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South Pacific, the prize-winning musical, opens on Broadway on April 7.
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The vaccine for polio(poliomyelitis) is privately tested by Jonas Salk.
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Joseph Stalin dies on March 5, yielding his position as leader of the Soviet Union.
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Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76.
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Boris Pasternak, the Russian author, publishes his famous novel Doctor Zhivago.
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Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash on February 3 with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.
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Ernest Hemingway commits suicide on July 2 after a long battle with depression.
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President John F. Kennedy is assassinated on November 22 while riding in an open convertible through Dallas.
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Former Vice President Nixon is elected in the 1968 presidential election of the United States
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Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing, successfully lands on the moon.
