Charles Schultz published the Peanuts comic strip and that blockhead Charlie Brown forever comforted those that felt doomed. Swanson launched a line of TV dinners. Ed Sullivan introduced Elvis Prestley to the world and we started to rock. Whamo gave us the hula hoop. Ford launched the famed Edsel line. Mattel introduced us to a world of pink known as Barbie. And let's not forget that hemlines continued to rise.