April 7, 1949 — “South Pacific” opens on Broadway
“South Pacific” was a musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, based on James Michener’s “Tales of the South Pacific”, an anthology...
September 9, 2018
Billy Joel
February 9, 1950 — Joe McCarthy claims there are Communists in the State Department
Joe McCarthy was a shameless political hack who hitched his wagon to that never-failing engine of conservative vote winning: the...
August 9, 2018
June 25, 1950 — The Korean War begins
The Korean War was caused by the conditions holding since the end of World War Two. Korea had been split...
July 14, 2018
November 7, 1950 — Richard Nixon elected to the US Senate
It’s commonly believed that this is where Nixon got his start in politics, but in fact he was a member...
July 4, 2018
March 29, 1951 — “The King and I” premieres on Broadway
Based on a 1944 novel, “Anna and the King of Siam” by Margaret Landon, “The King and I” was the...
June 29, 2018
May 8, 1951 — Du Pont Chemical publicly releases Dacron
One of the wonder-fabrics of the Fifties, Dacron was the trade name of a particular polyester sold by Du Pont...
June 19, 2018
July 16, 1951 — “The Catcher in the Rye” is published
On this day, in 1951, one of the all-time great classics of teen angst was published. J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher...
June 9, 2018
October 16, 1951 — Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads release “Cry”
Although it took nearly six months to reach #1 on the charts, reach that storied number it did, and made...
May 24, 2018
December 11, 1951 — Joe Di Maggio retires from professional baseball
One of the game’s true greats, Joe Di Maggio played his entire pro baseball career with a single team, the...
May 14, 2018
July 1, 1952 — “The Liberace Show” is first broadcast
Liberace was one of the first of a new breed of entertainer in post war America. He saw that television...
May 7, 2018
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