The First 40 Years of Billy Joel's life

By lyndsey.mchugh
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    The First 40 Years of Billy Joel's Life

  • Harry Truman is inaugurated as U.S. president

    declared president after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in April 12, 1945

  • TV's become popular

    Television is becoming widespread (in black and white format) and becomes the most popular means of advertising

  • The King and I, musical

    A Broadway musical composed by Richard rogers

  • Albert Einstein's Death

    • He was hospitalized with an aortic aneurysm caused by Heart Failure

  • Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash

    • Early reports from the scene suggest the aircraft spun out of control during a light snowstorm

  • Chubby Checker popularizes the dance The Twist

    a dance done by swiveling the hips

  • John F. Kennedy is assassinated

    fatally shot while riding in an open-top car through Dealey Plaza in Dallas. Two bullets struck the president, the first in his back and throat and the second in the back of his head.

  • Apollo 11 successfully lands on the moon

    • the spaceflight that landed the first humans

  • Wheel of Fortune

    compete to solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a giant carnival wheel

  • Mr. Goetz shot four young men who he said were threatening him on a New York City subway

    one of the most highly charged and widely publicized criminal cases of the 1980s