We Didn't Start the Fire (Facts) History Summary from 1. Ron Kurtus. Sf. C Home > History > by Ron Kurtus (revised 2. June 2. 01. 6)The lyrics to the song We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel list historical personalities and events from 1. This lesson lists those people and events and gives a short explanation of their role in history. Harry Truman. Harry S Truman became U. S. President when President Roosevelt died in 1. He was responsible for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan and ending World War II. Truman initiated the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after the war. He started his second term in 1. Thomas Dewey. A famous picture shows him smiling and holding up the Chicago Tribune newspaper with the headline . During his second term, he brought the United States into the Korean War. Doris Day. Doris Day was born in 1. She started singing and touring with the Les Brown Band at age 1. She made her first movie in 1. Red China. Communists took control of China after a struggle that started before World War II and renamed the country the People's Republic of China. It was called Red China by the United States to indicate they were Communists. Red China entered the Korean War in the 1. U. N. Ray actually cried in performing the song. He was a top star in 1. The Little White Cloud that Cried and Walking in the Rain. South Pacific. South Pacific was a highly popular Broadway musical and hit movie. Walter Winchell. Walter Winchell was a top gossip reporter, whose newspaper column and radio show could make or break a celebrity. Joe Di. Maggio. Joe Di. Maggio was a popular baseball player for the New York Yankees. In 1. 94. 1, he set a Major League record of hitting safely in 5. He was affectionately known as . Di. Maggio married actress Marilyn Monroe in 1. In the 1. 98. 0s, he became known as .
Murderpedia, the free online encyclopedic dictionary of murderers. The largest database about serial killers, mass murderers and spree killers around the world. The following is a list of all 251 episodes of M*A*S*H in the order they aired on CBS between 19. CBS aired five hour-long episodes–“Welcome to Korea. Get the latest News news with exclusive stories and pictures from Rolling Stone. He was also mentioned in the song Mrs. Robinson by Simon and Garfunkel. Joe Mc. Carthy. Joe Mc. Carthy was a Senator from Wisconsin. He was best known for his work chairing the Senate Committee on Government Operations, which focused on suspected communists in the government. He even investigated the Voice of America, He was known for his brutal interrogations of suspects, resulting in ruining the lives of both guilty and innocent people. It was later noted that Mc. Carthy would be careful not to interrogate suspects who might resist his efforts. Usually, he picked on people with weak personalities. While investigating possible communists in the U. S. Army, the Army's attorney general Joseph Welch responded to Mc. Carthy's interrogation of a young soldier. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency? The hearings soon ending and Mc. Carthy was left in disfavor. Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon was a member of the House of Representatives from California when he became involved in the trial of Alger Hiss, who was accused of being a Communist and a spy. Nixon presented evidence that help prove Hiss guilty in 1. This advanced Nixon's political career, and he soon ran for the Senate and won. Nixon later became Vice- President under President Dwight Eisenhower. Years later, he became President of the United States. Studebaker. Studebaker was a popular car in 1. The styling consisted of a torpedo front end and read window. People joked that the car looked like it was going backwards. The company went out of business in 1. Television. Television became popular in the late 1. Most large cities had only one station. Sets in those days had 1. Color was introduced in 1. North Korea / South Korea. Korea was split into north and south after World War II. North Korea became established as a Communist dictatorship by Soviet Union and Red China, after Japan was defeated. In 1. 95. 0, North Korea attacked South Korea, starting the Korean War. The United Nations entered the war to defend South Korea. The Soviet Union made the mistake of walking out on the U. N. Since declaring war was not acceptable without the approval of Congress, President Harry S. Truman declared the fighting a . The war resulted in a stalemate, and Korea is still divided to this day. Marilyn Monroe. Marilyn Monroe was a popular . She was married to baseball hero Joe Dimaggio and later author Arthur Miller. She also was rumored to have relationships with President John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, as well as mafia boss Joe Gianconna. She died under suspicious circumstances. Rosenbergs. The Rosenbergs were a husband and wife who were arrested and executed for selling secrets of the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. H- bomb. The hydrogen bomb was developed under the guidance of Dr. It was many times more powerful than an atomic bomb and in fact required an atomic bomb to detonate. The United States exploded the first H- bomb and a few years later the Soviet Union then exploded their version of the bomb. Sugar Ray. Sugar Ray Robinson was the middle- weight boxing champion of the world. At the time considered pound- for- pound the best boxer ever. He was also highly personable and popular. Panmunjom. Panmunjom, Korea is where negotiations between the United Nations—led by the United States—and the Communist North Koreans to end the Korean War took place. The separation between North Korea and South Korea was originally the 3. Parallel, but the new truce decided on a boundary between the countries that was more defensible. The countries also exchanged prisoners- of- war as a result of the Panmunjom negotiations. Brando. Marlon Brando became a top movie actor. He was famous for his brooding and mumbling acting style. He received an Academy Award for his role in . Many years later, he starred in the . He later became a popular president of the United States. Her coronation didn't take place until June 2, 1. This was a great event, not only in Britain but in all the countries of the British Commonwealth. It was also big news in the United States and many other countries as well. Filmed documentaries of the event circulated in Commonwealth countries for a long time after the event and every school child was taken to organized cinema screenings in school time.(Thanks to Jim Cable of New Zealand for his input) Marciano. Rocky Marciano was the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. He retired undefeated. Liberace. Liberace was a popular pianist and entertainer, who had his own TV show in the 1. He was known for wearing sequined tuxedos and having a candelabrum on his piano. He is credited with advising singer Elvis Presley to also wear . Women adored Liberace, because of his sweet smile and wavy hair. Santayana good- bye. Famed philosopher George Santayana died in 1. Joseph Stalin. Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union. He was a harsh leader who had millions of his people executed or sent to labor camps in Siberia. On his way to political power, he changed his name to Stalin, which means . He briefly became leader of the USSR (March 1. February 1. 95. 5) after Stalin's death. Nasser. Gamal Abdel Nasser was the second President of Egypt after Muhammad Naguib. He was considered one of the more influential Arab leaders in history. Prokofiev. Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was the most prolific Russian composer, pianist and conductor of the twentieth century. He died in 1. 95. Rockefeller. Nelson and Winthrop Rockefeller were grandsons of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller. In 1. Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Nelson as chair of the President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization. He served as Governor of New York from 1. He was the 4. 1st Vice President of the United States of America from December 1. January 2. 0, 1. 97. Also in 1. 95. 3, Winthrop Rockefeller—who was known as a playboy and hard drinker—moved from Florida and New York to Arkansas. It was jokingly said he moved there because he loved playing the banjo. Winthrop became Governor of Arkansas in 1. Arkansas Governor and U. S. President Bill Clinton. Winthrop was probably the Rockefeller that Billy Joel was referring to, since his playboy antics were more in the news than things that Nelson was doing. Nelson and Winthrop Rockefeller were the only brothers in U. S. Bush and Jeb Bush became governors or their states. Campanella. Roy Campanella was the all- star catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team. His career was cut short by a paralyzing car accident. Communist bloc. USSR and their satellite countries formed what was called the Communist bloc. Roy Cohn. Roy Cohn was the advisor to Senator Joseph Mc. Carthy during the Mc. Carthy Hearings on Communists in the movie industry and government. Juan Per. His wife Evita was known for helping the poor. He was strongly anti- American and anti- British, confiscating much of the British and American- owned assets in Argentina. In 1. 95. 5, he was overthrown by a military coup. It wasn't until 1. He died shortly afterward in 1. Toscanini. Arturo Toscanini was a world- famous conductor, considered to have been one of the greatest classical conductors of all time. On April 4, 1. 95. NBC Symphony at Carnegie Hall in New York, Toscanini suffered a memory lapse during the performance. That was the last time he conducted live in public. He died at the age of 8. Dacron. A new wonder- material Dacron hit the market. Dien Bien Phu falls. The French lose control over Indo- China—now known as Vietnam—with the fall of the city Dien Bien Phu. Rock Around the Clock. Bill Haley and the Comets came out with what was considered the first rock- and- roll hit song, Rock Around the Clock. It was the theme music for the popular movie Blackboard Jungle. Einstein. Albert Einstein developed the Theory of Relativity in 1. He became a popular figure in the later years of his life. He died in 1. 95. James Dean. James Dean was a movie star who became a symbol of young people for his role in the movie Rebel Without a Cause. After completing his next movie Giant, Dean decided to drive his new 1. Porsche Spyder to Salinas, California to enter in a sports car race there. His mechanic rode with him.
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