In 1959, the Chicago White Sox won the pennant. Bells rang, horns blew, and some people huddled in their basements, awaiting the end of the world.

Highlights

-Khrushchev’s first hot dog

-The 1959 “Go Go” White Sox and the team’s historic pennant drought

-Victory in “Baseball Thunderdome”

-Sirens interrupt celebrations

-Atomic terror in the 1950s

-Chicago flunks its civil defense pop quiz

-Robert Quinn, the man who thought this was a good idea

Further Reading/Viewing

The Duck and Cover Pennant - Project 3.18

Civil Defense Instructional Video

On the Beach (featuring Fred Astaire!)

A Day Called X

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