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Our 65th birthday is certainly a cause for celebration, but it's also another opportunity for us to celebrate you, our members. Thank you for contributing to our success since 1956, and for helping us weather just about every imaginable storm. You deserve our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation.

Ahhh, the 1950s: a faraway time when baby boomers were introduced to the world, families sat down at the dinner table to talk about their days, and "social media" was gathering around the television with Douglas Edwards for the CBS evening news. It was a simple era – uncomplicated, yet invigorating.

Let's stir up some nostalgia! Here are five great things that happened in the '50s: