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1949 the prize winning musical opens on broadway April 7th
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1950 Richard Nixon is first elected to the United States Senate
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1951 sugar Ray robinson a championWelter weight boxer
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1952 Rocky Marciano defeats Jersey Joe Walcott becoming the worl heavy weight champion
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1953 Joseph Stalin dies inn March 5 yeilding his position as leader of the Soviet Union
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1954 darcon is an early artificial fiber made from the same plastic as polyester
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1955 Albert Einstien dies on April 18 at the age of 76
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1956 Budapest is the capital city of Hungary and the sight of the 1956 Hungarian revolution
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Jack Kerouac publishes his first novel in seven years On The Road
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1958 Lebanon is engulfed in a politicial and religious crisis that eventually involves Us intervation
