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Joseph McCarthy
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Born at Grand Chute, Wisconsin, Joseph Raymond McCarthy graduated from Marquette University in 1935, and practised...
Hair
Elvis may have been known as "The Pelvis" but his big pompadour hairdo was just as famous as his swivelling hips (it just didn't make that neat...
Drive-In Cinemas
On 7 June 1933, the world's first drive-in movie theatre was opened in Camden, New Jersey, USA, by Richard Hollingshead Jr. Hollingshead patented a ramp...
Starsky Cardigan
As worn by Starsky on the TV cop show Starsky and Hutch. A hand knitted cardigan in a cream colour with a brown horizontal pattern...
Tamagotchis
Already hugely popular in Japan, Bandai's Tamagotchis - or "virtual pets" - were all the rage in the US in 1997.
Retailing for between $9.99...
