Here are some interesting prom facts. Did you know …

o Prom comes from the word, “promenade”?

o The concept of the prom began at the college, not high school, level

o In 1963, President Kennedy had to reschedule a fundraiser at the Beverly Hilton because the hotel had mistakenly also booked a high school prom

o In 1975, the White House was the venue for Susan Ford’s senior prom, President Gerald

Ford’s daughter

o In 1979, two boys in South Dakota were the first same-sex couple to attend a prom

o In 2009, a student in Ohio was suspended by his Christian school because he danced at his girlfriend’s high school prom

o In 2010, a high school in Mississippi cancelled their prom because a lesbian student

wanted to attend with her girlfriend

o 62% of teens save memorabilia from their prom

o Halle Berry, Cindy Crawford, and Rosie O’Donnell were all prom queen.

o Glee’s Matthew Morrison was prom king

o In 2009, a gay male won prom queen at a Los Angeles High School

o Bono and Jon Bon Jovi married their prom dates