timeline

joe dimaggio

Mar 27, 1949

and the New York Yankees go to the World Series five times in the 1940s, winning four of them.[edit] 1950s

johnnie ray

Mar 27, 1950

was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor of what would become rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music and his animated stage personality.[1]<a href='http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Didn't_Start_the_Fire >

harry truman

Aug 6, 1950

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is inaugurated as U.S. president after being elected in 1948 to his own term; previously he was sworn in following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He authorized the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan during World War II, on August 6 and August 9, 1945, respectively.

doris day

Mar 27, 1951

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"; divorces her second husband.

richard nixon

Mar 28, 1953

is first elected to the United States Senate.

rosenbergs

Mar 29, 1953

Ethel and Julius, were convicted on March 29 for espionage

marilin monroe

Mar 28, 1954

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).

jow macarthy

Mar 28, 1957

, the US Senator, gains national attention and begins his anti-communist crusade with his Lincoln Day speech.

walter winchell

Mar 27, 1972

is an aggressive radio and newspaper journalist credited with inventing the gossip column.

sugar ray

Mar 28, 1987

Robinson, a champion welterweight boxer