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We Didn't Start The Fire
Part 8
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History
10th Grade
05/20/2008

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Castro
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Fidel Castro comes to power after a revolution in Cuba and visits the United States later that year on an unofficial twelve-day tour.
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Edsel is a No-Go
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Production of this car marketing disaster (Ford spent $400 million developing it) ends after only two years.
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U2
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Lockheed U-2: An American U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union, causing the U-2 Crisis of 1960.
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Syngman Rhee
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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.
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Payola
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was publicized due to Dick Clark's testimony before Congress and Alan Freed's public disgrace.
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Kennedy
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John F. Kennedy beats Richard Nixon in the November 8 general election amongst allegations of vote fraud.
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Chubby Checker
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popularizes the dance The Twist with his song of the same name (see "The Twist").
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Psycho
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An Alfred Hitchcock thriller, based on a pulp novel by Robert Bloch and adapted by Joseph Stefano, which becomes a landmark in graphic violence and cinema sensationalism. The screeching violins heard briefly in the background are a trademark of the film's soundtrack.
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Belgians in the Congo
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Congo Crisis: The Democratic Republic of the Congo was declared independent of Belgium on June 30, with Joseph Kasavubu as President and Patrice Lumumba as Prime Minister. The Belgians, however, had other plans (see Secession of Katanga).
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Hemingway
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Ernest Hemingway commits suicide on July 2 after a long battle with depression.
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