Around Monterey Park

Monterey Park Concrete

by Glenn Zucman

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1950’s

1952

  1. 3,300 die of polio in U.S. – 57,000 children paralyzed before widespread use of Polio vaccine
  2. Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl published in English
  3. Singin’ In The Rain premieres @Radio City Music Hall
  4. Mr. Potato Head toy first sold
  5. Mother Teresa opens the home for dying and destitute in Calcutta

1955

  1. February 24 – Steve Jobs born
  2. June 8 – Tim Berners-Lee born
  3. June 25 – Glenn Zucman born
  4. July 17 – Disneyland Opens
  5. October 28 – Bill Gates born

If Monterey Park poured any concrete in 1955 I haven’t come across it yet.

1959