Numbers 1957 st. Class stamp .19- loaf of bread .25- issue of Sports Illustrated .35- movie ticket .50- gallon of milk (delivered) $2.05- avg. hourly wage $2,845- new car $19,500- new home **************** 2010 prices today?
Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower *Cold War events *Wars *Home Life *Civil Rights events
Cold War Events Oct. 4, Soviets launch Sputnik I, first artificial satellite to orbit the earth U.S. creates NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)- coordinate research in rocket science & space exploration NDEA (National Defense Education Act)- provided funds for education & training in science, math, & foreign languages Sputnik I
Cold War Events… Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev became leader of the Soviet Union (3 years after Stalin’s death) Jan. 31, U.S. launched its own satellite (Explorer I) from Cape Canaveral in Florida
Wars- Korean War Eisenhower was president-elect (elected in 1952) when the armistice was signed in 1953.
Home Life Federal Hwy. Act- $25 bil. for 10 yr. effort to build more than 40,000 miles of interstate highways Minimum hourly wage increased from.75 to $1.00 Growth of suburbs & the Baby Boom- Between , more than 65 mil. children born in the U.S.
Home Life… Polio vaccine developed 1955 By 1957, 40 mil. T.V. sets in use Rock & Roll- Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Ray Charles, Little Richard, Supremes 1950s TV
Civil Rights Notes will be added later.