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The Decade You Were Born: The 1940's
The 1940s began with the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to an unprecedented third term.
The Decades That Built America
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5 episodes · First aired 2012-08-07
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The Decade You Were Born: The 1950's
In the 1950s, parents spurred the biggest story of the 20th century - the rise of the middle class; millions of Americans left the cities for the suburbs to own a home of their own.
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The Decade You Were Born: The 1960's
For those born in the '60s, the decade opened with John F. Kennedy as the 35th President of the United States; Alan Shepard made the first U.S. space fight.
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The Decade You Were Born: The 1970's
The 1970s spawned Generation X; their parents were Baby Boomers, part of the Me generation.
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The Decade You Were Born: The 1980's
For those born in the '80s, their parents were the last wave of Baby Boomers; everyone embraced the future with the personal computer.