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Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States, an American politician of the Democratic Party.
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Doris Day is an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist. Day began her career as a big band singer in 1939
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Civil War between communists and nationalists; US backed nationalists, but the nationalists lost and were forced to Taiwan; Red represents the blood of those who have died
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Almost deaf singer who was involved in a Boy Scout accident (blanket toss); Cries when sings (emotional); Many songs have "cry" in the title
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Broadway Musical based on a book about WWII; Comedy with racism
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America's first modern gossip columnist; Newspapers then radio; Used a bunch of slang, talked rapidly; Hates communism
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New York Yankee outfielder who fell asleep with a heat lamp on his foot and missed the first 16 games; Longest hitting streak in the MLB; First player to get a salary of $100,000; Baseball Hall of Fame; Married to Marilyn Monroe for 9 months, put flowers on her grave every week until he died; Folger's coffee commercials
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Senator from California who ran a very dirty campaign
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1950s golden era of television, brand new
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Korean War
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Joe McCarthy Senator from Wisconsin who lead the anti-communist crusade in America during the 1950s (witch hunt)
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All American family car of the 1950s
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Actress who was a sex symbol
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A husband and wife who were arrested and executed for selling secrets of the Atomic-bomb to the Soviet Union
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Sugar Ray Robinson was a boxer who held three separate crowns in three separate weight classes; Won champion in middle weight; 121 wins, 2 losses, 1 tie; Best knockout of the last 75 years (Sugar Ray vs Jake LaMatta); Retired at 38 years old, died at 68
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City in South Korea at 38th parallel where the cease fire talks took place; Truce signed to end war and exchange prisoners
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Marlon Brando was an actor who starred in the movie "Street Car Named Desire"; Won an Oscar for "On the Waterfront" and "The Godfather"; Leading American actor of his generation; Died in 2004
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Broadway Musical; Later a film based on a book called "Anna and the King of Siam (Thailand)" which is based on a true story; An English governess widow was hired as an English teacher for the 50+ children of the King of Siam
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Hydrogen bomb is first tested; Ignited with an atomic bomb; Invented by Dr. Teller, bomb was named Ivy Mike
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion
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PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) wants their own homeland.
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Pam Am Airline flights 103 was hijacked.
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Iranian revolution, Americans took hostage.
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Russians invade Afghanistan to get a port to the Indian ocean.
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Very popular game show in the 1980s.
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1st American woman in space.
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Lawsuits were made against heavy metal groups of Oozy Osborne and Judas Priest claiming that their lyrics encouraged and caused suicides.
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US trade deficit was rising and thus increasing inflation.
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Newly formed sexually transmitted disease.
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Poor mans cocaine, a potent form of the highly addictive drug cocaine called "crack" or "rock" had been rapidly spreading in the US, especially in troubled neighborhoods.
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Increase in Vietnam veterans who didn't have a home
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Vigilante on the New York Subways.
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Mission Bay, California, needles washed up on the shore, nobody knows where they came from.
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Chinese government squelched democratic reform.
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Battle between Coke and Pepsi launched in the mid 1980s.
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