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Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval
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'The Music Man'
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Bosco chocolate syrup
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Western Union telegram
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Switchboard operators
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'Dick and Jane' reader
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Che Guevara and Fidel Castro
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Venus Paradise color-by-number
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Student desk with inkwell
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Rocky and Bullwinkle
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'Marilyn Diptych' by Andy Warhol
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Bell Labs educational films
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Good Humor ice cream
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'Fahrenheit 451' by Ray Bradbury
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Bill Ding balancing clowns
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Hi! Are you a Baby Boomer? Or did you absorb so much from your parents (or grandparents!) that you feel like one? Okay, then you should recognize these classics from the '50s & '60s. If any of them evoke memorable moments in your life, please log in and post a comment!

Try our Baby Boomer Trivia Quiz!

The quiz has 1600+ unique questions, many of them devilishly tricky. You can try the easiest/hardest ones first if you like, and we keep track of the questions each logged-in user has seen, so you can play over & over and never get the same question twice. Have fun!

On This Day in Boomer History: April 29

1955: G. Gronchi elected president of Italy
1956: WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting
1957: 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir Va
1963: KRE-AM in Berkeley, California changes call letters to KPAT
1965: Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die

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There are 5 general comments for the BBeM website.

Posted by Ed Sawicki at 5:23 pm (PDT) on Wed November 1, 2023
Just wondering if you place a limit on the number of times you recycle electrons. Too many times, and they get worn out, right? A good example is the electrons in the atom at the bottom of your home page. I've been watching them for weeks, and they seem to be slowing down. If you do limit them, you must introduce new electrons into the system to make up for the discarded ones, and that would make your claim, "This site is brought to you using 100% recycled electrons." false advertising. Other than that, I enjoy your site very much.
Posted by schessler at 11:04 pm (PDT) on Wed June 24, 2015
I enjoy browsing the "Baby Boomer Museum" even though I am not a baby boomer. I wonder what an equivalent site will be composed of in 50 years. Will the idea of going to a theater to see a movie be funny, how about driving a car and then buying fuel, living in a private house, progress has not stopped and things we enjoy now will seem antique to young people at that time.
Posted by ironman309 at 10:41 pm (PST) on Sat January 16, 2010
Thanks for the walk down memory lane! I haven't had that much fun in a long time.
Posted by wcgripko at 10:16 pm (PST) on Mon January 4, 2010
I realy like this, it brings back part of my "Life As A Kid!" I enjoy remembering the way things used to be. Not.....MONEY,Money, Money....... Back then it was: Family's,Jobs,Vacations, Wholesome Living..... But that's me. Thanks for the "Time Tunnel" Travel in Trivia!
Posted by Mawutt at 12:37 pm (PST) on Mon January 4, 2010
What an awesome memory jogger! Love it. Thanks for the fun!