50 Years to the Day

A window to the world of 50 years ago to the day! 

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Peanuts strip for Dec. 3, 1964

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DC Comics for Dec. 3, 1964

Flash #150 featured an epic battle with Captain Cold

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Marvel Comics for Dec. 3, 1964

Dardevil #6 saw the first appearance of Mr. Fear

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Dec. 3, 2014

50 years ago today, Police arrested about 800 students at the University of California Berkeley Free Speech Movement rally.  The students had taken over and staged a sit-in at the Sprout Hall Administration Building protesting the U.C. Regents' decision to punish student activists for what many students saw as justified civil disobedience.  One of those students, Mario Savio gave an impassioned speech in which he said,  "There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart that you can't take part. And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop!"  Singer Joan Baez, only 23 at the time, sang "We Shall Overcome" 

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Peanuts strip for Dec. 2, 1964

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Peanuts strip for Dec. 1, 1964

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Dec. 1, 2014

50 years ago today, preseason rankings for College Basketball were released by the AP with Michigan at the top. 

Michigan

UCLA

Wichita State

Davidson

Duke

Vanderbilt

Syracuse

Kansas State

San Francisco

St. Johns(NY)

Kentucky

Minnesota

North Carolina

Bradley

Seattle

Villanova

Notre Dame

Kansas

Brigham Young

DePaul

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Dec. 1, 2014

50 years ago today, the Houston Colt .45s officially changed their nickname to the Astros. The name corresponded with the move from Colt Stadium to the Harris County Domed Stadium, or The Astrodome as it would be known, that same year. Even though the franchise had only existed for 3 years, they had to change their name due to a dispute with the Colt Firearm Company. The new name was to honor the city of Houston being the home to NASA's Manned Spaceflight Center, soon to be called the Johnson Space Center. 

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Dec. 1, 2014

50 years ago today Gustavo Diaz Ordaz took off as the 49th President of Mexico.  Known for his authoritarian style he would be President until Nov. 30, 1970. 

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Peanuts strip for Nov. 30, 1964

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Scientific American Magazine for Dec. 1964

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Sports Illustrated for Nov. 30, 1964

The cover featured Defensive Tackle Alex Karras of the Detroit Lions. 

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Newsweek Magazine for Nov. 30, 1964

The cover featured French President Charles De Gaulle. France had recently seen unparalleled economic growth, and many attributed this to the many projects championed by De Gaulle. These include the extension of the Marseilles Harbor, the promotion of the Caravelle jet liner and decision to build the Concorde along with the British, and the expansion of the French auto industry. 

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Nov. 30, 2014

50 years ago today, the USSR launched the Zond 2 probe on a mission to Mars. Its mission was to take pictures of the Red Planet. 

Contact was lost with the probe in May 1965, but it would still flyby Mars in August. 

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Peanuts Sunday strip from Nov. 29, 1964