"We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel

South Pacific musical

Apr 7, 1949

prize-winning musical open on brodway on April 7

Richard Nixon elected

Jan 1, 1950

First elected to the United States Senate (Date unknown)

North and South Korea

Jun 25, 1950

They declared war after nothern forces strew south

H-Bomb

Apr 13, 1951

H-bomb middle of devolpment as a nuclar weapon first tested in late 1952.
(Date not known)

Elvis Presley signs with RCA Records

Apr 13, 1955

signs with RCA Records on November 21, beginning his pop career
(Date not known)

Albert Einstein dies

Apr 18, 1955

Dies at the age 76

Disneyland opens

Jul 17, 1955

opens on July 17 as Walt Disney's first theme park

Fidel Castro comes to power

Apr 13, 1959

after a revolution in Cuba and visits the United States later that year on an unofficial twelve-day tour
(Date not known)

John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon

Apr 13, 1960

in the November 8 general election
(Date not known)

Berlin: The Berlin Wall

Aug 13, 1961

forcibly separated West Berlin from East Berlin and the rest of East Germany, was erected on August 13 to prevent citizens escaping to the West.