I was 6 years old and my family moved from Honduras to Miami. A whole new world for me - I spoke English but everything was different. I remember coming home from my first day at school and my two sisters, who were home recovering from measles, were sitting on the floor in front of a new contraption - a green and black Sylvania black and white TV set on a rolling cart with clear plastic wheels that made a racket rolling on the terrazzo floor. I think they were watching Howdy Doody, the popular after school show of the time. It was followed by Popeye with a live audience of kids hosted by Skipper Chuck. There were also two big plastic rings that I learned were called "hula hoops" in one corner of the living room. My dad had gone shopping for some goodies. Even the commercials for the toys were fun, and the sneakers competition between US Keds and PF Flyers was intense! Wonderful time to be a kid - our innocence was valued and protected by the adult world. The nightly news was all of 15 minutes from respected and serious figures like Chet Huntley and David Brinkley on NBC. It was a wonderful time to be a kid.

LOVED 1958!!! GOD IS ASTOUNDING!

I went to the same high school as Ted Williams... He graduated in 1937 and I in 1988. Met him a few times but never knew who he was till later. Really nice man. He would sneak back into town every now and again for coffee with an old high school friend that had a business by my home.

Lol...I was 8 so I guess I was hula hooping so much as to not notice a recession 😒 my poor dad ...he worked 2 sometimes 3 jobs...RIP daddy. I love you ♥️

1958, a year of many beginnings.

Yippee for 1958!!

What a great time to be an American citizen!

feb 15 1958 i sailed with my family into kodiak alaska,i left long beach,ca and rock n roll for this, i thought,my 12 th birthday was on that day 1958,i would always remember,oh and it took a few years but i grew to love Kodiak haha.

I'm a history lover and these short but informative vids are the best! Thank you! Keep them coming, please!

Albert King with the first Flying V Gibson sold. He bought it at the factory.

Thanks this video has special meaning, Our Dad worked at Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC starting in 1951 and in 1953 worked on the Vanguard Project which on 1957 merged with the National Aeronautic Association and he was a Pioneer of NASA. He helped with the startup of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt Maryland, he retired in 1993 after 42 years since 1951. We grew up with many other NASA families and us kids are still close friends with their kids

The Winning score in the 1958 NFL Championship Game was scored by Alan Ameche.

R.I.P Stephanie Grant, August 21st, 1958 - October 14th, 2017. R.I.P Sandra Watts, November 29th, 1958 - October 14th, 2017.

This video was smarter than the average video. Thanks Yogi.

Thank you for the history lesson.

Thanks For Sharing!

I was 5yo for most of 1958. I vaguely remember going to "Rhythm Band" which was a sort of pre-school. I was good at playing the triangle and the guiro (wood stick with notches). I had a crush on a girl named Gail...we actually made music together. Beautiful music? naw....

Thank you for these great videos.

That was an epic football game.

The year I was born.

Thank you for the video

This is the year I was born in September 15 58

In 1958, I was 3 years old and we lived in La Habra California in a 3 bedroom home dad bought in 1955 for 12K.

Thank you... RR ! 😀

The flying v guitar. Michael Schenker, Ric Emmett, KK Downing, just to name a few of the virtuosos who mastered that work of art.

Major Professional Sports Championships during 1958: - MLB World Series: New York Yankees defeated Milwaukee Braves 4-3 (October 1-9) - NBA Championship Series: St. Louis Hawks defeated Boston Celtics 4-2 (March 29-April 12) - NFL Championship Game: Baltimore Colts defeated New York Giants 23-17 OT (Dec. 28) - NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Montreal Canadiens defeated Boston Bruins 4-2 (April 8-20)

My Dad Was 11 years old in 1958

Also the year of the Edsel and the Philco Predicta

In the summer of 1958, in the Great Lakes region, Michael Jackson, Madonna and Prince were born. Oh, I was too.

Better Days 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Oh no,The year of my birth

Explorer I was launched by the United States on January 31 that year, competing with the Soviet Union on space. The 1958 World Cup was the first World Cup to be televised, and Brazil won. Two years before my dad was born and eight years before my mom was born.

So fare love them all. Keep up the great vlogs

Johnny Unitas! I was 3 years old then.

The biggest story you did not mention..December 1, 1958, Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago. 90 students and three Nuns died. Some student passed afterwards as adults due to the fire. Worst school fire in US history! Maybe you didnt know about it.

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It was my beginning!

Other than the few people that won color TV's on TV game shows, I don't know anybody that had a color TV back then.

I think it's a double-edged sword I think most of it was a beautiful time where things were less complicated but at the same time if that was still so ugly and full of hatred and unfortunately many people of color didn't get to experience the beautifulness of this era because of the unfortunate hatred

I know you did drive-ins already but can you please do movie theater's

That was the year that Michael Jackson was born... Little did they know that in 30 years time (The legendary 80s), people will be breakdancing.

my grandma was 16.

My parents married December 21st 1958

Willie O'Ree was NOT African-American. He was African-Canadian and was born in Nova Scotia, Canada. Valmore James was the first African-American to play in the NHL in the late 70s for the Buffalo Sabres. I believe he was from Long Island.

I was 12 and it was a different world. Not necessarily bad.

the begining of the modern age.

MIKMA WAS HERE

Yay Bruins!

Two things: the journal depicting the snow storm shows the year as being 1938, not 1958. Weird! The first color TV broadcast in 1958? I believe there was no color TV sets until 1964!

REMBER THE SNOW FELL MADE MONEY THAT DAY COULD BUY MY 10 CENT COMICBOOKS AND ICE CREAM

This reminded me how much football has changed. Too many differences to get into, but I'm sorry to say it's just not as enjoyable as it used to be.

1st black NHL player Willie O'Ree was born in CANADA, so he was not an African-American, he was an African-Canadian!!!!

1958 my folks bought our new house, three bedroom one full bath on a one acre wooded lot for $15,000. They lived in that house 42 years until diversity took over the neighborhood and they were the last original homeowners to leave.

ARNOLD PALMER WAS THE MICKEY MANTLE OF GOLF LOVED ARNOLD PALMER R.I.P THE YANKEES CAME BACK FROM A 3 GAMES TO 1 TO BEAT THE THE MILWAUKEE BRAVES IN THE WORLD SERIES BRAVES WIN THAT WORLD SERIES THEY WOULD HAVE NOT MOVED TO ALANTA YEARS LATER KENNETH O

NASA...nearly every mission had military undertones, not that there is anything wrong with that.

August 29, 1958. The birth of Michael Jackson

I think these films are great but do not see how you could call that football game the greatest ever ?

The Limba tree . And cheating on the tv program

Yo! What about Nebraska's teen killers Charlie Starkweather & his little girlfriend Cargil Ann Fugate!

The greatest quarterback to ever play pro-football depends I guess. Unitas or Montana or Bradshaw ? Various stats or a personal favorite will make sure we'll never I guess.

Let's also remember 1958 was the year Jake Epping came through the rabbit hole in Lisbon falls Maine from the year 2011 and tried to stop the assassination of President John F Kennedy!!

You don't "film" a show that is videotaped.

Willie Oree was practically the first and last Black NHL player, since 1958 there have been only a few hundred. Currently there are about 20. Is that racist?

The hockey player Willie Oree was NOT "African-American".

Somehow this POS manages to lose 1958 completely. I loathe it and quit at 2:21

The year I was born.