WE DIDNT START THE FIRE

H-BOMB

• Stands for hydrogen bomb
• Employs hydrogen fusion to explode
• Destructive thermonuclear weapon
• Tested on Eniwetok Atoll in the pacific

MARILYN MONROE

• American actress, model, and singer, who became a major sex symbol
• Starring in a number of commercially successful motion pictures
• She had many affairs with John F. Kennedy
• Born on June 1, 1929
• Died on August 5, 1962

1949-1950 NBA SEASON

• First season the league became collectively call the national basketball association
• Minneapolis lakers won the championship over the syracuse nationals in 4 games
• There were 17 teams
• The league was divided into three divisions
• George mikan was the leading scorer

JOE DIMAGGIO

• Born November 25, 1914
• Famous MLB player for the New York Yankees
• Married Marilyn Monroe
• Retired in 1951
• Entered into the baseball hall of fame in 1955

GEORGE SATAYANA

• George Satayana was a famed philospher who died in 1952
• Ha was awarded a a Nobel prize in literature
• He received his educationrom a variety of places including Harvard
• HIs only novel was titled The Last Puritan

JOHNNIE RAY

• Born on January 10,1927
• He was an American Singer and Songwriter in the 1950s
• Helped shaped what today is known as Rock and Roll

SUGAR RAY

• His boxing career lasted three decades.
• During his career, he became the welterweight champion of the world.
• He also held the middle weight champion title five times.
• He was "pound for pound" the best boxer of all time.

GeNERAL MCAARTHUR

• Army's youngest major general
• In 1950 he asked US troops to come to south korea
• In 1951 MacArthur was removed from his command for insubordination
• "It is fatal to enter any war without thw will to win it"