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Ted Kennedy campaigned for the 1980 presidential election against incumbent president Jimmy Carter. Kennedy was supported by several Democratic states but ultimately did not receive the official party nomination, partly due to negative press and interviews, but also due to the Chappaquiddick incident, an automobile accident that left his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne, dead. After losing the official nomination, Kennedy withdrew from the race. 

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General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) was an American general who is most well-known for many attributes during his military service. A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, MacArthur started his military career by helping to lead the 42nd Division in France during World War I. During World War II, MacArthur served as a commander in the Southwest Pacific. MacArthur famously returned to the Philippines in 1944  to assist in the liberation of the country after it had fallen to Japan. MacArthur also played a key role in the successful Allied occupation of Japan following the war. Noted for his outspoken and egotistical mannerisms, MacArthur was often perceived as a controversial figure. In 1951, MacArthur clashed with then-President Harry S. Truman over his policies in the Korean War, publicly ridiculing the president. For his supposed insubordination, MacArthur was removed from command. Though removed from command, MacArthur would serve as an advisor to both President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B. Johnson during their times in office.​​

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The verb "to suck" became a slang term in the 1840s meaning to cheat or deceive. It first appeared in Frontier Life, which is a collection of sketches in 1842 by Caroline M. Kirkland. “I a’n’t bound to drive nobody in the middle of the night … so don’t you try to suck me in there.” 

A society is a group of people living together in an ordered community. To say that “Society Sucks” means it is in some way unfair or deceitful to outliers in the community. It is often an expression of disappointment or an exclamation of defiance.

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Jean-Léon Gérôme’s 1872 painting ‘Pollice Verso’ is thought to have introduced the concept of the thumbs-up gesture as a sign of approval and the thumbs-down gesture as a sign of disapproval.

In ancient Rome, when Gladiators competed with each other in combat for entertainment, the crowd often decided if the Gladiator was to live to fight another day by giving a thumbs-down which meant swords down. If the crowd gave a thumbs-up, swords up, then it was a fight to the finish with one Gladiator dead and the winner alive.

The I heart NY logo was created in 1977 by Milton Glaser for an ad campaign created by advertising agency Wells Rich Greene. The marketing campaign was sought by then-Deputy Commissioner William S. Doyle to increase tourism in the state of New York. The campaign was a wild success. The original sketch of the logo is permanently on display at the MOMA.

The logo has become iconic in pop-culture and has been imitated in many forms around the world.

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The 1965 Minnesota Twins, a Major League Baseball team, won their first pennant and advanced to the World Series to face the Los Angeles Dodgers. During the 1960's, the Twins, named after twin cities Minneapolis and St. Paul, had recently moved to Minnesota from Washington (Senators). The pennant success helped to create a foothold and local support in the area, where they still play to this day. The 1965 Twins won 102 games and advanced to the World Series, before losing in seven games to the Dodgers.

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American cartoonist Rube Goldberg created the "I've got a pair of queens" image, featuring Augustus Mutt from cartoonist Budd Fisher's comic Mutt and Jeff. The image was used as an insert card for Sweet Caporal Little Cigars, Derby Little Cigars, Sweet Caporal Tobacco Wrapper, and Sovereign Little Cigars produced by the Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company.