We Didnt Start The Fire

Red China

Nov 3, 1949

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/red-china-remains-threat_610158.html The communist party of china wins the chinease civil war establishing the peoples republic of china.

Dates

Period: Nov 25, 1949 to Nov 25, 1989

Marilyn Monroe

Oct 25, 1950

http://www.biography.com/people/marilyn-monroe-9412123Marilyn 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

Queen Elizabeth 2

Nov 25, 1952

http://www.biography.com/people/queen-elizabeth-ii-9286165England's got a new queen: Queen Elizabeth II succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realms upon the death of her father, George VI, and is crowned the next year.

Albert Eisntein

Apr 18, 1955

http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.htmlAlbert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76.

Elvis Preley

Nov 21, 1955

http://www.elvis.com/about-the-king/biography_.aspxElvis Presley signs with RCA Records on November 21, beginning his pop career.

Mafia

Nov 25, 1959

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_MafiaThe Mafia are the center of attention for the FBI and public attention builds to this organized crime society with a historically Sicilian-American origin.

Robert A. Heinlein

Nov 25, 1961

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/strangeland/ Stranger in a Strange Land, written by Robert A. Heinlein, is a breakthrough best-seller with themes of sexual freedom and liberation.

Soviet Forces

Nov 25, 1979

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_forces Russians in Afghanistan: Following their move into Afghanistan, Soviet forces fight a ten-year war, from 1979 to 1989.

Wheel of Fortune

Nov 25, 1983

http://www.wheeloffortune.com/ Wheel of Fortune: A hit television game show which has been TV's highest-rated syndicated program since 1983.

Tiananmen Square

Nov 25, 1989

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989China's under martial law: On May 20, China declares martial law, enabling them to use force of arms against protesting students to end the Tiananmen Square protests.