Timeline

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    We Didn't Start A Fire Event Timeline

  • Richard Nixon joins US senate

    Richard Nixon joins US senate

    For more info, click here. Richard Nixon is first elected to the United States Senate on December 4,1950.
  • Vaccine for polio tested

    Vaccine for polio tested

    For more info, click here. The first was developed by Jonas Salk and first tested in 1952.
  • Disneyland opens

    Disneyland opens

    For more info, click here.Disneyland opens on July 17 as Walt Disney's first theme park.
  • JFK elected president

    JFK elected president

    For more info, click here. John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon in the November 8 general election.
  • JFK assassinated

    JFK assassinated

    For more info, click here. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated on November 22 while riding in an open convertible through Dallas.
  • Richard Nixon elected President

    Richard Nixon elected President

    For more info, click here. Former Vice President Nixon is elected in the 1968 presidential election of the United States
  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing

    For more info, click here.Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing, successfully lands on the moon.
  • Punk Rock era begins

    Punk Rock era begins

    For more info, click here. The Ramones form, with the Sex Pistols following in 1975, bringing in the punk era.
  • Terror on airlines

    Terror on airlines

    For more info, click here. Numerous aircraft hijackings took place, specifically, the Palestinian hijack of Air France Flight 139 and the subsequent Operation Entebbe in Uganda.
  • Cocaine is widely used

    Cocaine is widely used

    For more info, click here. Crack cocaine use surged in the mid-to-late 1980s.