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How times have changed: Look back at the sixties
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Apollo 11: The speech Nixon would have given ‘in event of moon disaster’ (1969)
What if the trip to the Moon had been one way? White House speechwriter William Safire wrote a statement that Nixon could read in the event of a disaster.
Squirt soda wasn’t ‘sweet like other soft drinks,’ plus five ’60s cocktail recipes
Squirt's not sweet like other soft drinks. In fact, it's definitely dry. It starts with sun-ripened citrus fruit and ends up with natural dryness, a quality never before achieved in soft drinks.
To the moon! 20 newspaper headlines from the Apollo 11 launch on July 16, 1969
On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 took off for the moon - a historic mission for Americans, and for people all around the globe. See vintage newspaper headlines from that day here!
2 classic butterscotch ice cream pie recipes
If you love those creamy, sweet butterscotch chips, here's an easy recipe for a homemade butterscotch ice cream pie with a buttery graham cracker crumb base.
Wonder horse! See vintage ride-on spring horse toys from the 1960s
Get a Wonder Horse, and you've made your cowboy's happiest dreams come true... Wonder Horse makes the world’s most popular toy horses. All 17 models promise instant joy on Christmas morning -- and lasting year-round enjoyment!
Inside vintage grocery stores & old-fashioned supermarkets of yesteryear
Take a look back at the kind of aisles, counters and checkouts American shoppers used to encounter every day when shopping for food and other groceries!
Selling the ’66 Ford Mustang to women – Six & the single girl, supermarket set & more
Behind the wheel of one of the snappiest, brightest, best-looking, common sense cars in the sixties: the '66 Ford Mustang with its 200 cubic-inch Six.
Vintage payphones: When phone booths, walk-up & drive-up public telephones were everywhere
Imagine being able to call someone when you *weren't at home*! It was a big deal back in the day. See the history of vintage payphones & phonebooths here!
Say, Say, Oh Playmate: We traced the story of this old song and hand clapping game, and have the lyrics
Millions know 'Say, Say, Oh Playmate' - also known as 'Playmate' - but few today know much about the rhyming song & hand clapping game. Find out more here!
One small step: Everything that happened the day man first walked on the moon in 1969
Look back at the biggest news in the universe on July 20, 1969 - the day we first landed on the lunar surface, walked on the moon, then went for a drive.
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