A Poppi Birthday!

Happy 54th Birthday Dad!

54 years ago, Dwight Eisenhower was in his second of eight years as President; RCA manufactures the first color television- it had a 12" screen and sold for $1,000; the United States Air Force Academy is established in Colorado; the words "under God" are added to the Pledge of Allegiance; a radio station in Memphis, TN is the first to air an Elvis Presley record; the first issue of Sports Illustrated is published; the President of Brazil commits suicide; an earthquake in Algeria kills 1500 and leaves thousands homeless; the first Miss America Pageant is broadcast on television; in Sylacauga, Alabama, a 4 kg meteorite crashes through the roof of a house and hits Ann Hodges, in the first documented case of an object from outer space hitting a person; the first kidney transplants are done in Boston and Paris; stop signs are changed from black-on-yellow to white-on-red; the TV Dinner is introduced; gerbils are brought to the United States by Dr. Victor Schwentker.