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10/11/2006
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1955 YOU COULD: Eat at a McDonald's restaurant Visit Disneyland Use a microwave oven Wear clothing made of Dacron polyester Watch "Captain Kangaroo" and "The Mickey Mous …
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10/6/2006
The first Star Trek episode, "The Man Trap," is broadcast on September 8. The plot concerns a creature that sucks salt from human bodies. CBS backs out of plans to broadcast Psycho, deeming the movie t …
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9/30/2006
The year was 1984... The film Ghostbusters is released into theaters, becoming a summer blockbuster hit, with the song "Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Jr. becoming a Top 40 hit. Thirty-six of Britain and …
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9/24/2006
Former leader of the Black Muslims, Malcolm X, is shot and killed in New York City The first commercial satellite, Early Bird, is launched into space by Nasa to transmit telephone and television signal …
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9/20/2006
1971... The Vietnam War was still going on, the US invaded Laos, and the movies gave us Shaft and Dirty Harry cleaning things up vigilante style . . . "do you feel lucky punk?". American kids of 1971 w …
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9/17/2006
"Well its 1969 ok?" This episode features a special guest appearance from AotM's resident professor of yesteryear RetroJoe who kindly pitched in with some great picks. Notable events this year include …
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9/7/2006
The year is 1975 and the United States of America are still reeling from the Watergate scandal. By April communist forces take Saigon forcing the unconditional surrender of the South Vietnamese and the …
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9/1/2006
President Kennedy is assassinated on November 22 in Dallas while riding in a motorcade with John B. Connally of Texas, who is severely wounded. Color TV is relayed via satellite for the first time. For …
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8/29/2006
A mish mash from 1982. Compiled for Salman1, Siobhan, and abangaku. We think it sounds great despite the bad press The Eighties got. So these to us are not so much guilty pleasures as just plain pleasu …
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