We didn't Start the Fire

Marilyn Monroe's populartity Gain

Mar 27, 1950

Marilyn Monroe soars in popularity with five new movies, including The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve,
and attempts suicide after the death of friend Johnny Hyde who asked to marry her several times,
but she refused respectfully. Monroe would later (1954) be married for a brief time to Joe DiMaggio

Queen Elizabeth 2

Mar 27, 1952

England's got a new queen: Queen Elizabeth II succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realms
upon the death of George VI of the United Kingdom and is crowned the next year.

Elvis Begins Pop Career

Mar 27, 1955

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

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dec 1, 1956

Alabama is the site of the Montgomery Bus Boycott which ultimately led to the removal of the last race laws in the USA. Rosa Parks
and Martin Luther King,Jr figure prominently.

JFK assassinated

Nov 22, 1963

JFK blown away: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated on November 22
while riding in an open convertible through Dallas.

Woodstock Festival

Mar 27, 1969

Woodstock: Famous rock and roll festival of 1969 that came to be the epitome of the counterculture movement.

Here Comes Punk Music

Mar 27, 1974

Punk rock: The Ramones form, with the Sex Pistols following in 1975, bringing in the punk era.

Heavy Metal bands accused of suiscide messages in music

Mar 27, 1983

Heavy metal suicide: In the 1980s Ozzy Osbourne and the bands Judas Priest and Metallica
were brought to court by parents who accused the musicians of
hiding subliminal pro-suicide messages in their music.

Crack becomes Famous

Mar 27, 1983

Crack cocaine use surged in the mid-to-late 1980s.

Soft Drinks Battle Out Whose Best

Mar 27, 1989

Rock-and-roller cola wars: Soft drink giants Coke and Pepsi each run marketing campaigns using rock & roll and popular music
starsto reach the young adult demographic.