We Didn't Start The Fire

South Pacific goes BIG!

Mar 27, 1949

South Pacific, the prize-winning musical, opens on Broadway on April 7.

1949-1969

Period: Mar 27, 1949 to Mar 27, 1969

Polio Vaccine

Mar 27, 1952

The vaccine for polio(poliomyelitis) is privately tested by Jonas Salk.

Losing Joseph Stalin

Mar 5, 1953

Joseph Stalin dies on March 5, yielding his position as leader of the Soviet Union.

Sciene Will Live On

Apr 18, 1955

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

Doctor Zhivago

Mar 27, 1957

Boris Pasternak, the Russian author, publishes his famous novel Doctor Zhivago.

Buddy, Ritchie, and The Big Bopper.

Feb 3, 1959

Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash on February 3 with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.

Ernest Hemingway's depression

Jul 2, 1961

Ernest Hemingway commits suicide on July 2 after a long battle with depression.

Assassination of John F. Kennedy

Nov 22, 1963

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

Go Nixon!

Mar 27, 1968

Former Vice President Nixon is elected in the 1968 presidential election of the United States

Apollo 11

Mar 27, 1969

Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing, successfully lands on the moon.