A to Z: We Didn't Start the Fire

 

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Answer

A

Russian troops invaded this country in 1979.

B

Name given to the frenzy surrounding a British Rock Group in the 1960s.

C

A "coming-of-age" novel by J.D. Salinger that follows Holden Caulfield as he wanders the streets of New York City.

D

Theme park that opened in Anaheim, California in 1955.

E

German physicist who is best known for his equation E = mc^2.

F

Television game show that premiered in 1975 -- Wheel of ________.

G

First American astronaut to orbit the Earth.

H

American author famous for "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Farewell to Arms."

I

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led a revolution to take total religious and political control of this country in 1979.

J

U.S. President who was assassinated in 1963 in Dallas, Texas.

K

A Rogers and Hammerstein musical set in Bangkok, Siam.

L

A pianist whose television variety program premiered in 1951.

M

He hit 536 home runs and led his New York baseball team to seven World Series.

 

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Answer

N

He was elected Vice President of the United States in 1952 and President in 1968.

O

African American student James Meredith enrolled at this college in 1962, prompting a riot that had to be quelled by 30,000 U.S. troops.

P

Musical genre that emerged in the 1970s with anti-authoritarian themes.

Q

England got a "new" one of these after the death of King George VI in 1953.

R

Surname of the couple who were convicted and sentenced to death for sharing U.S. secrets with the Soviet Union in 1951.

S

The name of the artificial Earth satellite launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, kicking off a "Space Race" between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.

T

Drug that caused severe birth defects in children if the mothers took it during pregnancy.

U

U.S. spy plane that was shot down by the Soviet Union in 1960.

V

An inoculation to prevent the spread of disease -- Jonas Salk developed one to prevent polio.

W

The most famous rock festival of the 1960s.

X

Civil Rights leader whose autobiography, which was published after his assassination in 1965, was influential in the Black Power movement.

Y

The baseball team of Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio.

Z

He was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China and helped implement Chairman Mao's Communist takeover of the country.