The Census Bureau reports that the US population estimates at 268,921,733 ● The Denver Broncos win Super Bowl XXXII ● In Nagano, Japan, the XVIII Winter Olympic Games open ● Titanic becomes the first film to gross 1 billion US dollars and also wins the Oscar for Best Picture ● Cambodian dictator and revolutionary Pol Pot dies at age of 72 ● Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World ● Unabomber Ted Kaczynski is given 4 life sentences ● Frank Sinatra passes away at the age of 82 ● The last episode of Seinfield airs ● NYY David Wells tosses a perfect game in a 4-0 victory at Yankee Stadium ● Sex and The City premieres ● In France, the FIFA World Cup of 1998 begins ● Utah Jazz defeated by the Chicago Bulls for the team’s third consecutive title ● Windows 98 is released by Microsoft ● Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, is published ● In Wimbledon, Jana Novotná and Pete Sampras win singles crowns ● Saving Private Ryan, is released ● Google is formally incorporated ● Akira Kurosawa dies at age 88 ● Mark McGwire, hits his 62nd home run of the season, breaking Roger Maris’ record of 61 ● US Open Tennis: Lindsay Davenport and Patrick Rafter win singles titles ● The New York Yankees win the World Series ● Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decide on a “land for peace” agreement ● John Glenn becomes the oldest person to travel into space at the age of 77 ● The second module of the International Space Station, the Unity Module, is launched. ● US House of Representatives votes to impeach US President Bill Clinton ● a first-class postage stamp cost $.32 ● the average price for a gallon of gas in the US was $1.06, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were:
Jennifer and Russell Baker
Danielle and Alberto Casas
Deirdre and Burton Corwin
Mary and Frank Ferrari
Melany and William Gray
Lorraine and Charles Henry
Stephanie & Michael Liverzani
Mary Lynch
Nannette and Mark McNally
Stephanie and Kazimierz Oplustil
Emily and James Sullivan
Cynthia and Nassim Taleb
1997
Hong Kong returns to Chinese rule ● US shuttle joins Russian space station ● O. J. Simpson found liable in civil suit ● Heaven’s Gate cult members commit mass suicide in California ● Timothy J. McVeigh sentenced to death for Oklahoma City bombing ● U.S. President: William J. Clinton, U.S. Vice President:
Albert Gore, Jr. ● Super Bowl: Green Bay Packers defeat New England Patriots ●
World Series: Florida Marlins defeat Cleveland Indians ● NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls defeat Utah Jazz ● Stanley Cup: Detroit Pistons defeat Philadelphia
76ers ● Wimbledon: Women: Martina Hingis defeats J. Novotna, Men: Pete Sampras defeats C. Pioline ● Popular Movies: As Good as It Gets, The Full Monty, Good Will Hunting, L.A. Confidential, Titanic, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Thomas & Patrice Carlin
Danielle & Alberto Casas
Michael & Najat Coughlin
Thomas Fahey and Stacey O’Haire Fahey
Robert & Patricia Fink
Tara & James Freeman
Nicholas & Louisa Kinas
1996
Richard & Lynn Leahy
Richard & Mary Mannix
Peter Matt & Robin Ludwig Matt
Linda O’Meara
Elaine Porter
Brian Smith & Patricia Ryan-Smith
Michael Traynor and Lucia Ballas-Traynor
Delta rocket successfully launches a global positioning satellite, GPS-7, from Cape Canaveral ● TWA Flight 800 explodes in the air off the coast of Long Island killing all 230 on board ● “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski is arrested at his Montana cabin ● U.S. President Bill Clinton Whitewater scandal ● Super Bowl: Dallas Cowboys defeat Pittsburgh Steelers ● NBA: Chicago Bulls defeat Seattle Supersonics ● Stanley Cup: Colorado Avalanche defeat Florida Panthers ● US Open Golf: Steve Jones Score: 278, Course: Oakland Hills CC ● World Series: New York Yankees defeat Atlanta Braves ● Best Picture Oscar:
“Braveheart” ● Grammy, Best Song: “Change the World,” Eric Clapton, Best Album: “Falling Into You,” Celine Dion and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Bud & Sylviane Zehil
David & Suzanne Calkins
Philip Jr. & Betty Comerford
James & Melissa Donahue
Thomas Dunne & Nancy Phillips
Thomas & Eileen Gerspach
Jacques Martin & Helen Cote
Theodore & Margery Mayer
William Spinner
David & Susan Kettig
Joan Brescia
Tony & Deborah DiCairano
Philemon & Barbara Truesdale
Antonio & MaryAnn Mancino
1995
Russian space station Mir greets first Americans, US shuttle docks with station ● Nerve gas attack in Tokyo subway kills eight and injures thou- sands ● Fighting escalates in Bosnia and Croatia, agree on cease-fire, then sign peace treaty ● Terrorist’s car bomb blows up Oklahoma City federal building, Timothy McVeigh arrested ● LA jury finds O. J. Simpson not guilty of murder charges ● Super Bowl champs: San Francisco 49ers ● World Series champs: Atlanta Braves ● NBA champs: Houston Rockets ● Stanley Cup champs: NJ Devils ● Kentucky Derby Champion: Thunder Gulch ● Academy Awards Best Picture: Forrest Gump, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
R. Timothy & Nancy Gardiner
Bradley & Blythe Hamer Gewehr
Dominick & Agnes Golio
1994
Rev. John R. Kraljic
Harry & Margaret Moussouris
Margaret Murray
Computer Zip Drive introduced ● Historic Cinema: Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, The Lion King & Jurassic Park in theaters at the same time ● Price of Heinz Ketchup, 40 oz: $1.99, CocaCola 12-pack, 12 oz cans: $1.99 ● George Foreman Grill was released ● MLB: No World Series, as Baseball Players Association on strike ● World population:
5,564,000,000 ● Time Magazine’s Man of the Year: Pope John Paul II ● Michael Crichton, the screenwriter of Jurassic Park, had a novel (Disclosure) and a television show (ER) reach US #1 at the same time the film did in 1994, the only person to achieve this ● Stella Liebeck sued McDonald’s after spilling hot coffee in her lap, leaving her with third degree burns, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Robert & Gail Fanelli
Rev. Dorothy A. Greene
Robert & Elizabeth Nabholz
Gregory & Christine Randolph
1993
Bill Clinton succeeded George Bush as the 42nd President of the United States ● Average Rent $532, ● Gallon of Gas $1.16 ● Movie Ticket $4.14 ●
Average New Car $12,750 ● Loaf of Bread $1.57 ● Postage Stamp 29 Cents ● The World Wide Web was born at CERN ● Ty Warner USA launched the first Beanie Babies ● The Buffalo Bills became the first team to lose three consecutive Super Bowls, defeated by the Dallas Cowboys at Super Bowl XXVII ● TV show, Cheers, ended its 11-year run ● “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston spent the most time at the top of the US charts ● The Toronto Blue Jays won the World Series
● Unforgiven won Best Picture at the 65th Academy Awards ● Michael Jordan announced his retirement from professional basketball ● Ruth Bader Ginsburg becomes the second woman on the Supreme Court ● The Czech Republic and the Slovakia separated in the so-called Velvet Divorce, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Kim & Barbara Christiansen
Peter & Barbara Gallagher
Charles & Janet Love
Margaret & Thomas O’Connor
Maura O’Sullivan
1992
Kirk & Laurie Palmer
Joseph & Susan Romagnoli
Lennard & Starr Rambusch
Elizabeth Sternberg
Craig & Kathryn Stillwagon
Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida ● Euro Disney opens in France
● Bill Clinton becomes U.S. president ● The 27th Amendment to the US constitution is ratified ● The largest shopping mall in the U.S., Minnesota’s Mall of America, is constructed, spanning 78 acres ● The Summer Olympics are held in Barcelona, Spain ● Two of the strongest earth- quakes ever to hit California strike east of Los Angeles ● Prince Charles and Princess Diana separate ● Georgia Superdome in Atlanta, Georgia is completed ● The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), between the U.S., Canada and Mexico is signed ● The Winter Olympic Games are held in Albertville, France ● South Africans vote for political reforms to end apartheid, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Antigone Allen
James & Alana Brady
Mariella Clark
Suzanne Despins
Mary B. Degen
Marvin & Kathy Henk
Sharon H. Falvey
Kyung & Bengen Lee
Carl & Renee Landegger
Christopher Plunkett
1991 George W. Bush named Time Magazine Man of the Year ● U.N. Coalition forces led by the United States, United Kingdom, and several Arab nations bombed Iraqi forces in Kuwait, leading to their retreat from the country ● The Balkan Wars began ● Boris Yeltsin wins the first free election for Russia’s first popularly-elected president ● Cyclone in Bangladesh kills 200,000 ● The Dead Sea Scrolls are unveiled in Israel ● The Dow Jones Industrial Average hits 3,000 for the first time ● Jeffrey Dahmer is arrested after the remains of 11 men and boys are found in his Milwaukee, Wisconsin apartment ● Airbags installed in new model auto’s ● Unleaded gas was $1.12 per gallon ● “Ghost” won the Oscar for Best Picture ● “Lost in Yonkers” by Neil Simon won the Tony Award, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Candace Hall
John & Juliette Kvernland
William & Barbara Knowles
Adam & Lynn Libertella
1990
Peter & Lydia Milani
Denis & Frances Moussouris
Kenneth Padgett
Mary T. Payne & Robert Feeley
Iraqi invasion of Kuwait ordered by Saddam Hussein ● 2nd Desert Shield Begins as the United States and U.K. send troops to Kuwait ● The U.S. enters a bad recession, with repercussions throughout the world ● “The Simpsons” are seen for the first time on FOX TV ● Berlin Wall dismantled , East and West Germany reunite ● Tim Berners-Lee publishes the first web page on the world wide web (www) ● A hole in the Ozone Layer above the North Pole is discovered ● First in-car GPS Satellite Navigation System goes on sale from Pioneer ● The Hubble Telescope was launched into space ● Average salary in the U.S. is $28,960 ● Gallon of gas $1.34 ● Postage stamp 25 cents ● “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Home Alone,” “The Hunt for Red October,” “Dances with Wolves” and “Die Hard II” are the most popular movies ● Milli Vanilli duo’s producer reveals that the Grammywinning pop duo were lip synching on the album which gained them the award ● The Grapes of Wrath won for Best Play, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
John & Renee Coughlin Jr.
Robert & Diane Goodman
Richard Miani
Kenneth & Anne MacArtney
George & Susan Matelich
Guy & Dominique Riviere
1989
U.S. planes shoot down two Libyan fighters over international waters in the Mediterranean ● Tens of thousands of Chinese students take over Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in rally for democracy ● George W. Bush inaugurated as 41st President of U.S. ● Exxon Valdez sends 11 million gallons of crude oil into Alaska’s Prince William Sound ● Gas at 97 cents per gallon ● Postage stamps rose to 25 cents ● San Francisco Bay area had an earthquake measuring 7.1 at the start of the MLB World Series ● Microsoft Office was launched ● The Berlin Wall was open ● South African Prime Minister F.W. de Klerk starts to dismantle apartheid ● “Rain Man” won the Oscar for Best Picture ● Nintendo releases handheld Game Boy, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Stephen & Janet Bear
Veronica Snyder
1988
Indictments handed down in the Iran-Contra affair ● Presidential election: George W. Bush beats out Michael Dukakis ● Sonny Bono elected as mayor of Palm Springs ● “The Last Emperor” won 9 Academy Awards ● Top pop songs: “Never Gonna Give You Up,” “Faith,” “Need You Tonight” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine” ● Popular TV shows: “Roseanne” and “The Wonder Years”
● The Winter Olympics held in Calgary ● The Washington Redskins win Super Bowl XXII ● NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster, with the Space Shuttle Discovery ● Unleaded gas at 91cents per gallon
● U.S. Postage Stamp was 24 cents ● Bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie Scotland on December 21st, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Lawrence & Holly McTague
Louis & Sloane Occhiuto
Edward & Jeanne Van Valen
1987
Ronald Reagan is President of the U.S. ● Wall Street crashes, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 22.6% ● Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns amid accusations of sexual infidelity and financial impropriety ● Minnesota Twins win the World Series ● New York Giants win Super Bowl XXI ● Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup ● “Three Men and a Baby” is the top grossing film ● “Full House,” “Married with Children,” and “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” premiere ● The world population reached approximately 5 billion ● Median U.S. household income was $26,000 ● Cost of a U.S. stamp was 22 cents ● Deaths included artist Andy Warhol, CIA director William Casey and actor/director John Huston, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Kenneth & Patricia Gamble
Bruce Helwig
Michael & Jeryl Hofmann
Raymond & Susan Kiernan
1986
Collier & Ann Kirkham
Federico & Carmen Riesco
Thomas & Christine Webler
The Human Genome Project is launched ● The Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates after launch, killing all on board ● The Soviet Union launches the Mir Space Station ● The Soviet nuclear reactor at Chernobyl explodes on April 26, releasing radioactive material ● Mike Tyson becomes boxing’s youngest Heavyweight Champion ● The Iran-Contra Affair occurs ● “Mad Cow Disease” is first identified ● The experimental plane Voyager completes the first nonstop flight around the world ● Average US Income $22,400.00 ● Gallon of gas 89 cents ● Popular Films: “Top Gun,” “Crocodile Dundee,” “Platoon” ● Popular TV shows: “Magnum, P.I.,” “Dynasty,” “Falcon Crest,” “Hill Street Blues,” “Cagney and Lacey” ● Most popular songs: Whitney Houston, “The Greatest Love of All”, The Bangles, “Walk Like an Egyptian,” Madonna’s “Papa Don’t Preach” ● Out of Africa wins 7 Oscars ● Tony Award went to “I’m Not Rappaport”, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Robert & Janet Blair
Mary Buckley
Joseph & Joan Gorman
Thomas & Rita Miller
Mary McGahan
Francesco Pia & Christine Pecora
William & Jill Stump
John & Maureen Shea
Robert & Regina Turkington
1985
Ronald Reagan, 73, takes oath for second term as 40th President of the U.S. ● Two Shiite Muslim gunmen capture TWA airliner with 133 aboard, 104 of them Americans ● John A. Walker and son, Michael I. Walker, 22, sentenced in Navy espionage case ● U.S. budget-balancing bill enacted ● Most popular TV shows: “St. Elsewhere,” “The Golden Girls,” “Family Ties,” “Cheers,” “Night Court” ● First Class postage: 20 cents ● Gallon of gas: $1.09 ● Best Picture: “The Color Purple” ● Song of the Year: “We Are The World” ● Best Musical: “Big River”, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
James Hughes
Didi Nydick
James & Joanne Wendling
1984
NYC transit fare hike: $.75 to $.90 ● Apple unveils the Macintosh PC ● Bruce McCandless makes 1st untethered spacewalk ● 6 yearold Texan gets 1st heart & liver transplant ● Bruce Springsteen releases "Born in the USA" ● Government orders air bags or seat belts to be required in cars by 1989 ●
President Reagan wins re-election ● First planet outside of our solar system discovered ● Howard Cosell retires from Monday Night Football, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Mary Darcy
David & Patricia Hachey
Eugene Maguire
1983
Terence O’Keefe
Dan & Carol Pisani
Challenger space shuttle’s successful maiden voyage ● U.S. Supreme Court declares many local abortion restrictions unconstitutional ● U.S. admits shielding former Nazi Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie, wanted in France for war crimes
● Terrorist explosion kills 237 U.S. Marines in Beirut ● U.S. and Caribbean allies invade Grenada ● First-class stamp is $.20 ● CD’s replace vinyl records ● Last episode of M*A*S*H* airs on television ● Motorola begins testing cellular phone service in Chicago, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Jo-Ann Amaral
Gil & Madelyn Castagna
Patricia Fanning
Charles & Jeannette Mirabile
John & Mary Spollen
1982
First artificial heart transplant ● John Hinckley found not guilty by reason of insanity, for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Reagan ● Equal Rights Amendment fails ratification ● British overcome Argentina in Falklands War ● Israel invades Lebanon ● Italy wins The World Cup ● U.S. postage stamp is 20 cents ● Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” sells over 25 million copies, the biggest selling album in history ● “Cats” opens on Broadway, becomes Broadway’s longest running play ● “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial” is released, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Christine Alberi
Evdokia Kyriakos
1981
Caryl Mahoney
Rosemary E. Roach
Iran releases 52 American hostages held captive for 444 days ● Assassination attempt on President Reagan by John Hinkley ● Space Shuttle Columbia is sent into space ● President Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to be the first woman on the Supreme Court ● “Pac Man” video game is introduced in the U.S. ● Los Angeles Dodgers win the World Series ● “Raiders of the Lost Ark” is the top-grossing film ● "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes is released ● MTV debuts on cable television, playing music videos 24 hours per day ● “Gimme a Break” premieres, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Francoise Martin Drogoul
Dino & Barbara Cavanna
Chris & Bridget Gorman
Patricia Healy
1980
Eugene & Sheila Kelly
Victor & Lydia Stanionis
Katherine Tamagna
Philip & Barbara Torina
Six U.S. Embassy aides escape from Iran ● Reagan elected President ● U.S. breaks diplomatic ties with Iran ● Postage stamps are 15 cents ●
John Lennon murdered ● Ted Turner launches CNN ● Best Picture Oscar goes to “Kramer vs. Kramer” ● Hit song: “What a Fool Believes” ● Hit album: “52nd Street” by Billy Joel ● Voyager I reaches Saturn ● U.S. Hockey Team wins the gold in the Olympic Winter Games, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Irvin & Toni Cherashore
Theodora Constantine
Bettie & Joseph Contreras
Ena Ellwanger
John & Dian Grandefeld
Kenneth & Donna McAlley
Frank & Deirdre McDermott
Joan McGovern
Vincent & Mary Jane Obermeier
Richard & Susan Rock
Catherine Ryan
Suzy Slattery
Malcolm & Charlanne Schade
1979
Jimmy Carter is U.S. President ● “Evita” opens on Broadway ● Chuck Berry enters Lompoc Prison, in California, for tax evasion ● The U.S. Embassy in Tehran is seized ● Pope John Paul II travels to the U.S. for the first time ● Mother Teresa accepts the Nobel Peace Prize ● Three Mile Island nuclear plant emits radiation ● “Bad Girls” is the #1 Album of the Year, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Thomas & Linda Devine
Stephen & Cathia Falvey
Patricia Finneran
Ellen Funck
Donald & Sarah Gallagher
1976
John & Mary Koltis
Mary Liverzani
George & Mary Ann MacLellan
Marie Rogliano
Phil Wallace
Gerald Ford is U.S. President ● “A Chorus Line” opens on Broadway ● “Rocky” is the most popular movie of the year ● “Happy Days” is the most popular television show ● Lasers are used in a rock show for the first time by The Who ● The Winter Olympics are held in Innsbruck, Austria ● 28 people die in Philadelphia of a mysterious virus dubbed “Legionnaire’s Disease ● Barbara Walters is the first broadcaster to be offered a $1 million contract to co-host the nightly shows ● Military spending in the world skyrockets to $300 billion per year ● The United States celebrates its 200th birthday, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Anthony Mauro
Barry & Barbara Mitchell
1975
Chiang Kai-Shek, the last of the great WWII leaders, dies ● The Superdome opens ● U.S.S.R. purchase huge amounts of grain to forestall famine ● Musicians’ strike shuts down Broadway musicals ● “A Chorus Line” opens on Broadway ● William O. Douglas resigns from the Supreme Court ● Sensual movies help boost Hollywood’s flailing receipts: “Story of O” and “Emmanuelle” ● “The Wiz” wins a Tony ● “Chicago” opens with Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera and Jerry Orbach ● Hit song: “I Honestly Love You,” by Olivia-Newton John, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Patrick Kellachan
Mrs. Peter M. Ryan
1974
U.S. President Nixon resigns ● Ford nominates Rockefeller as Vice President ● Turks invade Cyprus ● U.N. General Assembly recognizes P.L.O. ● Price of a seat on NYSE down to $70,000 ● Thousands killed in bombings in Northern Ireland ● India tests first nuclear bomb ● Heimlich maneuver introduced ● Hank Aaron hits 715th home run ● Chet Huntley and Ed Sullivan pass away ● Juan Peron dies and is succeeded by his wife, Evita, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Margaret Cleary
Peter Jr. & Linda Fauci
Robert & Lois Jeraci
Mary O’Connor
1973
Richard Nixon wins second term over George McGovern ● OPEC reduces oil production ● Sears Tower topped ● We mourn the passing of LBJ, Edward G. Robinson , Pablo Picasso, John Ford, Pearl Buck, Noel Coward, BenGurion, W. H. Auden and Pablo Casals ● 7-year drought in Africa kill hundreds of thousands ● U.S. role in Vietnam comes to an end ● Watergate scandal forces mass resignations ● Native Americans seize hostages at Wounded Knee ● “The Godfather” sweeps the Oscars ● Maynard Jackson, elected first black mayor of a major city, Atlanta ● Hit songs are: “First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” and “I Am Woman, ” and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Ann Murray
Jeffrey & Marilyn Wilkie
1972
MLB’s first Players’ strike lasts two weeks ● Harry Truman, Maurice Chevalier, Igor Sikorsky (the helicopter pioneer), The Duke of Windsor, J. Edgar Hoover and Jackie Robinson die ● The World Trade Center opens in NYC ● Hurricane Agnes kills 134 as it moves up the east coast ● Muskie cries, then drops out of Democratic primary as McGovern goes on to get nominated ● The last U.S. ground troops are pulled out of Vietnam ● Republicans re-nominate Nixon/Agnew, who go on to win every state but Massachusetts and District of Columbia, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club was...Alan Murray
1971
Oil tanker grounds in New Haven, spilling 385,000 gallons into the sound ● US lowers voting age to 18 with XXVI Amendment ● Walt Disney World opens in Orlando ● “Jesus Christ Superstar” hits Broadway ● TV advertising of cigarettes banned ● Over fifty killed in LA Earthquake ● Charles Manson convicted ● First class stamp increased in price to 8 cents ● Bobby Jones and Coco Chanel die ● US suffers first trade deficit since 1888 ● Soft contact lenses get FDA approval ● Attica prison riot suppressed, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Maura Concannon
John Donovan
Mary Leferovich
Marian Misad
1965
Pope Paul VI visits NYC ● Houston Astrodome opened ● First spacewalk ● The Watts riots take place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, from August 11 to 16 ● Northeast suffers major drought ● Black Liberation Front plots to blow up Statue of Liberty ● Malcolm X assassinated ● 37 tornadoes sweep Midwest, 271 killed, 5000 injured ● Medicare bill is passed ● Notable deaths: Fr. Devine, Adlai Stevenson, Edward R. Murrow, Nat King Cole, Stan Laurel, Judy Holiday, Helena Rubenstein and H. V. Kaltenborn ● Gateway Arch opened in St. Louis ● The Mod look is en vogue, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Liane Nelson
Sheila Nixon
1958
Postal increase from 3 to 4 cents ● Alaska joined the Union ●
Eleanor Roosevelt was the most admired woman on the Gallup Poll ● First ICBM was launched ● American troops were sent to Lebanon ● Bernstein named Conductor of the Philharmonic ● We whistled the “Colonel Bogey” march from the Bridge on the River Kwai ● The Van Allen radiation belt was discovered ● USS Nautilus crossed under the North Pole ● NASA was established, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club was... Distinguished Member Sarah O’Keefe
1957
Average worker earned $2.08 per hour ● Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile ● “The Sack” made a fashion statement ● Jack Kerouac told us about the Beat Generation ● Althea Gibson won the British Open ● “Father Knows Best” was the top-rated TV show ● Mackinac Straits Bridge opened ● “West Side Story” and “The Music Man” opened on Broadway ● “Lust for Life,” “Around the World in 80 Days” and “La Strada” won awards ● Videotape replaces kinescopes in TV recording, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club was... Ann Dinkel
1954
Hey There ● Make Room for Daddy ● 60% of the homes had TV ● 64% of the population drinks alcohol ● Salk vaccine first given to children ● USS Forrestal commissioned ● McCarthy censured by the Senate ● Stock Market at highest level since 1929 ● Puerto Rican nationalists shoot 5 congressmen on floor of the House ● First Newport Jazz Festival ● Segregation in public schools declared unconstitutional ● Lee Meriwether named Miss America ● Dulles asks for air and sea support in Viet Nam ● Hurricanes Carol, Edna, and Hazel hit the Eastern Coast
● Teahouse of the August Moon sweeps Tony, Pulitzer and NY Drama Critics Awards ● Julie Andrews makes NY debut in The Boy Friend ● The Loretta Young Show, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club were...
Distinguished Member Diane Coughlin
Distinguished Member Mrs. Gerald S. Page
1952
Liner “United States” crosses Atlantic in 3.5 days ● Nixon gives Checkers Speech ● Philosophers John Dewey (92) and George Santayana (88) die ●
Eisenhower and Stevenson Nominated ● USS Nautilus dedicated ● 54-day steel strike cripples industry ● Union leaders George Meany and Walter Reuther flex their muscles ● Tenley Albright won her first U.S. title ● Everyone is reading “The Old Man and The Sea,” East of Eden, and From Here to Eternity ● Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca in “Your Show of Shows” ● Rex Harrison in the Four Poster Bed and Jose Ferrer in “ T he Shrike” ● Puerto Rico becomes a commonwealth ● Bogey and Hepburn in The African Queen ● Flying Saucers are everywhere ● A rash of mycin drugs hit the market, and joining the Larchmont Shore Club was...
Distinguished Member Jane Roberts
