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What Was Happening 20, 30, 40 and 50 Years Ago?
By Erin Shatara
What was happening 20, 30, 40 and 50 years ago? Take a look at the
events that occurred during the years our awardees started their work at
SLAC:
1954
• Eisenhower was President, Nixon was Vice President and Goodwin Knight
was Governor of California
• J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings is published
• Former Yankees great Joe DiMaggio marries legendary actress Marilyn
Monroe
• Best Picture was On the Waterfront
• SLAC was not yet on the drawing board
1964
• Lyndon Johnson was President, Hubert Humphrey was VP and Edmund Brown
was Governor of California
• Sheldon Glashow and James Bjorken coin the term ‘charm’ for the fourth
quark
• Linac tunnel was completed
• My Fair Lady beat Dr. Strangelove for Best Picture
• Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston for Heavyweight crown
1974
• Richard Nixon was President until he resigned in August and was
succeeded by VP Gerald Ford; Ronald Reagan was governor
• The November Revolution: discovery of the J/Psi particle by Burton
Richter and Sam Ting
• The Godfather, Part II won Best Picture award
• Oakland beats LA in World Series
• SLAC and DESY libraries jointly create the SPIRES-HEP database
1984
• Ronald Reagan was president and George H. W. Bush was VP; George
Deukmajian was governor
• Some new youngster—Jonathan Dorfan, appointed to the SLAC Faculty
• Sid Drell named co-director of the Center for International Security &
Arms Control & he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship
• Best Picture was Amadeus
• The Niners beat Miami at Stanford in the Superbowl
• And don’t forget, very important—Prince Harry was born!
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