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 * __Our page for Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" mnemonic.

Here are the lyrics to the song all split up and such for us. Each set of two lines for lyrics is a year, starting with 1949 and continuing on in chronological order. It covers almost 20 years in a few minutes :) Details on things in the year are below it. :) We've gotta attack this thing. pictures at the bottom yo :)__

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnny Ray South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio**

Harry Truman was a president of the US. The Truman Doctrine stated that the US would aid any country whose stability was being threatened by communism. He was elected to his second term in office in the 1948 election, officially starting his second term in 1949 :) There is a pic of him below. Doris Day was an acctress who made most of her movies in the 50s, but had a few big hits in the 60s followed by a TV series which ended in 73. She made her first movie in 48. I guess that was close enough for Billy Joel lol. Walter Winchell was a major news reporter dude. Journalism, radio, etc. he created a gossip column in NYC. pic of him below. Joe DiMaggio was also mentioned in "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon and Garfunkle. "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?" He was a baseball star who had to go fight in WWII.

North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe**
 * Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, Television

Korean War explains North and South Korea, now being two countries instead of just one. It began in 1950 so this one makes sense. A collage of pics for this one is below. Studebaker was a car company that emerged in the 1800s and was shut down in 1967. I don't know what it has to do with 1950, but a 1950 studebaker car is below.

Brando, The King And I, and The Catcher In The Rye**
 * Rosenbergs, H Bomb, Sugar Ray, Panmunjom

The H-Bomb was like a more powerful atomic bomb. Never used. The King and I was a play from 56. It is about a widow who takes care of a kings kids. not important at all. The only stuff for Sugar Ray that I can find is stuff about a boxer and a band, both in the 80s.... DUDE ROSENBERGS = A COUPLE WHO WERE COMMUNISTS IN AMERICA! they both died in 53. pic is below. they were executed for espionage for the Soviet Union and giving them A-bomb info. this was the first execution of civilians for espionage in US history. know it yo. ethel and julius were their names btw. The Catcher in the Rye was a popular book originally written for adults in 1951 (duh) but has since become popular amoung teens for its themes of teenage confusion, angst, etc. book cover below.

Marciano, Liberace, Santayana goodbye
 * Eisenhower, Vaccine, England's got a new queen

We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it

Joseph Stalin, Malenkov, Nasser and Prokofiov Rockefeller, Campanella, Communist Bloc

Roy Cohn, Juan Peron, Toscanini, Dacron Dien Bien Phu Falls, Rock Around the Clock

Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn's got a winning team Davy Crockett, Peter Pan, Elvis Presley, Disneyland

Bardot, Budapest, Alabama, Khrushchev Princess Grace, Peyton Place, Trouble in the Suez

We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it

Little Rock, Pasternak, Mickey Mantle, Kerouac Sputnik, Chou En-Lai, Bridge On The River Kwai**

The Little Rock 9 were 9 african americans who were the first black people to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They were enrolled in 1957.

Starkweather, Homicide, Children of Thalidomide
 * Lebanon, Charles de Gaulle, California baseball

Buddy Holly, Ben Hur, Space Monkey, Mafia Hula Hoops, Castro, Edsel is a no-go

U2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgians in the Congo

We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it

Hemingway, Eichmann, Stranger in a Strange Land Dylan, Berlin, Bay of Pigs invasion

Lawrence of Arabia, British Beatle mania Ole Miss, John Glenn, Liston beats Patterson

Pope Paul, Malcolm X, British Politician sex J.F.K. blown away, what else do I have to say

We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it

Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again Moonshot, Woodstock, Watergate, punk rock

Begin, Reagan, Palestine, Terror on the airline Ayatollah's in Iran, Russians in Afghanistan

Wheel of Fortune, Sally Ride, heavy metal, suicide Foreign debts, homeless Vets, AIDS, Crack, Bernie Goetz

Hypodermics on the shores, China's under martial law Rock and Roller cola wars, I can't take it anymore

We didn't start the fire It was always burning since the world's been turning. We didn't start the fire But when we are gone It will still burn on, and on, and on, and on...

We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it

We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it

We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire...**

pictures by year:
 * NOTE: I would like all pictures to be IN ORDER based on their position in the song. So if Harry Truman is the first thing ever, I want his picture to be first (I already fixed that). If Rock and Roller Cola Wars is last, I want that picture to be last! It's just easier for me when I put it in the video or whatever. If you can't find a picture and have to skip it, that's perfectly all right. Just stay as in order as possible. Thanks!**

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Harry Truman doris day

















studebaker car logo a studebaker car in 1950

korean war collage







rosenbergs



If you find a better picture for H Bomb, I'll use that instead.



Sugar Ray Robinson, not to be confused with Sugar Ray Leonard or the band Sugar Ray

If anyone can find a better picture for Panmunjom, please put it up :)

































If there's any better pictures for this, let me know













If there's any better pictures, put them up please