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  • musical winning

    musical winning
    1949 the prize winning musical opens on broadway April 7th
  • Nixon elected Senate

    Nixon elected Senate
    1950 Richard Nixon is first elected to the United States Senate
  • Robinson Welter weight boxer champion

    1951 sugar Ray robinson a championWelter weight boxer
  • Rocky Marciano heavy weight champion

    1952 Rocky Marciano defeats Jersey Joe Walcott becoming the worl heavy weight champion
  • Joseph Stalin dies

    1953 Joseph Stalin dies inn March 5 yeilding his position as leader of the Soviet Union
  • Darcon is a fiber

    1954 darcon is an early artificial fiber made from the same plastic as polyester
  • Albert Einstien dies

    1955 Albert Einstien dies on April 18 at the age of 76
  • Budapest is capital of Hungary

    1956 Budapest is the capital city of Hungary and the sight of the 1956 Hungarian revolution
  • Jack Kerouac publishes his first novel

    Jack Kerouac publishes his first novel in seven years On The Road
  • Lebanon is engulfed in a crisis

    1958 Lebanon is engulfed in a politicial and religious crisis that eventually involves Us intervation