We Didn't Start the Fire Lyric Project

Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway

• Born on July 21, 1899, in Cicero (now Oak Park), Illinois
• Worked in journalism before creating his first work, In Our Time
• In the 1930's spent chasing adventure
• Sustained several injuries

Adolf Eichmann

Eichmann

• Born March 19, 1906 near Cologne, Germany
• Was born into middle class protestant family
• After his mother's death, moved to Linz, Austria
• 1932, age 26, he joined the growing Austrian Nazi Party suggested by Ernst Kaltenbrunner (his friend)
• 1934 SS Corporal at Dachau concentration camp
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN3g97k1qrI

""Stranger in a Strange Land""

""Stranger in a strange land""

• Robert A. Heinlein published it 1 June 1961
• A human raised on Mars comes to Earth and challenges the customs
• Icon of the 60s counterculture
• Won the Hugo Award

Bob Dylan

Robert Allen Zimmerman

• Born 24 May 1941 Duluth, Minnesota
• While in college he wrote songs
• He signed his first recording contract 1961
• Emerged as the most original and influential voices in American popular music
• Started performing at cafes with the name Bob Dylan
• He wrote ""Song to Woody,"" a tribute to his ailing hero
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnKbImRPhTE

Berlin

Berlin

• After WWII ended, Germany split in 5 parts
• Berlin was split in half in June of 1945
• 1948 Stalin caused a Soviet Blockade
• Allies reacted with the Berlin Airlift

Bay of Pigs Invasion

Invasion of Cuba

• January 1, 1959 Fidel Castro overthrew General Fulgencio Batista
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UiS7-1iR04

References

• https://www.biography.com/people/ernest-hemingway-9334498
• http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/biographies/eichmann-biography.htm
• https://www.biography.com/people/bob-dylan-9283052
• https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall
• https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/bay-of-pigs-invasion