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Type in the ncontent of your ew page here. **Buddy Holley** ·  Charles Hardin Holley was born on September 7th 1936 in Lubbock, Texas ·  As he was growing up he learned to play the guitar, piano and fiddle ·  After he was out of college he put together a Western and Bop Band ·  Holly was looked differently then Elvis Pressley because he wouldn’t dance around the stage like Elvis would ·  As his career was getting bigger he would start to change bands and become even more talented ·  The first time that he changed bands was on February 25th, 1957 ·  He impacted the music era with his individual style of music and his passion for music **CHUBBY CHECKERS **  ·  Chubby Checkers was born on October 3, 1941   ·  He was a singer-songwriter   ·  He was also very well known for “The Twist” in 1960   ·  He also married Mrs. Universe in 1962   ·  <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Checkers impacted the musical era in the 1960 by contributing to rock and roll and the new dance styles <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> **<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">BEN HUR **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·  <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">This was a big movie in the 1960’s; it was about the birth of Jesus <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·  <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The plot is just a big conflict of religions that open people’s eyes <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"> ·  <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">It also shows their fight for freedom <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">

Fidel Castro: ·  Born in Cuba 1926. ·  **//__ Communist __//** ·  Vice President Richard Nixon called Castro a communist dictator that should be over thrown. ·  Castro formed a socialist economy. ·  Castro proposed a trade embargo in 1961 saying that all United States businesses and interest should be terminated ·  The U.S did not like how there was even a communist leader in the world, but they also didn’t like how he was so close to the U.S   ·   In 1944 he was awarded Cuba’s all around athlete. ·  In 1947 Castro joined the Cuban people’s party. ·  In 1952 Castro became a candidate for congress for the Cuban people’s party. ·  Became leader January 9, 1959. ·  Turned over reigns of government in February 19, 2008 to brother, Raul.

Psycho:

·  June 1960 was released. ·  1960 horror movie. ·  Starred: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Garvin, Martin Balsam, and Janet Leigh. ·  Director: Alfred Hitchcock ·  The shower scene of Psycho was one of the greatest horror movie scenes in cinema. ·  Hitchcock changed the censorship in movies.

Belgians in the Congo: ·  The Belgian government in the Congo was overthrown. ·  King Leopold II was ruler. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·  <span style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN"> The Belgian Congo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Syngman Rhee <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·  The first President of South Korea, serving from 1948 to 1960. His method of rule became unpopular, and he was forced to resign by a student-led democratic movement. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·  Born in Kaesong, Korea on April 26th 1875. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·  Arrested in 1897 for being part of the protest against monarchy. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·  Received a P.H.D in Princeton University in international law. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·  In 1919 he was elected president of the Korean Provisional Government in exile. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·  In 1947 he received the unofficial support of the United States government. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·  1948 Rhee became the first South Korean president. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·  Syngman Rhee’s regime was looked at as authoritarian, corrupt and inefficient.

Hula Hoops <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·  Hula Hoops became a national fad. Everywhere, you would see children and even adults trying to spin the large plastic hoop around their waste. TV celebrities would also display their skills with the hoop. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·   The fad peaked and died out quickly.

·  The first astronaut monkey rode 39 miles on June 11, 1948. ·  The first monkeys name was Albert, and was a rhesus monkey. ·  Monkeys were launched between 1948 and 1961. ·  Thirty-two monkeys flew in the space program, and all had only one mission. ·  Albert VI was the 1st monkey to survive his flight, although he died 2 hours after landing. ·  The first monkeys to successfully return to earth after going to space were Able, a rhesus monkey and Miss Baker, a Squirrel monkey.
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EDSEL IS A NO GO <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·    This car was made by ford from <span style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN">November 1956 until January 1958 <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·  <span style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN">In the beginning the car was selling but then these dealerships were at a stand still and none of the cars were being sold so most of them closed down <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·   In 1958 Edsel produced four different models <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·  <span style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN">In the 1959 44,891 cars were sold in the U.S   <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·   <span style="COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN">The cars sale ended in  [|November 19], [|1959] <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> ·   The final tally of cars were only 2,846

·  Italian criminal secret society. ·  The Mafia is also known as Cosa Nostra. ·  It was first developed in the mid 19th century in Sicily, Italy. ·  Immigration of Italians to the United States in the late 19th century brought the mafia to America. ·  Many Sicilians did not see the Mafia members as criminals, but as role models and protectors. ·  The group U2 was formed in 1976. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">
 * Mafia: **
 * U2: **
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Became a top international act in the mid 1980’s.
 * Rock band from Dublin, Ireland.