$ Baby Boomers (1943 to 1960) (8/5/2007)
A baby boomer is someone who was born during a period of increased birth rates. The term, baby boomer is particularly applied to those born during the post-World War II period of increased birth rates. Boomer's seemed to develop personalities that mixed high self-esteem with self-indulgence. Since Boomers thought their parents' world was in need of a major overhaul and because they were taught to think critically by questioning everything, they saw their role in society as not to obey its rules but rather to justify, purify, and force change wherever they believed it was necessary. They would make themselves heard by lighting social and political fuses that caused dramatic changes.
Famous members of the Baby Boomers:
1943 Mick Jagger, Musician Rolling stones
1943 Roger Waters, Musician Pink Floyd
1954Oprah Winfrey, Talk show host
1954 Howard Stern, Satellite radio disc jockey
1955 Bill Gates, Entrepreneur
Music and dance
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular musicians in rock music history. Although he was also a very well known movie actor in musical films, he became one of the most popular entertainers of all time in the 20th Century.
Another success were The Beatles. The original group was formed in 1959 but Unfortunately, today's generations missed history's most popular rock music group ever.
People and Events
On July 21 1969 Neil A. Armstrong stepped down from the lunar module Eagle (piloted by Colonel Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin) onto the moon. where they both proceeded to collect samples of the moon's surface and they planted the American flag into the soil.
National civil rights leaders staged a march on Washington D.C and Martin Luther King, Jr delivered the famous speech "I have a dream." The following year President Lyndon Johnson took up President Kennedy's mantle and pushed the 'Civil Rights Act of 1964' through Congress. The Civil Rights Act prohibited segregation in public accomidations as well as discrimination in education and employment.
Fashion
In the 1950's, there were clothes for every occasion. Clothes were casual, comfortable, relaxed, colorful, and convenient even though a few styles turned out to be a quick fad. These clothes became very popular (and some are still so today) because they were fun to wear - cool and stylish. Not too different from now, both girls and boys spent a great deal of money on their clothes, however, they wore them to both school and to work. In this generation, girls wore flared, knee-length 'poodle' skirts usually made of felt, decorated with sequence, glitter, plastic movable eyes, and fake fur. Teenage girls wore 'short shorts'. Women wore full skirts worn over stiff crinoline slips, and for those 'special outings' strapless evening gowns and tube dresses.
Boys wore casual sports jackets, button-down dress shirts, car coats, and wing-tip shoes. Most wore T-shirts with blue jeans but for that rebellious look chose leather pants or a leather jacket. Men's clothing included tweeds and pinstripes but daring men went for a bold look - even pink Bermuda shorts, slacks, shirts, and colonel string ties for men were popular.
Science and Technology
Christian Neethling; Giving a Second Chance at Life- Is a South African surgeon who went down into the annals of medical history when he performed the first human heart-transplant operation.
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Famous members of the Baby Boomers:
1943 Mick Jagger, Musician Rolling stones
1943 Roger Waters, Musician Pink Floyd
1954Oprah Winfrey, Talk show host
1954 Howard Stern, Satellite radio disc jockey
1955 Bill Gates, Entrepreneur
Music and dance
Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular musicians in rock music history. Although he was also a very well known movie actor in musical films, he became one of the most popular entertainers of all time in the 20th Century.
Another success were The Beatles. The original group was formed in 1959 but Unfortunately, today's generations missed history's most popular rock music group ever.
People and Events
On July 21 1969 Neil A. Armstrong stepped down from the lunar module Eagle (piloted by Colonel Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin) onto the moon. where they both proceeded to collect samples of the moon's surface and they planted the American flag into the soil.
National civil rights leaders staged a march on Washington D.C and Martin Luther King, Jr delivered the famous speech "I have a dream." The following year President Lyndon Johnson took up President Kennedy's mantle and pushed the 'Civil Rights Act of 1964' through Congress. The Civil Rights Act prohibited segregation in public accomidations as well as discrimination in education and employment.
Fashion
In the 1950's, there were clothes for every occasion. Clothes were casual, comfortable, relaxed, colorful, and convenient even though a few styles turned out to be a quick fad. These clothes became very popular (and some are still so today) because they were fun to wear - cool and stylish. Not too different from now, both girls and boys spent a great deal of money on their clothes, however, they wore them to both school and to work. In this generation, girls wore flared, knee-length 'poodle' skirts usually made of felt, decorated with sequence, glitter, plastic movable eyes, and fake fur. Teenage girls wore 'short shorts'. Women wore full skirts worn over stiff crinoline slips, and for those 'special outings' strapless evening gowns and tube dresses.
Boys wore casual sports jackets, button-down dress shirts, car coats, and wing-tip shoes. Most wore T-shirts with blue jeans but for that rebellious look chose leather pants or a leather jacket. Men's clothing included tweeds and pinstripes but daring men went for a bold look - even pink Bermuda shorts, slacks, shirts, and colonel string ties for men were popular.
Science and Technology
Christian Neethling; Giving a Second Chance at Life- Is a South African surgeon who went down into the annals of medical history when he performed the first human heart-transplant operation.