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known as Liberace, was an American pianist and vocalist. A popular 1950s television show for his musical entertainment
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Television is becoming widespread (in black and white format) and becomes the most popular means of advertising
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a group of communist nations dominated by the Soviet Union at this time. It is probably a reference to the Uprising of 1953 in East Germany.
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The Mafia is the center of attention for the FBI and public attention builds to this organized crime society with a historically Sicilian-American origin.
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Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing, successfully lands on the moon.
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Famous rock and roll festival of 1969 that came to be the epitome of the counterculture movement.
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Cardinal Giovanni Montini is elected to the papacy and takes the papal name of Paul VI.
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A hit television game show which has been TV's highest-rated syndicated program since 1983.
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China declares martial law, enabling them to use force of arms against protesting students to end the Tiananmen Square protests.
