1954 ⟶ Rock Around the Clock Launches Rock and Roll into Mainstream
April 12: The song Rock Around the Clock, by Bill Haley and ...
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👑 Miss Universe Pageant Inaugurated
June 28: Establishment of Miss Universe.⟶
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United States🎸 Rock Around the Clock Launches Rock and Roll into Mainstream
April 12: The song Rock Around the Clock, by Bill Haley and His Comets, brings rock and roll to the American mainstream.⟶
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United States☮️ Summer of Love in Haight-Ashbury
Mid-year: Summer of Love, in which as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury.⟶
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United States💔 John Lennon Assassinated in New York City
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