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Richard Nixon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon Richard Nixon is first elected to the United States Senate. Senate in October 19 1950. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
[. http://www.biography.com/people/dwight-d-eisenhower-9285482](http://. http://www.biography.com/people/dwight-d-eisenhower-9285482) Dwight D. Eisenhower. is first elected as U.S. president, winning by a landslide margin of 442 to 89 electoral votes. January 20, 1953. -
Albert Einstein dies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76. -
Brigitte Bardot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Bardot Brigitte Bardot appears in her first mainstream film And God Created Woman and establishes an international reputation as a French "sex kitten" -
Buddy Holly dies
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/3/newsid_2802000/2802541.stm 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." February 3, -
Berlin is separated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-wall-built Berlin is separated into West Berlin and East Berlin, and from the rest of East Germany, when the Berlin Wall is erected on August 13 to prevent citizens escaping to the West. 13 August 1961 -
Woodstock
<a href='' >http://www.woodstock.com/</a>: Famous rock and roll festival of 1969 that came to be the epitome of the counterculture movement may 31st 1969. -
Homeless vets
http://www.vva.org/Committees/Homeless/ Homeless vets: Veterans of the Vietnam War, including many disabled ex-military, are reported to be left homeless and impoverished. Nov 18 1975 -
Terror on the airline
197http://www.knesset.gov.il/lexicon/eng/entebbi_eng.htm Terror on the airline: Numerous aircraft hijackings take place, specifically, the Palestinian hijack of Air France Flight 139 and the subsequent Operation Entebbe in Uganda. -
Rock-and-roller cola war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cola_Wars Rock-and-roller cola wars: Soft drink giants Coke and Pepsi each run marketing campaigns using rock & roll and popular music stars to reach the teenage and young adult demographic. September 30TH 1980
