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Sara Gilman Billy Joel Assignment "We Didn't Start the Fire"

"U-2, Syngman Rhee, payola and Kennedy Chubby Checker, Psycho, Belgains in the Congo"

U-2 was a secretive plane the United States sent over to the Soviet Union. Its purpose was to take pictures and gather information about Russia’s nuclear intelligence and advancements in all types of technology. U-2 wasn’t able to gather ample amounts of information because it was destroyed by a Russian missal. The pilot Gary Francis was held hostage and later released in exchange for a soviet spy who had been arrested in the states. What’s extremely coincidental is that Kennedy’s assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was stationed at the military base where U-2 took off for flight. Although no connection was ever made, the whole scenario did seem awfully suspicious.   **Syngman Rhee** Syngman Rhee was born April 26, 1875 in Kaesong Korea. He was a doctor and later became the first president of South Korea in 1948. He was an anti-communist and an ally to the Unites States, who supported Rhee in his efforts to be a successful president. A student led democratic movement forced Rhee to resign his position as president in 1960. His methods of ruling a country were extremely unpopular with the South Koreans, which led to his downfall.   **Payola ** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">With increasing usage of the radio and Americans listening to music, disk jockeys were responsible for playing all of the latest hits. With suspicion rising, disk jockeys were being exposed for taking bribes to play songs on the radio. This in turn created bias in the record sales. The top national disk jockey of the time Allen Freed was convicted of Payola while American bandstand’s host Dick Clark was also accused but found innocent. The idea of the radio being rigged by bribes was disappointing and highly illegal. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">**Kennedy** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">John F. Kennedy was the youngest president to be inaugurated as well as the first Roman Catholic president. His main goal during his presidency was to advance America forward towards prosperity. Kennedy began economic programs that placed the country in the longest sub stained expansion since World War II. He also took vigorous action in equality for all United States citizens, calling for new civil rights legislation. Kennedy’s strong beliefs and clear intensions instilled a sense of equality in the national culture and the central role of the arts. He also supported alliance for progress and the Peace Corps which brought American idealism to the aid of rural nations. To the entire world’s surprise, Kennedy was assassinated November 22, 1963 by lee Harvey Oswald. He had ideas of improving our country, hopes of putting into affect his plans of ending poverty along with many other ambitious plans, but Kennedy was taken away from the United States. His assassination was extremely poignant and painful for the entire country. He was the youngest president to be assassinated. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> media type="custom" key="786383" <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">**Chubby Checker** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Given the birth name Ernest Evans, Chubby Checker was born October 3, 1941 in South Carolina. He is a singer considered many genres of music such as R&B, dance and rock & roll, with hits such as “Limbo Rock” but most famously “The Twist.” Most of his success came from “The Twist” which remained number one on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand billboard fro twenty one consecutive weeks in a row. Chubby Checker’s “The Twist” spurred a national dancing sensation in the states, adults and kids alike were moving their bodies and doing the twist. The song’s responsible for the fast dancing Rock & Roll that had developed nationwide. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"> <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">**Psycho** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, “Psycho” was a horror/thriller flick that premiered in 1960. The basic plot of the story consists of the main character Leigh, who spends the night at Bates Motel run by a young man and his cryptic mother. A series of murders occur in an exciting sequential manner. The movie is still considered one of the best movies of its kind today. “Psycho” cost about $800,000 to produce while earning more than $40,000 in the box offices. This was the first movie of its kind to horrify its audiences and make America petrified to enter a shower. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">**Belgians in the Congo** <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Belgium had rule over the Congo, and the government had been overthrown by the people of the Congo. United Nations had stepped in to assist the situation, but endured a great upset. The Congo crisis between the 1960-1964 periods had its largest deployment of men and some of the United Nations most controversial actions to date.
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