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Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn 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.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe -
Sugar Ray Robinson
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Ray_Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson, a champion welterweight boxer. -
The King and I
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_and_IThe King and I is a musical, the fifth by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II. -
Dwight Eishenhower is elected president
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower is first elected as U.S. president, winning by a landslide margin of 442 to 89 electoral votes -
Joseph Stalin dies on March 5
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_StalinJoseph Stalin dies on March 5, yielding his position as leader of the Soviet Union. -
Albert Einstein
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_EinsteinAlbert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76. -
Space Monkey
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_in_spaceSpace Monkey: Able and Miss Baker return to Earth from space aboard the flight Jupiter AM-18. -
John F. Kennedy
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._KennedyJohn F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon in the November 8 general election -
Richard Nixon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_NixonRichard Nixon back again: Former Vice President Nixon is elected President in 1968. -
Wheel of Fortune
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_of_Fortune_(U.S._game_show)Wheel of Fortune: A hit television game show which has been TV's highest-rated syndicated program since 1983.
