Boomerline | Site-Wide Activity https://www.boomerline.com/activity/ Activity feed for the entire site. Thu, 06 Mar 2025 16:57:47 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 59905eeb0f981847fc792889b85cd910 Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=350 Mon, 12 May 1969 16:59:12 -0400 The Andromeda Strain is a 1969 techno-thriller novel by Michael Crichton documenting the efforts of a team of scientists investigating the outbreak of a deadly […]

]]> 1f3a4e40667e87f47830d856da074bc1 Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=341 Mon, 08 Jan 1968 17:51:32 -0500 The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is a non-fiction book by Tom Wolfe. Wolfe presents an as-if-firsthand account of the experiences of Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters, who traveled across the country in a […]

]]> 3d15d766bb889948f1a42048087f74fd Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=352 Fri, 22 Dec 1967 18:00:09 -0500 The Graduate is an American comedy-drama, based on the 1963 novel, which tells the story of 21-year-old Benjmain Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman), a recent college graduate with no aim in life, who is seduced […]

]]> 3bba811150886e365c1e62f374d5c4c8 Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=336 Tue, 01 Dec 1964 17:49:42 -0500 Opposition to the United States involvement in the Vietnam War began with demonstrations in 1964 against the escalating role of the U.S. military in the Vietnam War and grew into a broad social movement over the […]

]]> 5159a771f496f8432c827077d7b73713 Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=234 Sun, 09 Feb 1964 05:00:00 -0500 A record setting 73 million people tuned in on the evening of February 2, 1964 to see the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show making it one of the seminal moments in television history.

]]> 2a16d881cd18439810d444478a827081 Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=364 Sat, 08 Feb 1964 18:22:10 -0500 Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay (January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016), was a professional boxer and activist.  He is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century. […]

]]> 88c40b9d3d3a2a0a334aab0f02474210 Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=354 Fri, 22 Nov 1963 18:01:28 -0500 President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963 at 12:30pm while riding in a motorcade in Dealey Plaza with his wife Jacqueline, and Texas governor John Connally and his […]

]]> 436d51c953c6562270df3581e5c36fcd Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=233 Thu, 01 Aug 1963 04:00:00 -0400 How many roads must a man walk down, before your can call him a man? The answer my friends, is blowing in the wind…

]]> 6792d3a0fb7c6ff4e4c779ba6e3391d9 Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=348 Thu, 27 Sep 1962 16:58:07 -0400 Silent Spring is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson. The book documents the detrimental effects on the environment of the indiscriminate use of pesticides. Carson accused the chemical industry of sprea […]

]]> 0898233a13f1e8ea51d19ba171771d0d Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=362 Mon, 16 Apr 1962 18:04:46 -0500 Walter Cronkite is best known as the anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–1981). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as “the most trusted man in America […]

]]> 27f80a6d3e94118ad6c71049b4fd65a5 Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=360 Sun, 08 Apr 1962 18:04:02 -0500 The Rolling Stones are a rock band formed in London in 1962. The original band consisted of Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, and Ian Stewart. The Rolling Stones were at the […]

]]> 509d2de483eed486feaef93399ff6122 Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=358 Wed, 01 Mar 1961 18:03:16 -0500 President John F. Kennedy issues an executive order establishing the Peace Corps. The Corps, a volunteer program run by the U.S. government, works with abroad with governments, schools, non-profit organizations, […]

]]> 4df186a4f66ca9e17695dc321d0fcfaa Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=345 Thu, 08 Sep 1960 16:55:41 -0400 Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the “King of Rock and Roll” or simply “The King”.

]]> 7f47dcc44c1eb1f7ff50bc0fcdb67e0d Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=356 Sat, 03 Oct 1953 18:02:30 -0500 The Mickey Mouse Club was a variety show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996. Created by Walt Disney and produced by Walt Disney Productions, the program was first televised from 1955 to 1959 by ABC, featu […]

]]> 687c35274a5f7bb5846a0a9b920bb880 Kasia Karazim wrote a new post https://www.boomerline.com/?p=343 Mon, 08 Sep 1952 16:53:20 -0400 Malcolm X (1925–1965) was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshes […]

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