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South Pacific
Click here for more information!South Pacific, the prize-winning musical, opens on Broadway on April 7. -
H-Bomb
Click here for more information!H-Bomb is in the middle of its development as a nuclear weapon, announced in early 1950 and first tested in late 1952 -
Marilyn Monroe
Click here for more information!Marilyn Monroe soars in popularity with five new movies, including The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve, and attempts suicide after the death of friend Johnny Hyde who asked to marry her several times, but she refused respectfully. Monroe would later (1954) be married for a brief time to Joe DiMaggio. -
Mickey Mantle
Click here for more information!Mickey Mantle is in the middle of his career as a famous New York Yankees outfielder and American League All-Star for the sixth year in a row -
Buddy Holly
Click here for more information!Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash on February 3 with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, in a day that had a devastating impact on the country and youth culture. Joel prefaces the lyric with a Holly signature vocal hiccup "uh-huh, uh-huh. -
Bob Dylan
Click here for more information!Bob Dylan is signed to Columbia Records after a New York Times review by critic Robert Shelton. -
Punk Rock
Click here for more information!The Ramones form, with the Sex Pistols following in 1975, bringing in the punk era. -
Sally Ride
Click here for more information!In 1983 she becomes the first American woman in space. Dr. Ride's quip from space "Better than an E-ticket", harkens back to the opening of Disneyland mentioned earlier, with the E-ticket purchase needed for the best rides. -
Bernie Goetz
Click here for more information!On December 22, 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. -
China's Under Martial Law
Click here for more information!On May 20, China declares martial law, enabling them to use force of arms against protesting students to end the Tiananmen Square protests.
