Categorized List for "We Didn't Start the Fire"

[dalex]

I was kind of overwhelmed by the list of everything mentioned in "We Didn't Start the Fire" so I broke it down by categories. I thought I'd share because somebody might find it useful.

POLITICIANS
Harry Truman
Joe McCarthy
Ray Cohn
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon Back Again
Eisenhower
Rockefeller
Juan Peron
Charles de Gaulle
Castro
Kennedy
JFK Blown Away
British Politician Sex
Ho Chi Minh
Begin
Regan


ROYALTY
England’s Got a New Queen
Princess Grace


RELIGIOUS FIGURES
Pope Paul
Malcolm X


OTHER PEOPLE
Walter Winchell
Santayano Goodbye


NEWSWORTHY EVENTS
Rosenbergs
H-Bomb
Payola
Belgians in the Congo
Budapest
Lebanon
Eichmann
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Watergate
Heavy Metal Suicide
Starkweather Homicide
Mafia
Foreign Debts
Homeless Vets
Crack


SEGREGATION - RACE RELATIONS
Alabama
Little Rock
Ole Miss
Bernie Goetz


SPACE
Sputnik
Space Monkey
John Glenn
Moon Shot
Sally Ride


SCIENCE & MEDICINE
Einstein
Vaccine
Children Of Thalidomide
Birth Control
AIDS
Hypodermics on the Shore


KOREA
North Korea South Korea
Panmunjom
Dien Bien Phu Falls
Syngman Rhee


CHINA
Red China
Chou En-Lai
China’s Under Martial Law


EGYPT
Nassar
Trouble in the Suez


RUSSIA - COMMUNISM
Joseph Stalin Melankov
Khrushchev
Communist Bloc
U2
Berlin


MIDDLE EAST
Palestine
Terror on the Airlines
Ayatollah's In Iran
Russians in Afghanistan


MOVIE STARS
Doris Day
Bardot
Marilyn Monroe
Brando
James Deen


MOVIES
Bridge on The River Kwai
Ben Hur
Psycho
Lawrence of Arabia


BOOKS
The Catcher in the Rye
Peyton Place
Dr. Zhivago
On the Road
Hemingway
Stranger in a Strange Land


MUSIC & MUSICIANS
Rock Around the Clock
Johnnie Ray
Liberace
Prokofiev
Toscanini
Elvis Presley
Buddy Holly
Chubby Checker
Dylan
British Beatlemania
Woodstock
Punk Rock


MUSICALS
South Pacific
The King and I
Peter Pan


SPORTS
Joe DiMaggio
Campanella
Brooklyn’s Got a Winning Team
Mickey Mantle
California Baseball
Sugar Ray
Marciano
Liston Beats Patterson


POP CULTURE
Dacron
Studebaker
Edsel is a No-Go
Television
Davy Crockett
Disneyland
Hula Hoops
Wheel of Fortune
Rock and Roller Cola Wars

[Angie]

Thank you. This is helpful.

[Martha]

I didn't see Joe McCarthy listed above. I've read/heard of a few novels based on his blacklisting and there are a number of authors he blacklisted.

[dalex]

Martha wrote: "I didn't see Joe McCarthy listed above. I've read/heard of a few novels based on his blacklisting and there are a number of authors he blacklisted."

He's the second one in the Politicians section.

[Kathy]

Thanks, Dalex. Very useful!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I love this so much, dalex. Thank you!!

[Martha]

dalex wrote: "Martha wrote: "I didn't see Joe McCarthy listed above. I've read/heard of a few novels based on his blacklisting and there are a number of authors he blacklisted."

He's the second one in the Polit..."

Thanks! I missed it.

[Bryony]

I love this! Haha, is it bad that I’ve just spent a good 10 minutes singing the song to myself and simultaneously scrolling between the different categories to find each event or person as I sang their name? 😂

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

SAME BRYONY!

[Ann]

Man oh man, you will make a group of people very happy. My other book club has decided to use this as the basis for the whole year. Hence why I suggested it. But we are still hammering out how to make it work into twelve months. You did it I think. Yay. Less work for me. If I combine musicals with movies and Middle east and Egypt and put Religious people, royalty and other people together I have twelve categories. Done!

[Jill]

Thanks for all the hard work dalex

[Christy]

Thank you so much, dalex!
Y'all, just think of how many fascinating books we could read working our way through this list! This would be such good motivation to finally read And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, but then again I'd like to be more knowledgeable about McCarthyism (I just watched Good Night and Good Luck and it piqued my curiosity). I don't even know what the Starkweather homicide is!
I do find the brainstorming of categories exciting. :-)

[Steve]

There's a Sporcle quiz if anyone wants to test their knowledge: https://www.sporcle.com/games/g/wedid...

[dalex]

I’m so glad people are appreciating the categorization. :)

[Jillian]

Thanks, dalex!

[Brooke]

This is fantastic, Dalex!! Thanks for taking the time to do this. 😊

[Shannon SA]

Most helpful, thank you dalex :))

[Sesia]

omg, I can't wait to read for this prompt! I think someone else also said they might do this song as it's own challenge? yes, yes, I think I will too. just not sure where to fit it in next year though. (giggle) thank you Alex for the awesome breakdown!

[Shelley]

I've been doing a not-timed challenge of reading a book about every country. I'm thrilled that I'll be able to use Hungary, Lebanon, or Palestine for this prompt.

Thanks for the breakdown! It made choosing so much easier, especially with looking up some of those names.

[Stacey]

Some of these are a real hoot! “Santayana Goodbye”??? Ha! Thanks for putting this together, Dalex!

[Sabrina]

I'm not sure if I'll do ATY next year but if nothing else I would DEFINITELY do this challenge prompt! So creative!

[Sabrina]

and i am definitely intrigued by the idea of doing this song as its own challenge

[Stacey]

Anyone know what’s meant by ‘the two categories ‘Richard Nixon’ and ‘Richard Nixon Back Again’?

[Chrissy]

According to Wikipedia, the first time was for when he was elected to the senate in 1950, and the “back again” was when he was elected president in 1968.

Also, for Stacey: “Santayana goodbye” refers to George Santayana, philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist, who died on September 26, 1952.

[Stacey]

Chrissy wrote: "According to Wikipedia, the first time was for when he was elected to the senate in 1950, and the “back again” was when he was elected president in 1968.

Also, for Stacey: “Santayana goodbye” ref..."

Thanks so much for that good info, Chrissy! I really love this challenge. I'm almost looking more forward to the researching of books in each category than to reading one.

[Sara]

What a neat idea, Monkiecat. By learning about those things that way, he is unlikely to ever forget them.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Reese Witherspoon’s pick for this month looks like it would be perfect for this prompt! I’m on a phone, so I can’t tag the book, but it’s THE SECRETS WE KEPT by Lara Prescott. Touches on Russia and communism and Dr. Zhivago.

[Kathryn]

Emily wrote: "Reese Witherspoon’s pick for this month looks like it would be perfect for this prompt! I’m on a phone, so I can’t tag the book, but it’s THE SECRETS WE KEPT by Lara Prescott. Touches on Russia and..."

The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott

It does sound interesting, Emily!