We Didnt Start the Fire

We Didnt Start the Fire

Period: Jan 1, 1949 to Dec 31, 1989

Doris Day

May 29, 1949

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She enters the public spotlight with the films My Dream Is Yours and It's a Great Feeling as well as popular songs like "It's Magic"; divorces her second husband.

Richard Nixon

Mar 27, 1950

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Sugar Ray Robinson

Mar 27, 1951

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Jun 29, 1952

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Joseph Stalin

Mar 5, 1953

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Dies on March 5, yielding his position as leader of the Soviet Union

Space Monkey

Mar 28, 1959

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Able and Miss Baker return to Earth from space aboard the flight Jupiter AM-18.

John F. Kennedy

Mar 28, 1960

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Pope Paul IV

Jun 29, 1963

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Russians in Afghanistan

Apr 25, 1979

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Following their move into Afghanistan, Soviet forces fight a ten-year war, from 1979 to 1989.

Bernie Goetz

Dec 22, 1984

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On December 22, Mr. Goetz shot four young men who he said were threatening him on a New York City subway. Goetz was charged with attempted murder but was acquitted of the charges, though convicted of carrying an unlicensed gun.