Across
- 3. - Abstract action painter
- 6. King and I - Broadway musical with "Shall We Dance"
- 7. - Car model named after Henry Ford’s son
- 9. office desk - Heywood-Wakefield first produced this product in 1954
- 12. - Killed 4,800 on August 15, 1950, in India and Tibet
- 13. - Cuban dictator
- 15. - Most popular baby names of the 1950s: James and _____ (Fill in the blank)
- 16. White - First animated full-length Disney film
- 18. Bien Phu - Cold War conflict site in 1954
- 19. - Action Comics hero who debuted in 1959
- 22. - Name of gyrating singer
- 24. and Lennon - World’s most famous song-writing duo who met in 1957
- 25. Records - Sam Phillips record label
- 26. - What cost $7,354 on average?
- 27. White - “Life with Elizabeth” star
- 32. Club - The first credit card
- 33. - Early computer language
- 34. - Became the 49th state
- 35. - Disney princess introduced in 1950
- 37. - Salk’s vaccine discovery
- 38. - Russian satellite
- 40. Kelly - Hollywood actress turned princess
- 41. - Name of spies executed for espionage
- 42. Presley - Music icon known as "The King of Rock and Roll"
- 43. Chop - Popular TV puppet created by Shari Lewis
- 45. Gaye - Motown's "Prince of Soul"
- 46. - Indian statesman who died in 1950
- 47. Curtain - Term coined by Churchill about Russia
Down
- 1. - Live “snack”
- 2. - Albert _____, winner of 1952 Nobel Peace Prize
- 4. Crucible - Arthur Miller's play about the Salem witch trials
- 5. Dior - Fashion designer of the "New Look"
- 8. - Doll named after creator’s daughter
- 10. Seven - Carpenter, Cooper, Glenn, Grissom, Schirra, Shepard, and Slayton team
- 11. - Still rationed in Europe
- 14. Club Card - The first modern credit card
- 17. - Horror director
- 20. - Iconic space race competitor
- 21. - Japanese film that won the “Golden Lion” at the Venice Film Festival
- 22. Pan - Popular blouse collar
- 23. - First dog in space
- 26. Winston - Donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian
- 28. - Mickey Mantle's team
- 29. Lee - Pulitzer-winning writer of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
- 30. - Ford's classic two-seater car
- 31. Garland - Palace concert singer whose two-week run lasted 19 weeks
- 32. - Rebel without a cause
- 36. Bannister - Four-minute barrier breaker
- 39. - Marilyn’s baseball star husband
- 44. - Korean War conflict city
