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November 10, 2022
Route 66
Route 66 premiered on CBS in October 1960 and ran until March 1964, for a total of 116 episodes.
The show followed two young men traversing the United States in a Chevrolet Corvette convertible and the events surrounding their journeys.
Route 66 spans over 2,400 miles and crosses 8 states, starting in Chicago, Illinois and terminating at the Pacific Coast in Santa Monica, California.
In the Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck referred to Route 66 as “the mother road, the road of flight” for those trying to escape the Dust Bowl and ravages of the Great Depression in the 1930’s.
Later with countless vacationing families using the route to visit attractions such as the Grand Canyon or Disneyland, a roadside culture developed with motels, diners, gas stations and tourist attractions.
Source: Wikipedia
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November 7, 2022
Greensboro Sit-ins
In February 1960 four black North Carolina A&T students staged the first of the historic 1960s sit-ins at a dime store lunch counter where they had been refused service.
Source: History.com
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November 3, 2022
Japan – USA Miltary Alliance
In January 1960 the US and Japan signed a treaty of mutual cooperation and security that formalized a US-Japanese military alliance.
Left-wing protests roiled the government of Nobosuke Kishi as he pushed through the revised security treaty with America.
The treaty permitted the presence of U.S. military bases on Japanese soil, and committed the two nations to defend each other if one or the other were attacked in the territories under the administration of Japan.
Source: Wikipedia
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October 31, 2022
Bathyscaphe Trieste Dives Into Mariana Trench
In January 1960, the Bathyscaphe “Trieste,” piloted by Jacques Piccard and USN Lt. Don Walsh, reached the bottom of the Mariana Trench (east of the Philipines) at 37,000 feet below sea level.
Source: Wikipedia
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October 27, 2022
Year In Review 1959
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October 24, 2022
Bertrand Russell’s Message
Bertrand Arthur William Russell (1872 – 1970) was a British mathematician, philosopher, logician, and public intellectual who had a considerable influence on mathematics, logic, set theory, linguistics, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, computer science and various areas of analytic philosophy, especially philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of language, epistemology, and metaphysics.
“An individual human existence should be like a river: small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being.”
—How to grow old
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October 20, 2022
Eisenhower Visits India
In December 1959 President Dwight Eisenhower visited India and met with President Rajenda Prasad and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
In an address to the Indian Parliament, Eisenhower said: “ We who are free, and who prize our freedom above all other gifts of God and nature, must know each other better; trust each other more; support each other.”
“During the Cold War, India and the USSR had a strong strategic, military, economic and diplomatic relationship. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia inherited its close relationship with India which resulted in both nations sharing a special relationship.” – Wikipedia
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October 17, 2022
Antarctic Treaty
In December 1959 representatives of 12 countries signed the Antarctic Treaty in Washington DC setting aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, free from military activity.
Source: Wikipedia
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October 13, 2022
Chubby Checker-The Twist
In November 1959 Chubby Checker introduced “The Twist” on the Dick Clark Saturday Night Show.
In 1961 he released Let’s Twist Again
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October 10, 2022
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur was a 1959 film directed by William Wyler, that starred Charlton Heston as the title character.
The film was a remake of a 1925 silent film with a similar title adapted from Lew Wallace‘s 1880 novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
The film had the largest budget ($15.175 million) and the largest sets built, of any film produced at the time.
Source: Wikipedia
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