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Billy Joel
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South Pacific, the prize-winning musical, opens on Broadway
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Disneyland opens becoming Walt Disney's 1st theme park
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Elvis Presley signs to RCA records beginnign his pop career
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Grace Kelly releases her last film High Society
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Hula Hoops reach 100 million sales
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John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon in the November 8 general election
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Oral contraceptives, popularly known as "the pill", first go on the market and are extremely popular
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The Ramones form, with the Sex Pistols following in 1974, bringing in the punk era.
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Crack cocaine use surged in the mid-to-late 1980s
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Ozzy Osbourne and the bands Judas Priest and Metallica were brought to court by parents who accused the musicians of hiding subliminal pro-suicide messages in their music.