Overlooked History

The third episode in the series investigates the Rosenburgs, the H-bomb, Sugar Ray Robinson, the village of Panmunjom, Marlon Brando, The King and I, and The Catcher in the Rye. All of them are fascinating in their own right.

Sources: 

https://www.atomicarchive.com/resources/biographies/rosenbergs.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg

https://time.com/6072014/ethel-rosenberg-revisited/

https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/hydrogen-bomb-1950/

https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/nuclear-weapons-who-has-what-glance

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sugar-Ray-Robinson

https://www.biography.com/athletes/sugar-ray-robinson

http://www.myblackhistory.net/Sugar_Ray.htm#google_vignette

http://www.ibhof.com/pages/about/inductees/modern/robinson.html

https://www.thesportster.com/sugar-ray-robinson-death-legacy/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Ray_Robinson

https://www.umbrasearch.org/catalog/65501899f4ae7436ebec0227370e23efc3b21e1d

https://www.unc.mil/History/1951-1953-Armistice-Negotiations/

https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/kr_nnsc.html

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/armistice-agreement-restoration-south-korean-state

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marlon-Brando

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/marlon_brando

https://mashable.com/feature/young-marlon-brando

https://www.biography.com/actors/marlon-brando

https://www.nydailynews.com/2016/07/01/marlon-brandos-love-life-had-an-epic-cast-of-women-and-men/

https://rodgersandhammerstein.com/the-king-and-i-synopsis/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5107.The_Catcher_in_the_Rye

https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Catcher-in-the-Rye

https://genius.com/1790515

Bonus episode that gives insight into the origin, meaning, and success of the song "We Didn't Start the Fire."

Sources:

https://www.setlist.fm/song/billy-joel/we-didnt-start-the-fire-2bd414a2.html

https://adst.org/2013/07/we-didnt-start-the-fire/

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/billy-joel-criticizes-we-didnt-start-the-fire-one-of-my-worst-songs-ever.346512/

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/billy-joel-fall-out-boy-we-didnt-start-the-fire-reaction-1235369188/

https://genius.com/Billy-joel-we-didnt-start-the-fire-lyrics

The series based on Billy Joel's big hit continues. This episode will explore Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television, the Korean War, and Marilyn Monroe.

Sources:

https://genius.com/1136975

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-McCarthy

https://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/mep/displaydoc.cfm?docid=erpn-josmcc

https://www.senate.gov/senators/FeaturedBios/Featured_Bio_McCarthy.htm

https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/cdm/JRM/index.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Nixon

https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/president-nixon

https://www.motorcities.org/story-of-the-week/2019/a-brief-history-of-studebaker-and-the-studebaker-museum

https://buildingsouthbend.nd.edu/history/studebaker-family/

https://studebakermuseum.org/archives-and-education/the-studebaker-history/

https://www.lafontaineclassiccars.com/blog/the-history-of-studebaker-automobiles/

https://www.britannica.com/technology/television-technology

https://www.tcl.com/global/en/blog/playbooks/history-of-tv

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_television

https://hackaday.com/2022/05/06/retrotechtacular-how-television-worked-in-the-1950s/

https://www.businessinsider.com/guides/tech/the-evolution-of-tvs-through-the-decades

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/a-short-history-of-the-korean-war

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205190801

https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/korean-war

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Incheon,+South+Korea/@37.6365598,124.5100278,576658m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x35796f2596138247:0x7d37fd902cb76142!8m2!3d37.4751578!4d126.6312666!16zL20vMGh2MWI?hl=en-us&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIxOS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marilyn-Monroe

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Miller-American-playwright

https://www.biography.com/actors/marilyn-monroe

https://www.stutteringhelp.org/content/marilyn-monroe

Overlooked History begins a new series based on Billy Joel's hit, "We Didn't Start the Fire." Each episode will give a brief history of the names, events, and places that are mentioned in the song. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I have enjoyed researching!

Sources:

https://genius.com/1790515

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman

https://genius.com/1368273

https://www.dorisday.com/

https://alphahistory.com/chineserevolution/chinese-revolution-timeline-1928-1949/

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/johnnie_ray/

http://www.ogunquitplayhouse.org/2012-south-pacific-synopsis

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Walter-Winchell

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/walter-winchell-biographical-timeline/15619/

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/joe-dimaggio/

https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/player/joe-dimaggio-15575

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joe-DiMaggio

Begin your Overlooked History journey with General John Buford and his historic moment on July 1, 1863. Perhaps the hero of Gettysburg, he is caught in the shadows of men like Joshua Chamberlain and Winfield Hancock. This episode shines a light on Buford's heroics and is the start of Overlooked History!

Sources:

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-buford

https://www.thegettysburgexperience.com/john-bufords-last-days

https://uniongenerals.org/meet-the-members/brigadier-general-john-buford/

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/1384*.html

https://www.acwrt.org.uk/post/general-john-buford-a-military-biography-by-edward-longacre

Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson (1988)