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Johnnie Ray
click here for more infoclick here for more infoJohnnie Ray signs his first recording contract with Okeh Records, although he would not become popular for another two years. -
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red china
On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), which broke out immediately following World War II and had been preceded by on and off conflict between the two sides since the 1920’s -
South Pacific
click here for more infoSouth Pacific, the prize-winning musical, opens on Broadway on April 7. -
Joe DiMaggio
click here for more info and the New York Yankees go to the World Series five times in the 1940s, winning four of them -
Walter Winchell
Walter Winchell is an aggressive radio and newspaper journalist credited with inventing the gossip column. -
Doris Day
click here for more infoclick here for more infoDoris Day enters the public spotlight with the films My Dream Is Yours and It's a Great Feeling as well as popular songs like "It's Magic" -
Korean War
click here for more infoNorth Korea and South Korea declare war after Northern forces stream south on June 25. -
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Marilyn Monroe
click here for more info 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.
