We Didn't Start the Fire Timeline- Jenna

Television

Jan 1, 1950

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TelevisionTelevision is becoming widespread (in black and white format) and becomes the most popular means of advertising.

Polio Vaccine

Jan 1, 1952

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polio_vaccine
The vaccine for polio is privately tested by Jonas Salk.

Winthrop Rockefeller

Jan 1, 1953

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winthrop_Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller and his wife Barbara are involved in a highly publicized divorce, culminating in 1954 with a record-breaking $5.5 million settlement.

Albert Einstein

Jan 1, 1955

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_EinsteinAlbert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76

Sputnik

Jan 1, 1957

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1
Sputnik becomes the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, marking the start of the space race

California baseball

Jan 1, 1958

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball
California baseball begins as the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants move to California and become the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants. They are the first major league teams west of Kansas City.

Mafia

Jan 1, 1959

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

Ernest Hemingway

Jan 1, 1961

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway commits suicide on July 2 after a long battle with depression

Woodstock

Jan 1, 1969

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_Festival
Woodstock: Famous rock and roll festival of 1969 that came to be the epitome of the counterculture movement

AIDS

Jan 1, 1983

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS
AIDS: A collection of symptoms and infections in humans resulting from the specific damage