Start the fire

We Didnt Start the Fire

By The King
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    Billy Joel

    www.billyjoel.com/

  • H-Bomb

    H-Bomb
    infoA nuclear weapon, announced in early 1950 and first tested in late 1952.

  • The King and I

    The King and I
    infoThe King and I was a musical based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam.

  • The Mafia

    The Mafia
    InfoThe Mafia is an organized crime society. They were the center of the attention of the FBI and the public.

  • U-2

    U-2
    infoAn American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union, causing the U-2 Crisis of 1960.

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    infoThe first manned lunar landing, successfully lands on the moon.

  • Wheel of Fortune

    Wheel of Fortune
    infoA hit television game show which has been TV's highest-rated syndicated program since 1983.

  • Ronald Reagan

    Ronald Reagan
    info President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He first attempted to be president in 1976.

  • Crack

    Crack
    infoCocaine use surged in the mid-to-late 1980s. A drug used in the 1980's.

  • Sally Ride

    Sally Ride
    infoIn 1983 she becomes the first American woman in space.

  • China's under martial law

    China's under martial law
    infoChina declares martial law, enabling them to use force of arms against protesting students to end the Tiananmen Square protests.