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1955
Sept 11, 2008 16:57:30 GMT
Post by Hugh on Sept 11, 2008 16:57:30 GMT
O n the Waterfront swept the Academy Awards – Best Film, Best Actor (Marlon Brando), Best Actress (Eva Marie Saint), Best Director (Elia Kazan). Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Ala. Olympia Press published the U.S. edition of Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita in Paris. Walt Disney opened Disneyland, the first big theme park, in Los Angeles. Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald's in Des Plaines, Ill. Gasoline sold for 23 cents a gallon, first-class stamps were 3 cents. The average wage reached $4,130 a year and the average hourly rate broke through a dollar an hour.
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1955
Sept 12, 2008 9:24:51 GMT
Post by roddy byers on Sept 12, 2008 9:24:51 GMT
Yep good year wasnt it*
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