Monday, March 10, 2014

1958 The Year of Dawn

Americas first satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral. This is also the year that the Microchip first developed which is the very early stages of PC's we all now use at work and at home.

The cost of a new house cost $8,450.00, the average income per year was $3,210.00 to  $5,010.00, a gallon of gas was 18 cents and by 1959 was 25 cents.

You could buy
1958 Chevrolet Corvette $3631.

Men's All Wool Suits $28.9
Square dance Cotton Check Dress $3.29
Electric Portable Singer Sewing Machine $19.90

Ronson Electric Shaver $28.50
Rib Roast 29 cents per pound
Ritz Crackers 32 cents
Rollaway Beds $14.95
Ring 1 carat Diamond  $399.00
Mechanical Adding Machine $3.98

Popular Culture 1958
The Wham-O company introduces the Hula Hoop; over 100 million are sold.
The Broadway musical "My Fair Lady" opens in London, with Rex Harrison as Professor Higgins, and Julie Andrews playing Eliza Doolittle

Popular Films
The Bridge on the River Kwai, South Pacific, Gigi, King Creole, Vertigo

Popular Singers
Elvis Presley, Billie Holiday, Ricky Nelson, Frank Sinatra, The Everly Brothers, Ella Fitzgerald, Jerry Lee Lewis.

Popular TV Programmes
Candid Camera, The Ed Sullivan Show, Come Dancing, The Jack Benny Show, Panorama, Alfred Hitchcock Presents

But besides all that good stuff, on March 10th 1958 Dawn Payne was born.

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAWN”


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