{"id":33693,"date":"2013-05-10T12:36:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T18:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/10\/fifty-turning-fifty.html"},"modified":"2013-05-14T09:48:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T15:48:56","slug":"fifty-turning-fifty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/10\/fifty-turning-fifty.html","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Turning Fifty"},"content":{"rendered":"
Fifty things turning fifty this year:<\/p>\n

Beatlemania
The Computer Mouse
Weight Watchers
Push-Button Telephones
Michael Jordan, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt\u2026
Marvel\u2019s The Avengers
The X-Men
Smiley Face
The Rolling Stones
\u201cBlowin\u2019 In The Wind\u201d – Bob Dylan
\u201cSurfin\u2019 Usa\u201d – The Beach Boys
Compact Cassettes
Zip Codes
Tennis For Women
The Fugitive
The Great Train Robbery
Hang-Gliding
Hover Mowers
Hypertext
\u201cI Have A Dream\u201d
\u201cSegregation Forever\u201d
\u201cIch Bin Ein Berliner\u201d
The Election Of Pope Paul Vi
Iron Man
Kenya
Dead-Donor Kidney Transplants
Lava Lamps
Cleopatra
The Alphanumeric APS2
Lilies Of The Field
Lamborghini
Women In Space
The Eruption Of Mount Agung
Modesty Blaise
\u201cBe My Baby\u201d – The Ronettes
Nanoseconds
The Killing Of Medgar Evers
The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
The Nutty Professor
Fellini\u2019s 8 \u00bd
The Profumo Affair
The Most Peaceful Violent Protest In History
Skateboarding
Science Of Being And Art Of Living
The Birds
Astro Boy
Zanzibar
\u201cPop Art\u201d At The Guggenheim
The JFK Assassination
Doctor Who<\/p>\n

I can think of a couple of more, too …<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Doyce Testerman<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Whoa.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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50 Things That Turn 50 in 2013<\/a>
\n Beatlemania The Computer Mouse Weight Watchers Push-Button Telephones Michael Jordan, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt… Marvel\u2019s The Avengers The X-Men Smiley Face The Rolling Stones \u201cBlowin\u2019 In The Wind\u201d – Bob Dylan \u201cSurfin\u2019 Usa\u201d – The Beach Boys Compact Cassettes Zip Codes Tennis For Women The Fugitive The Great Train Robbery Hang-Gliding Hover Mowers Hypertext \u201cI Have A Dream\u201d \u201cSegregation Forever\u201d \u201cIch Bin Ein Berliner\u201d The Election Of Pope Paul Vi I…\n <\/p>\n

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Fifty things turning fifty this year: BeatlemaniaThe Computer MouseWeight WatchersPush-Button TelephonesMichael Jordan, Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt\u2026Marvel\u2019s The AvengersThe X-MenSmiley FaceThe Rolling Stones\u201cBlowin\u2019 In The Wind\u201d – Bob Dylan\u201cSurfin\u2019 Usa\u201d – The Beach BoysCompact CassettesZip CodesTennis For WomenThe FugitiveThe Great Train RobberyHang-GlidingHover MowersHypertext\u201cI Have A Dream\u201d\u201cSegregation Forever\u201d\u201cIch Bin Ein Berliner\u201dThe Election Of Pope Paul ViIron ManKenyaDead-Donor … Continue reading “Fifty Turning Fifty”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,69,108,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-family","category-history","category-holidays"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":135796,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/10\/fifty-years-ago-year.html","url_meta":{"origin":33693,"position":0},"title":"Fifty Years Ago This Year","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 10-Jan-18 3:13pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It's gobsmacking to me that it's fifty years since 1968. 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