“We didn’t start the Fire”

“We didn’t start the Fire” Alex Gormley & Charles Sidiodti 5/12/2011 http://youtu.be/m50p-XScreM

Little Rock • The desegregation of public schools • began with a public school in Little Rock, Arkansas • 9 colored students went to the school • Day one they were turned away; violently • Day two went to school with an armed guard

Pasternak • Russian poet • Mysteriously murdered • Lived in america

Mickey Mantle • New York Yankee’s baseball player • Won 3 american league mvp titles • Won 7 world serieswontriple crown

Kerouac • Author • Wrote: “The Dharma Bums” , “The Subterranean”, “Big Sur”, and “Desolation Angels”

Sputnik • Russian satellite • It was feared that it was a spying satellite during the cold war • Never proven nor disproven.

Chou En-Lai • October 1st 1949 the peoples republic of china was formally established with the national capital as Beijing • 1950 national recognition of the communist government had increased considerably but was slowed by involvement in Korean war

“Bridge on the River Kwai” • Movie in 1957 about British POW and their Japanese jailers who are forcing them to build a bridge, however unaware that the allies plan to destroy it .

Lebanon • Country of Lebanon formed in the time period of the 1950s • Created due to the wars in the area of Syria

Charles de Gaulle • Political figure of France, during and after WWII • Career was of a soldier in French army was captured • He escaped and broadcasted to the French to resist

California Baseball • Jackie Robinson debuted on the dodgers on April 15th, 1947 • April 15th 2004 marked beginning of annual tradition, of Jackie Robinson day • Due to it was his first day playing

Starkweather, homicide • Went on a murder spree that terrified the country • Was only nineteen, and did it to bust his jailed girlfriend out. • Multiple movies were made from his deeds

thalidomide • Was introduced as a sedative drug in the late 1950s • Withdrawn in 1961 due to teragenicity, and neuropathy • Caused birth defects, and named one of the tragedies of modern times

“We didn’t start the Fire”