The Years of the Fifties

1955
The Movies

Blackboard Jungle
East of Eden
Guys and Dolls
High Society
Lady and the Tramp
Marty
Mister Roberts
Oklahoma!
Picnic
The Rose Tattoo
The Seven Year Itch
To Catch a Thief
Rebel Without a Cause
The Man with the Golden Arm
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing


The Birthdays

Kevin Costner 18 January
John Grisham 8 February
Margaux Hemingway 19 February
Bruce Willis 19 March
Debra Winger 17 May
Connie Sellecca 25 May
Willem Dafoe 22 July
Sam Bottoms 17 October
The Television

$64,000 Question
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Amazing Dunniger
Captain Kangaroo
The Great Gildersleeve
Mickey Mouse Club
Highway Patrol
The Honeymooners
Johnny Carson Show
Lawrence Welk Show
Love That Bob
Sergeant Bilko
Top Secret
Gunsmoke
Wanted

The Events

17 July Disneyland opens

* Died in 1955 *
James Dean
Theda Bara
Carmen Miranda
Suzan Ball
John Hodiak
Lloyd Bacon

1956
The Movies

Anastasia
The Ten Commandments
The King and I
Giant
High Society
Bus Stop
Carousel
Baby Doll
The Rainmaker
Friendly Persuasion
Around the World in 80 Days
Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Invasion of the Body Snatchers



The Birthdays

Tom Hanks 9 July
Andy Garcia 12 April
Eric Roberts 18 April
Mel Gibson 3 January
Linda Hamilton 26 September
Carrie Fisher 21 October
Bo Derek 20 November
The Television

As the World Turns
Broken Arrow
Dr. Christian
The Edge of Night
Ina Ray Hutton Show
The Gale Storm Show
Queen for a Day
Joan and Leslie
Judge Roy Bean
Price Is Right
I Spy
Sheriff of Cochise
To Tell the Truth
Zane Grey Theater

The Events

Dwight Eisenhower re-elected
Cuban revolution begins

* Died in 1956 *
B�la Lugosi
Tommy Dorsey
Victor Young
Edward Arnold
Fred Allen
Jean Hersholt

1957
The Movies

12 Angry Men
An Affair to Remember
Love in the Afternoon
Funny Face
Old Yeller
The Sun Also Rises
Pal Joey
Sayonara
Sweet Smell of Success
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Witness for the Prosecution
The Bridge on the River Kwai

The Birthdays

Geena Davis 21 January
Spike Lee 20 March
Amanda Plummer 23 March
Christopher Lambert 29 March
Michelle Pfeiffer 29 April
Cameron Crowe 13 July
Melanie Griffith 9 August
Stephen Fry 24 August
The Television

American Bandstand
Bachelor Father
Colt .45
The Eve Arden Show
The Gumby Show
Have Gun Will Travel
Leave It to Beaver
Maverick
Perry Mason
Wagon Train
Tombstone Territory
Mike Hammer



The Events

First earth satellite
Harold Macmillan becomes
British Prime Minister
after Eden resigns

* Died in 1957 *
Humphrey Bogart
Erich Von Stroheim
Oliver Hardy

1958
The Movies

Vertigo
Touch of Evil
Auntie Mame
The Fly
The Blob
The Vikings
Auntie Mame
Damn Yankees
The Young Lions
The Long, Hot Summer
Bell, Book and Candle
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Run Silent, Run Deep
House on Haunted Hill
A Night to Remember

The Birthdays

Sharon Stone 10 March
Alec Baldwin 3 April
Kevin Bacon 8 July
Angela Bassett 16 August
Tim Burton 25 August
Jamie Lee Curtis 22 November
The Television

77 Sunset Strip
Yancy Derringer
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Sea Hunt
The Spade Cooley Show
The Rifleman
Peter Gunn
Rescue 8
Huckleberry Hound Show
Donna Reed Show
Betty White Show
Ann Sothern Show
Mackenzie's Raiders
Young Dr. Malone



The Events

Empire Games in Cardiff
Nikita Krushchev
becomes Soviet leader

* Died in 1958 *
Ronald Colman
Tyrone Power

1959
The Movies

Ben-Hur
Rio Bravo
North by Northwest
Some Like It Hot
Anatomy of a Murder
The Mouse That Roared
On the Beach
The Angry Red Planet
A Summer Place
Gidget
Suddenly, Last Summer
The Diary of Anne Frank
Sleeping Beauty
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
Journey to the Center of the Earth

The Birthdays

Linda Blair 22 January
Emma Thompson 15 April
Kevin Spacey 26 July
Val Kilmer 31 December
The Television

One Step Beyond
Bat Masterson
Bonanza
Dennis the Menace
Glencannon
Hawaiian Eye
Manhunt
Mr. Lucky
Rawhide
The Rebel
Rocky and His Friends
The Twilight Zone
The Untouchables
Beany and Cecil



The Events

Alaska becomes 49th state
Hawaii becomes 50th state
Microchips invented

* Died in 1959 *
Cecil B. DeMille
Lou Costello
George Reeves
Errol Flynn



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