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TaB
Proving once again that you can sell anything with adverts featuring a bikini-clad sex goddess with a 2" waist and 'something to hold on to' hips.
An early version of Diet Coke, TaB proudly boasted about...
Asteroids
In the years after Star Wars (1977), anything involving outer space, zippy interstellar craft and dangerous battles was golden. Into this arena of sci-fi fantasy came Atari’s Asteroids, one of the most enduring hits in video...
John F Kennedy
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Born in 1917, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the second son of a millionaire Democrat power-broker, Joseph P Kennedy.
Jack graduated from Harvard in 1940 and saw service with...
Freda Lingstrom
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The development of television for children in the United Kingdom owes much to the foresight of Freda Lingstrom, the BBCs first Head of Children's Television programmes (between...
Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em Robots
Marx introduced Rock’em Sock’em Robots in 1966. The game was invented by Marvin Glass and Burt Meyer, who took their inspiration from a trip to a Chicago amusement arcade where a boxing-themed game piqued their...
