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Harry Truman
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. -
Marilyn Monroe
Popularity comes up with her five new movies. She attemted suicide after the death of her best friend Johnny Hyde, who asked her to marry him a couple of times but she kindly rejected him. Then later down the road she was married, but only for a short period of time. -
Birth control
In the early 1960s, oral contraceptives, popularly known as "the pill", first go on the market and are extremely popular. Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965 challenged a Connecticut law prohibiting contraceptives. In 1968, Pope Paul VI released a papal encyclical entitled Humanae Vitae which declared artificial birth control a sin. -
Richard Nixon
Back again, Former Vice President Nixon is elected in the 1968 presidential election of the United States -
Moonshot apollo 11
The first manned lunar landing, successfully lands on the moon -
Punk rock
The Ramones form, with the Sex Pistols following in 1975, bringing in the punk era. -
Wheel of Fortune
A hit television game show which has been TV's highest-rated syndicated program -
Bernie Goetz
Mr. Goetz shot four young men who he said were threatening him on a New York City subway. Goetz was charged with attempted murder but was acquitted of the charges, though convicted of carrying an unlicensed gun. -
The Dodgers
They are mentioned twice, only in reference to their homes rather than by name: "Brooklyn's got a winning team", concerning their 1955 World Series victory, and "California baseball" about the Dodgers' and Giants' move from New York to California -
China's under martial law
China declares martial law, enabling them to use force of arms against protesting students to end the Tiananmen Square protests.
