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syngman rhee
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mafia
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buddy holly
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Harry Truman
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States, an American politician of the Democratic Party. -
Doris Day
Doris Day is an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist. Day began her career as a big band singer in 1939 -
Red China
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 -
Johnnie Ray
Almost deaf singer who was involved in a Boy Scout accident (blanket toss); Cries when sings (emotional); Many songs have "cry" in the title -
South Pacific
Broadway Musical based on a book about WWII; Comedy with racism -
Walter Winchell
America's first modern gossip columnist; Newspapers then radio; Used a bunch of slang, talked rapidly; Hates communism -
Joe Dimagio
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 -
Richard Nixon
Senator from California who ran a very dirty campaign -
Television
1950s golden era of television, brand new -
North Korea, South Korea
Korean War -
Joe McCarthy
Joe McCarthy Senator from Wisconsin who lead the anti-communist crusade in America during the 1950s (witch hunt) -
Studebaker
All American family car of the 1950s -
Marilyn Monroe
Actress who was a sex symbol -
The Catcher In The Rye
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Santayana goodbye
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Campanella
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Roy Cohn
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Rosenbergs
A husband and wife who were arrested and executed for selling secrets of the Atomic-bomb to the Soviet Union -
Sugar Ray
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 -
Panmunjom
City in South Korea at 38th parallel where the cease fire talks took place; Truce signed to end war and exchange prisoners -
Marlon Brando
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 -
The King and I
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 -
H-bomb
Hydrogen bomb is first tested; Ignited with an atomic bomb; Invented by Dr. Teller, bomb was named Ivy Mike -
Vaccine
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England's got a new queen
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Marciano,
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Liberace
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Eisenhower
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Joseph Stalin
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Communist Bloc
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Juan Peron
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Toscanini
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Dacron Dien Bien Phu Falls
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Rock Around the Clock
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James Dean
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Einstein
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Malenkov
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Nasser and Prokofiev
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Rockefeller
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hulu hoops
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California Baseball
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Starkweather Homicide
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Children of the Thalidomide
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Mafia
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starkweather
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Buddy Holly
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Ben Hur
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Space Monkey
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Hulla Hoops
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Castro
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Edsel is a no go
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space monkey
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edsel is a no-go
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u-2
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U-2
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Syngman Rhee
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Payola
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Kennedy
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Chubby Checker
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Psycho
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Belgians in the Congo
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion
Cuba attacked by CIA, which failed. (Intentions to overthrow the Communist party) -
Hemingway
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Eichmann
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Stranger in a strange land
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Dylan
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Berlin
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ben hur
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Palestine
PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) wants their own homeland. -
Terror On The Airline
Pam Am Airline flights 103 was hijacked. -
Ayatollahs in Iran
Iranian revolution, Americans took hostage. -
Russians in Afghanistan
Russians invade Afghanistan to get a port to the Indian ocean. -
Wheel of Fortune
Very popular game show in the 1980s. -
Sally Ride
1st American woman in space. -
Heavy Metal Suicide
Lawsuits were made against heavy metal groups of Oozy Osborne and Judas Priest claiming that their lyrics encouraged and caused suicides. -
Foreign Debts
US trade deficit was rising and thus increasing inflation. -
Aids
Newly formed sexually transmitted disease. -
Crack
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. -
Homeless Vets
Increase in Vietnam veterans who didn't have a home -
Bernie Goetz
Vigilante on the New York Subways. -
children of thcildomide
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Hypodermics on the Shore
Mission Bay, California, needles washed up on the shore, nobody knows where they came from. -
China's under Martial Law
Chinese government squelched democratic reform. -
Rock and Roller Cola Wars
Battle between Coke and Pepsi launched in the mid 1980s. -
homicide
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castro
