The U.S. Congress agrees to increase the President's salary from $100,000.00 to $200,000.00.

NASA selects Edwin Aldrin and Neil Armstrong for the first manned moon landing.

In New York, former U.S. President Lyndon Johnson agrees to sell the rights to his memoirs for $1.5 million.

The Robert Kennedy murder trial opens in Los Angeles.

Events in 1970

April 30, Washington D.C. - President Nixon has announced that he has sent American combat troops into Cambodia to destroy Communist military sanctuaries in that country.

May 4, Ohio - National Guardsmen today shot and killed four students at Kent State University who were demonstrating against the U.S. invasion of Cambodia.

How many of these shows can we still watch on TVLand or Nick at Nite?

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Since we were (mostly) born in 1951 - 1952, I thought it would be fun to look back at what the top songs were,
what it cost to live, and who some of the famous people were.  

Top Songs for 1952

Why Don't You Believe Me - Joni James	You Belong To Me - Jo Stafford
Glow Worm - Mills Brothers	Wheel Of Fortune - Kay Starr
I Went To Your Wedding - Patti Page	Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart - Vera Lynn
Blue Tango - Leroy Anderson	Kiss Of Fire - Georgia Gibbs
Slow Poke - Pee Wee King	Half As Much - Rosemary Clooney

                                                               

	1952 Prices			Famous People
Bread	$0.16/loaf		US President	Harry S. Truman
Milk	$0.96/gallon		US Vice President	Alben W. Barkley
Eggs	$0.73/dozen			Academy Award Winners
Ford car	$1526 - $2384		Best Picture	The Greatest Show On Earth Produced by Cecil B. Demille
Gas	$0.27/gallon		Best Actor	Gary Cooper in High Noon
House	$16,800		Best Actress	Shirley Booth in Come Back, Little Sheba
Stamp	$0.03/each
Hen Turkeys	$0.53 lb
1 lb pkg of M&M's	$0.59
Gillette Blue Blades, pkg of 10	$0.49
Avg Income	$4,457/year
Min Wage	$0.75/hour
DOW Avg	292

At Sears - - -
   Ladies Corduroy Jackets: $4.99
   Cotton knit blouses: $1.98
   Men’s Rayon Sport Shirts: $3.66
   Men’s cotton flannel shirt: $1.79
   Red "Radio Flyer" wagon: $8.75
   Westinghouse Open-Handle steam iron: $19.95
   Men’s T-shirts and briefs - - -
   T-shirts, 2 for $.59

Events In 1952

º Live Atomic bomb Test from testing site in Yucca Flats, Nevada shown on Television

º California has it's second largest earthquake rocking 100,000 sq miles

º Charlie Chaplin refused entry back to the US after living in Hollywood for 20 years.

º Rocky Marciano becomes world heavyweight champion after knocking out Jersey Joe Walcott

º Vice Presidential Candidate Richard M. Nixon defends himself on Television over allegations of secret cash fund

º 3300 die of polio in U.S.; 57,000 children are paralyzed

º Telephone area codes begin.

º The first birth control pill is introduced, although it will not be available to the public for another 8 years. Which is why you don't hear them discussing "free love" in the Fifties.

º Sugar Frosted Flakes, 29 percent sugar, are introduced by Kelloggs.

º Over 2,000 new TV Stations opened across the US. TV has become so popular that between 1948-1952 film profits dropped by $500 million.

º Sony, a brand new Japanese company, introduces the first pocket-sized transistor radio.

º Clarence Birdseye marketed the first frozen peas. A thing only a mother could love.