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Joe DiMaggio
Joe DiMaggio and the New York Yankees go to the World Series five times in the 1940s, winning four of them. -
Marilyn Monroe
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). -
The King and I+
The King and I, musical, opens on Broadway on March 29 -
Sugar Ray
Sugar Ray Robinson, a champion welterweight boxer -
Rocky Marciano
Rocky Marciano defeats Jersey Joe Walcott, becoming the world Heavyweight champion. -
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76. -
Hula hoops
Hula hoops reach 100 million in sales as the latest toy fad -
JFK
JFK blown away: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated on November 22 while riding in an open convertible through Dallas -
Crack
Crack cocaine use surged in the mid-to-late 1980s -
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune: A hit television game show which has been TV's highest-rated syndicated program since 1983
