Mostly Around 1961

2. This candy, invented in 1961, was inspired by the oblong shape of its creator’s grandson’s head after birth.
3. Eisenhower, in the midst of a tense Cold War, closes this US Embassy in a neighboring small country.
4. "Breakfast at _________," iconic 1961 film.
5. Popular 1961 dance craze.
7. TV family with Herman, Lily, and Grandpa.
8. She married Liberace eight years later
11. This woman’s live performance at Carnegie Hall won Best Solo Vocal Performance, beating Billie Holiday for her performance there that year.
14. Ask not for whom the bell tolls, in 1961, it tolled for this classic American author.
15. It won two Tony Awards in 1958 before making it to the big screen in 1961 and winning ten Academy Awards including Best Picture.
18. Behind Wagon Train, this was NBC’s second-most popular Western of 1961, and featured the Cartwright family.
19. Most popular toy of the year, introduced as a male companion.
20. You played basketball for this Saint.
21. The people downstairs gave you this nickname.

1. Your Mom gave my Dad this nickname. No one wonders why.
4. Your Mom used to buy meat here (I think).
6. East Germany began building this massive structure.
9. wording, I know, but when I found this factoid, I HAD to use it)
10. He was sworn in as the 35th President of the United States, delivering a famous "New Frontier" speech.
12. Rumor has it you were absolutely a fan of this handsome 1961 Male Vocalist of the Year.
13. There was a lot of buzz over this popular woman’s hairstyle.
16. Author of 1961’s most novel Catch.
17. NASA started this program in 1961 with the goal of landing a man on the moon.