September 28, 1951 — “The Day The Earth Stood Still” premieres
“The Day The Earth Stood Still” was a milestone in the history of the cinema. It was perhaps the first...
May 29, 2018
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October 16, 1951 — Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads release “Cry”
Although it took nearly six months to reach #1 on the charts, reach that storied number it did, and made...
May 24, 2018
November 30, 1951 — “When Worlds Collide” premieres
George Pal was the producer of some of the most famous science fiction movies of the Fifties – Destination Moon,...
May 19, 2018
December 11, 1951 — Joe Di Maggio retires from professional baseball
One of the game’s true greats, Joe Di Maggio played his entire pro baseball career with a single team, the...
May 14, 2018
March 12, 1952 — Eisenhower announces his candidacy for President of the USA
Eisenhower didn’t originally want to run for President. He’d been repeatedly urged to by Harry Truman over the previous years,...
May 10, 2018
July 1, 1952 — “The Liberace Show” is first broadcast
Liberace was one of the first of a new breed of entertainer in post war America. He saw that television...
May 7, 2018
September 23, 1952 – Rocky Marciano becomes world Heavyweight Champion
Rocky Marciano had been a professional boxer for only a little over four years when he defeated Jersey Joe Walcott...
May 5, 2018
November 1, 1952 — Einsteinium is first created
Einsteinium is a completely artifical element (atomic number 99) with a very short half-life (a about 1 and a third...
May 4, 2018
November 1, 1952 — The first full test of a Hydrogen bomb is made
The bomb was code-named “Ivy Mike”. It was the first test of the Teller-Ulam bomb design, which produced yield estimated...
May 4, 2018
March 12, 1953 — Ron Jeremy born
One of the stalwarts of the so-called ‘golden age of porn’ (i.e. the seventies and early eighties), Ronald Jeremy Hyatt...
May 1, 2018
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