How much of the stuff mentioned in “We Didn’t Start the Fire” do you know? (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

I’ll do this in parts because it’s a lot basically just list the stuff you know or are somewhat familiar with. I’ll put the lyrics below, an empty list you can copy and paste (if you’d like), and my list of what I know. I’ll structure it to be in verses.

lyrics
Harry Truman, Doris Day
Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific
Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon
Studebaker, Television
North Korea, South Korea
Marilyn Monroe

Rosenbergs, H-Bomb
Sugar Ray, Panmunjom
Brando, The King And I,
And The Catcher In The Rye
Eisenhower, Vaccine
England's got a new queen
Marciano, Liberace
Santayana goodbye

Spoiler: Empty list

1. Harry Truman-
2. Doris Day-
3. Red China-
4. Johnnie Ray-
5. South Pacific-
6. Walter Winchell-
7. Joe DiMaggio-
8. Joe McCarthy-
9. Richard Nixon-
10. Studebaker-
11. Television-
12. North Korea-
13. South Korea-
14. Marilyn Monroe-
15. Rosenbergs-
16. H-Bomb-
17. Sugar Ray-
18. Panmunjom-
19. Brando-
20. The King And I-
21. And The Catcher In The Rye-
22. Eisenhower-
23. Vaccine-
24. England's got a new queen-
25. Marciano-
26. Liberace-
27. Santayana goodbye-

Spoiler: My list

1. Harry Truman- I’m guessing this is about Truman becoming the new president
2. Doris Day-I think she was an actress, model, singer, or some combo of those
3. Red China-Probably the Communist Party in China winning the war
4. Johnnie Ray-Idk
5. South Pacific-I also don’t know but I’m guessing it’s related to Southeast Asia?
6. Walter Winchell-Who?
7. Joe DiMaggio-Also who?
8. Joe McCarthy-US government official I believe who hated and feared communism, so he made a witch-hunt for supporters of communism in the US, I usually by claiming he had a list of known communists in the government. This reign of fear based on unsubstantiated evidence became known as McCarthyism. Sounds eerily familiar to modern day sometimes
9. Richard Nixon-Probably for him becoming the president.
10. Studebaker-got nothing
11. Television-Also not sure. Televisions predated this time so it’s not its invention idt.
12. North Korea-The Korean War makes sense based on time.
13. South Korea-Same as above
14. Marilyn Monroe-She was a singer and actress I think.
    
    
15. Rosenbergs-The Rosenbergs were convicted I think of being communist spies.
16. H-Bomb-The atomic bomb becomes a lot scarier.
17. Sugar Ray-Huh?
18. Panmunjom-Could be related to the Korean War but I don’t know for sure. It may be where the armistice that ends the Korean War was held.
19. Brando-No clue
20. The King And I-Also no clue
21. And The Catcher In The Rye- I think either it was published or it got famous then.
22. Eisenhower-He probably became president
23. Vaccine-The first vaccine was created possibly?
24. England's got a new queen-I guess England got a new Queen Im so smart
25. Marciano-Who?
26. Liberace-Maybe someone related to music
27. Santayana goodbye-Yeah idk

 

[magali]

North Korea, South Korea
Marilyn Monroe

that's it

 

[athenaaa]

Panmunjom

Studebaker

Idk what these are

 

[Nina]

WE DIDNT START THE FIRE

IT WAS ALWAYS BURNING SINCE THE WORLDS BEEN TURNING

 

[StrayMixx]

I was going to comment wtf is the band Sugar Ray doing in the history books... but then I realized he meant the wrestler lol DAMN YOU bands who got their names from historical figures!!!

anyway, I'm familiar with N/S Korea bc we learned about the Korean War in high school, as well as a few historical figures (Truman, Eisenhower, Doris Day, Marilyn Monroe), but yeah. That's all I know.

 

[Nina]

1. Harry Truman- Prez
2. Doris Day- actress
3. Red China- communism?
4. Johnnie Ray- singer
5. South Pacific- o.o water?
6. Walter Winchell- idk I just remember he was a reporter.
7. Joe DiMaggio- sports dude
8. Joe McCarthy-no clue
9. Richard Nixon- Prez
10. Studebaker-no clue
11. Television- o.o television XD I know the color tv became more common in the 60s :) Thank you Doctor who
12. North Korea- Korean war
13. South Korea- Korean war
14. Marilyn Monroe- famous bombshell icon in tv and pop culture
15. Rosenbergs- spies
16. H-Bomb- the bombing of Hiroshima
17. Sugar Ray no clue
18. Panmunjom- no clue
19. Brando- Marlon Brando, the godfather
20. The King And I- it's a Rogers and Hammerstein play.
21. And The Catcher In The Rye- Part of most American curiculum. idk if its still one there or not. Many books have been banned since I've been done with school. I truly hated this book because of my teacher. She wasn't a good teacher.
22. Eisenhower- Prez
23. Vaccine- o.o be safe, get vaccinated
24. England's got a new queen- And longest reigning, queen Elizabeth
25. Marciano- no clue. sports?
26. Liberace- Elton John's inspo
27. Santayana goodbye- no clue

 

[silverrising]

Red China - china went commie
South Pacific - broadway musical
Joe DiMaggio - marilyn monroe's husband
Richard Nixon - he was a us president i think?
Television - tvs becoming household items
North Korea/South Korea - korean war
Marilyn Monroe - the iconic actress
H-Bomb - hydrogen bomb?
Brando - probably something about marlon brando?
The King And I - another broadway musical
The Catcher In The Rye - classical literary piece
Vaccine - polio vaccine
England's got a new queen - the one that passed away after sans won the tumblr sexyman poll

ngl i kinda forgot this was a real song, i'm too used to the jojo version 😭

 

[Ahsoka]

1. Harry Truman- Prez
2. Doris Day- actress
3. Red China- communism?
4. Johnnie Ray- singer
5. South Pacific- o.o water?
6. Walter Winchell- idk I just remember he was a reporter.
7. Joe DiMaggio- sports dude
8. Joe McCarthy-no clue
9. Richard Nixon- Prez
10. Studebaker-no clue
11. Television- o.o television XD I know the color tv became more common in the 60s :) Thank you Doctor who
12. North Korea- Korean war
13. South Korea- Korean war
14. Marilyn Monroe- famous bombshell icon in tv and pop culture
15. Rosenbergs- spies
16. H-Bomb- the bombing of Hiroshima
17. Sugar Ray no clue
18. Panmunjom- no clue
19. Brando- Marlon Brando, the godfather
20. The King And I- it's a Rogers and Hammerstein play.
21. And The Catcher In The Rye- Part of most American curiculum. idk if its still one there or not. Many books have been banned since I've been done with school. I truly hated this book because of my teacher. She wasn't a good teacher.
22. Eisenhower- Prez
23. Vaccine- o.o be safe, get vaccinated
24. England's got a new queen- And longest reigning, queen Elizabeth
25. Marciano- no clue. sports?
26. Liberace- Elton John's inspo
27. Santayana goodbye- no clue

Fat Man and Little Boy weren’t H-Bombs. H-Bombs use both nuclear fusion and fission, while the ones in Japan were only fission. The yield (strength) of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki (the stronger one) was 21 kilotons of tnt. The yield of the first h-bomb measured at 10.4 megatons of tnt, which is 10,400 kilotons of tnt. And that was only the first, there have been many tested that are stronger. Scared yet

 

[Ahsoka]

Red China - china went commie
South Pacific - broadway musical
Joe DiMaggio - marilyn monroe's husband
Richard Nixon - he was a us president i think?
Television - tvs becoming household items
North Korea/South Korea - korean war
Marilyn Monroe - the iconic actress
H-Bomb - hydrogen bomb?
Brando - probably something about marlon brando?
The King And I - another broadway musical
The Catcher In The Rye - classical literary piece
Vaccine - polio vaccine
England's got a new queen - the one that passed away after sans won the tumblr sexyman poll

ngl i kinda forgot this was a real song, i'm too used to the jojo version 😭

I thought the vaccine would be the smallpox one but looking into it you’re right, the smallpox one predates the events of the song by quite a bit, while the timing of the polio one fits perfectly. The more you know

 

[Nina]

Fat Man and Little Boy weren’t H-Bombs. H-Bombs use both nuclear fusion and fission, while the ones in Japan were only fission. The yield (strength) of the bomb dropped on Nagasaki (the stronger one) was 21 kilotons of tnt. The yield of the first h-bomb measured at 10.4 megatons of tnt, which is 10,400 kilotons of tnt. And that was only the first, there have been many tested that are stronger. Scared yet

Oh I thought the h stood for Hiroshima

 

[Ahsoka]

Oh I thought the h stood for Hiroshima

That’s an understandable assumption, but it stands for hydrogen

 

[Nina]

That’s an understandable assumption, but it stands for hydrogen

It’s safe to say I will never be working with bombs.

 

[lexus]

I only know the 2023 version

 

[dark_tranquility]

I know several but not all

 

[silverrising]

I thought the vaccine would be the smallpox one but looking into it you’re right, the smallpox one predates the events of the song by quite a bit, while the timing of the polio one fits perfectly. The more you know

it's a fair assumption, honestly i only knew it was polio because i watched a video on the history of vaccines like a week ago

 

[lexus]

Wait I'm dumb. I didn't know you meant the references made in the song

 

[lexus]

The only ones I know -

Joe DiMaggio - Baseball player
Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon - Nixon became president?
North Korea, South Korea - War?
Marilyn Monroe - Actress
The King And I - A film
And The Catcher In The Rye - Book
Eisenhower, Vaccine - I'm just gonna assume that more vaccines were made idk
England's got a new queen - New queen of England