
A young Elvis with parents Gladys and Vernon Presley
in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)


A young Elvis with parents Gladys and Vernon Presley
in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)

Disneyland, Walt Disney’s metropolis of nostalgia, fantasy and futurism,
opened on July 17, 1955. The $17 million theme park was built on 160
acres of former orange groves in Anaheim, California, and soon brought
in staggering profits. Today, Disneyland hosts more than 18 million
visitors a year, who spend close to $3 billion.
Walt Disney giving his Opening Day Speech at Disneyland

On June 24, 1997, U.S. Air Force officials release a 231-page report dismissing
long-standing claims of an alien spacecraft crash in Roswell, New Mexico,
almost exactly 50 years earlier.

This cover of "LIFE" magazine showed the latest in campus fashions
of the times, which included saddle shoes.