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North Korea and South Korea declare war after Northern forces stream south on June 25
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Santayana goodbye: George Santayana, philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist, dies on September 26
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Sergei Prokofiev, the composer, dies on March 5, the same day as Stalin
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Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash on February 3 with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, in a day that had a devastating impact on the country and youth culture. Joel prefaces the lyric with a Holly signature vocal hiccup: "Uh-huh, uh-huh."
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Ernest Hemingway commits suicide on July 2 after a long battle with depression
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Lawrence of Arabia: The Academy Award-winning film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence starring Peter O'Toole premieres in America on December 16
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On March 8, the first U.S. combat troops, 3,500 marines, land in South Vietnam.
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Bernie Goetz: On December 22, Goetz shot four young men who he said were threatening him on a New York City subway. Goetz was charged with attempted murder but was acquitted of the charges, though convicted of carrying an unlicensed gun.
