Timeline: we didnt start the fire

Aug 6, 1949

Harry Truman

1949: Harry Truman is inaugurated as U.S. president after being elected in 1948 to his own term; previously he was sworn in following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He authorized the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan during World War II, on August 6 and August 9, 1945, respectively.

Oct 27, 1949

Joe DiMaggio

1949: Joe DiMaggio and the New York Yankees go to the World Series five times in the 1940s, winning four of them.

Mar 17, 1951

Sugar Ray Robinson

1951: Sugar Ray Robinson, a champion welterweight boxer.

Mar 27, 1952

Rocky Marciano

1952: Rocky Marciano defeats Jersey Joe Walcott, becoming the world Heavyweight champion.

Mar 27, 1953

Roy Campanella

1953: Roy Campanella, an African-American baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, receives the National League's Most Valuable Player award for the second time.

Feb 27, 1955

Elvis Presley

1955: Elvis Presley signs with RCA Records on November 21, beginning his pop career.

Mar 27, 1955

Albert Einstein

1955: Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76.

Jun 27, 1955

Disneyland

1955: Disneyland opens on July 17 as Walt Disney's first theme

Sep 27, 1963

Malcolm X

1963: Malcolm X makes his infamous statement "The chickens have come home to roost" about the Kennedy assassination, thus causing the Nation of Islam to censor him.