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  • Albert Einstein Passes at age 76

    Albert Einstein Passes at age 76

    More About Albert Enstein (Biogrpahy)

    Albert Eintein died from unknown causes and was found in his study by his assistant.
  • Davy Crockett is a Disney television series about the legendary frontiersman of the same name. The show was a huge hit with young boys and inspired a short-lived "coonskin cap" craze.

    Davy Crockett is a Disney television series about the legendary frontiersman of the same name. The show was a huge hit with young boys and inspired a short-lived "coonskin cap" craze.

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

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

    More About PaternakThis novel was very famous and was made and translated into many different languages such as English and Russian.
  • Lebanon is engulfed in a political and religious crisis that eventually involves U.S. intervention

    Lebanon is engulfed in a political and religious crisis that eventually involves U.S. intervention

    The Lebanon CrisisList of events
  • Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash on February 3 with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, in a day that had a devastating impact on the country and youth culture. Joel prefaces the lyric with a Holly signature vocal hiccup "uh-huh, uh-huh."

    Buddy Holly dies in a plane crash on February 3 with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper, in a day that had a devastating impact on the country and youth culture. Joel prefaces the lyric with a Holly signature vocal hiccup "uh-huh, uh-huh."

    More about Buddy Holly
  • Syngman Rhee was rescued by the CIA after being forced to resign as leader of South Korea for allegedly fixing an election and embezzling more than twenty million U.S. dollars.

    Syngman Rhee was rescued by the CIA after being forced to resign as leader of South Korea for allegedly fixing an election and embezzling more than twenty million U.S. dollars.

    Syngman Rhee Biography
  • Ernest Hemingway commits suicide on July 2 after a long battle with depression

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

    More About Ernest Henningway
  • Pope Paul VI: Cardinal Giovanni Montini is elected to the papacy and takes the regnal name of Paul VI.

    Pope Paul VI: Cardinal Giovanni Montini is elected to the papacy and takes the regnal name of Paul VI.

    Pope Paul Veine VIPope Paul VI is elected to the papacy. the papacy is something that popes recieve honor from the head pope and it is a very religious ceremony.
  • Birth control: In the early 1960s, oral contraceptives, popularly known as "the pill", first go on the market and are extremely popular. Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965 challenged a Connecticut law prohibiting contraceptives. In 1968, Pope Paul VI release

    Birth control: In the early 1960s, oral contraceptives, popularly known as "the pill", first go on the market and are extremely popular. Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965 challenged a Connecticut law prohibiting contraceptives. In 1968, Pope Paul VI release

    FDA Accepts the Pill
  • Moonshot: Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing, successfully lands on the moon

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

    Apollo Sets Off