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10 Historical Events
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Harry Truman becomes President
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman Harry Truman was 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 in Japan during World War II, on August 6 and August 9, 1945, respectively. -
Marlon Brando Academy award for Best actor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_Brando 1951- Marlon Brando is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in A Streetcar Named Desire. -
Rockefeller Divorce
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winthrop_Rockefeller 1953- Winthrop Rockefeller and his wife Barbara are involved in a highly publicized divorce, culminating in 1954 with a record-breaking $5.5 million settlement. -
Albert Einstein’s Death
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein 1955- Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76.1957- Alabama is the site of the Montgomery Bus Boycott which ultimately led to the removal of the last race laws in the USA. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. figure prominently. -
Buddy Holly’s Death
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly 1959- 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." -
Failed Invasion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion 1961- The Bay of Pigs Invasion fails an attempt by United States-trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba and overthrow Fidel Castro. -
Kennedy’s Death
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination 1963- JFK blown away: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated on November 22 while riding in an open convertible through Dallas. -
Griswold vs. Connecticut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_control 1965- 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. -
Nixon elected President
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon 1968- chard Nixon back again: Former Vice President Nixon is elected President in 1968. -
Apollo 11
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 1969- Moonshot: Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing, successfully lands on the moon.
