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Billy Joel TimeLine
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South Pacific's Opening
South Pacific , the prize winning musical , opens on Broadway in 1949 -
Doris Day
Doris Day enetrs public spotlight with the films "My Dream is Yours" and "It's a Great Feeling" -
Johnnie Ray
Johnnie Ray signs his first recording contract with Okeh Records. His career started in1951 -
Ethel & Julius Rosenberg
Ethel & Julius Rosenberg were convicted for espionage -
Albert Einstein's Death
Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76. -
DisneyLand
Disneyland opens on July 17 as Walt Disney's first theme park. -
Peyton Place
Peyton Place, the best-selling novel by Grace Metalious, is published. Though mild compared to today's prime time, it shocked the reserved values of the '50s -
Joe McCarthy
Joe McCarthy, the US Senator, gains national attention and begins his anti-communist crusade with his Lincoln Day speech.
He died on May 2nd , 1957 -
Marilyn Monroe
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 (mentioned in the previous verse). She unfortunately overdosed and died on August 5th , 1962 -
Studebaker
Studebaker, a popular car company, begins its financial downfall -
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray , born on May 3 , 1921 , was a welter wieght champion boxer. He was also cited as the world's greatest boxer
