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richard nixon
Richard Nixon is first elected to the United States Senate. -
tv
Television is becoming widespread (in black and white format) and becomes the most popular means of advertising -
H-bomb
H-Bomb is in the middle of its development as a nuclear weapon, announced in early 1950 and first tested in late 1952. -
peter pan
Peter 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 -
beatlemania
British Beatlemania: The Beatles, a British rock group, gain Ringo Starr as drummer and Brian Epstein as manager, and join the EMI's Parlophone label. They soon become the world's most famous rock band, with the word "Beatlemania" adopted by the press for their fans' unprecedented enthusiasm. It also began the British Invasion in the United States2 -
woodstock
Woodstock: Famous rock and roll festival of 1969 that came to be the epitome of the counterculture movement. -
mafia
Mafia is the center of attention for the FBI and public attention builds to this organized crime society with a historically Sicilian-American origin -
cola wars
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 -
Crack
Crack cocaine use surged in the mid-to-late 1980s. -
heavy metal suicide
Heavy metal suicide: In the 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.
