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We Didn't Start The Fire
Part 2
10
History
10th Grade
05/20/2008

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Television
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is becoming widespread (in black and white format) and becomes the most popular means of advertising.
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North Korea, South Korea
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engage in warfare as North Korea attacks on June 25, beginning the Korean War.
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Marilyn Monroe
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soars in popularity with five new movies including The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve, and attempts suicide after the death of lover Johnny Hyde. Monroe would later (1954) be married for a brief time to Joe DiMaggio (the rhyme in the previous verse).
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Rosenbergs
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were convicted on March 29 for espionage. They maintained that they were innocent even at their executions.
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H-Bomb
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is in the middle of its development as a nuclear weapon, announced in early 1950 and first tested in late 1952.
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Sugar Ray
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Sugar Ray Robinson, the boxer, obtains the world's middleweight title.
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Panmunjom
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the border village in Korea, is the location of truce talks between the parties of the Korean War.
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Brando
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Marlon Brando is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in A Streetcar Named Desire.
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The King and I
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musical, opens on Broadway on March 29.
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The Catcher in the Rye
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a controversial novel by J. D. Salinger, is published.
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