South Pacific, the prize-winning musical, opens on Broadway
Disneyland opens becoming Walt Disney's 1st theme park
Elvis Presley signs to RCA records beginnign his pop career
Grace Kelly releases her last film High Society
Hula Hoops reach 100 million sales
John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon in the November 8 general election
Oral contraceptives, popularly known as "the pill", first go on the market and are extremely popular
The Ramones form, with the Sex Pistols following in 1974, bringing in the punk era.
Crack cocaine use surged in the mid-to-late 1980s
Ozzy Osbourne and the bands Judas Priest and Metallica were brought to court by parents who accused the musicians of hiding subliminal pro-suicide messages in their music.