Events That Happened In The song "We Didn't Start The Fire" By Billy Joel

Joe DiMaggio

Dec 4, 1949

Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio and the New York Yankees go to the World Series five times in the 1940s, winning four of them.

Marilyn Monroe

Feb 4, 1950

Marilyn MonroeMarilyn Monroe soars in popularity with five new movies, including The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve, and attempts suicide after the death of friend Johnny Hyde who asked to marry her several times, but she refused respectfully. Monroe would later (1954) be married for a brief time to Joe DiMaggio (mentioned in the previous verse).

King and I+

Feb 14, 1951

King and IThe King and I, musical, opens on Broadway on March 29.

Sugar Ray Robinson,

Apr 1, 1951

Suger raySugar Ray Robinson, a champion welterweight boxer

Rocky Marciano

Feb 4, 1952

Rocky MarcianoRocky Marciano defeats Jersey Joe Walcott, becoming the world Heavyweight champion.

Albert enstein

Feb 5, 1955

Albert Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76.

Hula Hoops!!!

May 8, 1959

Hula hoopsHula hoops reach 100 million in sales as the latest toy fad

JFK BLOWN AWAY

Feb 5, 1963

JFK JFK blown away: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated on November 22 while riding in an open convertible through Dallas

Crack

Feb 7, 1983

Crack cocaine use surged in the mid-to-late 1980s

Wheel of fortune

May 5, 1983

Wheel of Fortune: A hit television game show which has been TV's highest-rated syndicated program since 1983