- A house – $8,450 ending at $12,400 in 1959
- A gallon of gas – .18 ending at .25 in 1959
- A loaf of bread – .12 cents
- A 5lb bag of sugar – .43 cents
- A dozen eggs – .79 cents
1950s Slang:
| Agitate the Gravel | When a hot rod would drive off |
| Apple Butter | Smooth talk for flattery |
| Beat Feet | leave quickly |
| Cooking with gas | Finally doing it the easy or best way |
| Fream | Someone who doesn't fit in |
| Illuminations | Good ideas, thoughts |
| Lighting up the tilt sign | Someone who gets caught lying |
| Made in the shade | Success guaranteed |
| Nuggets | Loose change |
| Pile up Z's | get some sleep |
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