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South Pacific,

Apr 7, 1949

South Pacific, the prize-winning musical, opens on Broadway on April 7.

petter pan

Mar 7, 1955

petter pan linkPeter Pan is broadcast on TV live and in color from the 1954 version of the stage musical starring Mary Martin on March 7. Disney released an animated version the previous year

elvis

Mar 28, 1955

Elvis Presley signs with RCA Records on November 21, beginning his pop career

Disneyland

Jul 17, 1955

disney landDisneyland opens on July 17 as Walt Disney's first theme park

budapast

Mar 28, 1956

Budapest is the site of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution

Marilyn Monroe

Jan 1, 1958

Marilyn Monroe soars in popularity with five new movies, including The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve, and attempts suicide after the death of friend Johnny Hyde who asked to marry her several times, but she refused respectfully. Monroe would later (1954) be married for a brief time to Joe DiMaggio (mentioned in the previous verse

Woodstock

Jan 1, 1969

woodstockWoodstock: Famous rock and roll festival of 1969 that came to be the epitome of the counterculture movement

apollo 11

Mar 27, 1969

apollo 11Moonshot: Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing, successfully lands on the moon

wheel of furtroune

Jan 1, 1983

Wheel of Fortune: A hit television game show which has been TV's highest-rated syndicated program since 1983
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_of_Fortune_(U.S._game_show)

cola wars

Jan 1, 1989

Rock-and-roller cola wars: Soft drink giants Coke and Pepsi each run marketing campaigns using rock & roll and popular music stars to reach the young adult demographic
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cola_Wars