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click here for more info on the South Pacific broadway show South Pacific, the prize-winning musical, opens on Broadway on April 7
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click here for more info on North Korea and South Korea war North Korea and South Korea declare war after Northern forces stream south on June 25
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click here for info on The Rosenberg’s, Ethel and Julius, were convicted on March 29 for espionage
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click here for more info on the musical King and I The King and I, musical, opens on Broadway on March 29
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click her for more info on George Santayanaphilosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist, dies on September 26
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click here for info on Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin dies on March 5, yielding his position as leader of the Soviet Union
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click here for more info on Albert Einstein Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76
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click here for more info on Disneyland Disneyland opens on July 17, 1955 as Walt Disney's first theme park
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click here for more info on Elvis Presley Elvis Presley signs with RCA Records on November 21, beginning his pop career
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for more info on Nikita KhrushchevNikita Khrushchev makes his famous Secret Speech denouncing Stalin's "cult of personality" on February 25
