Created for those who turned 50 in 1960.

1. 50 Classics Launched in 1960 0

2. The Twist by Chubby Checker 1

3. The 50 Star US Flag The 50 star US Flag debuted in Philadelphia, more than 10 months after the admission of Hawaii as the 50th state. 2

4. Weather Satellites TIROS I was the first successful weather satellite and the first of a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites. 3

5. The Flintstones 4

6. To Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper Lee 5

7. Aretha Franklin’s Recording Career Aretha Franklin records four demos in New York City in August 1960. This was the beginning of her recording career with Columbia Records. 6

8. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 7

9. The Civil Rights Act of 1960 President Dwight Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960, overcoming 125-hour, around-the-clock filibuster by 18 Senate Democrats. 8

10. Family Circus 9

11. The I Hate to Cook Book by Peg Bracken 10

12. FDA Approves the Birth Control Pill Oral contraceptiveswere approved by the FDA in May of 1960. Margaret Sanger celebrated with champagne alone and at home. 11

13. Playboy Clubs Hugh Hefner opened his first Playboy Club in Chicago on February 29, 1960. 12

14. Psycho Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Psycho opened to mixed reviews though eventually received four Academy Award nominations. 13

15. Female Prime Ministers MrsSirimavo Bandaranaike of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) becomes the world’s first female Prime Minister. 14

16. The Musical Adaptation of Oliver! Oliver!, the musical based on Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, premiers in the West End in London. 15

17. How America Eats by Clementine Paddleford 16

18. Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies 17

19. Aluminum Cans Aluminum cans were first used commercially for food and beverages. 18

20. Domino’s Pizza Domino's started out small - with just one store in 1960. Today, there are more than 8,000 stores - including more than 3,000 outside the United States. 19

21. Dole The Hawaiian Pineapple Company changes its name to Dole. 20

22. Frozen Bagels 21

23. Granny Smith Apples come to US 22

24. Motown Records Berry Gordy, Jr. incorporates his company as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit on April 14, 1960. Motown Records makes its first splash with "Shop Around" a #1 R&B hit by The Miracles.

25. My Three Sons 24

26. Jane Goodall’s Chimp Research Jane Goodall, noted chimpanzee researcher, makes her first trip to Gombe in Africa. 25

27. The Wilderness Letterby Wallace Stegner …Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed; 26

28. Clean Water Act The first Clean Water Act passes US Congress 27

29. OPECThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Founded by: Venezuela Saudi Arabia Iran Iraq Kuwait 28

30. France Tests Her First Atomic Bomb 29

31. The Peace Corps While addressing students at the University of Michigan, Kennedy challenges students to give 2-years of servicein the developing world. 30

32. Underwater Circumnavigation The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes the first underwater circumnavigation of the Earth on May 10 31

33. The Laser Arthur Leonard Schawlow & Charles Townes receive the first patent for a laser on March 22. 32

34. The IRA vs. the British The Irish Republican Army (IRA) starts its fight against the British. 33

35. Aswan Dam Construction of the Aswan Dam begins in Egypt on January 9. 34

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37. Etch-a-Sketch Ohio Art began production of the Etch-a-Sketch on July 12, 1960. In response to enormous response, they keep their plant until noon on Christmas Day. 36

38. Cassius Clay Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight in Louisville, Kentucky on October 29. 37

39. Hollywood Walk of Fame The original construction of the Walk of Fame had 2,500 blank stars. Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Walk of Fame on February 9. 38

40. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss 39

41. The Fantasticks The Fantasticks begins its 42-year run in New York City’s Sullivan Street Playhouse on May 3. 40

42. The Paralympic Games The first official Paralympic Games is held in Rome with 400 wheelchair athletes from 23 countries. 41

43. The Beatles The newly named Beatles begin a 48-night residency at the Indra Club in Hamburg, Germany on August 17. 42

44. The Ford Falcon The Ford Motor Company begins production of the Ford Falcon. manufactured in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Mexico and the USA until 1970.

45. Televised Presidential Debates The first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy in Chicago on September 26. 44

46. Xerox Copy Machine Xerox introduces the first Commercial Document Reproduction Machine. 45

47. The Answering Machine Dr Kazuo Hashimoto invents the Ansafone sold in the USA as a Automatic Telephone Answering Machine. 46

48. The Tesla The tesla is used in defining the wireless transfer of energy. It is named in honor of the Yugoslavian-American inventor, physicist, and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla. 47

49. Bernie Madoff’s Career Bernie Madoff starts his business with $5,000 saved from odd jobs, including lifeguarding and sprinkler installations.

50. Herman Miller Furniture The Herman Miller Furniture Company incorporates as Herman Miller, Inc. Ray Eames designs a new kind of occasional piece for the lobby of the Time-Life Building in New York. 49

51. The Game of Life The Game of Life is released to celebrate the one hundredth year anniversary of Milton Bradley. 50

52. Created by Meredith Emmett in honor of all her classic friends born in 1960. With a little help from tools not even imagined in 1960 such as Google, Wikepedia, and numerous blogs. To the next 50 years!