Puzzle
Across
- 2. - Term coined by Churchill about Russia
- 3. - What dance style became a sensation in the 1950s, often associated with American Bandstand?
- 5. - Hollywood actress turned princess
- 6. - What cost $7,354 on average?
- 10. - Heywood-Wakefield first produced this product in 1954
- 12. - Name of gyrating singer
- 13. - Albert _____, winner of 1952 Nobel Peace Prize
- 15. - Action Comics hero who debuted in 1959
- 17. - Rebel without a cause
- 21. - Sam Phillips record label
- 22. - Disney princess introduced in 1950
- 24. - First dog in space
- 25. - This popular TV show featured a talking horse named Mr. Ed.
- 27. - The first credit card introduced in 1950 in the United States.
- 30. - Name of spies executed for espionage
- 33. - Carpenter, Cooper, Glenn, Grissom, Schirra, Shepard, and Slayton team
- 34. - Horror director
- 35. - World’s most famous song-writing duo who met in 1957
- 36. - Iconic Hollywood actress who was a major style and cultural influence in the 1950s.
Down
- 1. - Killed 4,800 on August 15, 1950, in India and Tibet
- 4. - Japanese film that won the “Golden Lion” at Venice Film Festival
- 7. - The iconic Disney theme park that opened in California in 1955.
- 8. - Abstract action painter
- 9. - Famous civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama.
- 11. - The first generation of this American sports car was introduced in the 1950s.
- 14. - Palace concert singer whose two-week run lasted 19 weeks
- 16. - Doll named after the creator’s daughter
- 18. - Became the 49th state
- 19. - Still rationed in Europe
- 20. - Salk’s vaccine discovery
- 22. - Cuban dictator
- 23. - Live “snack”
- 26. - Marilyn’s baseball star husband
- 28. - Russian satellite
- 29. - Popular blouse collar
- 31. - “Life with Elizabeth” star
- 32. - Donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian