50TH-- MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'S FIRST MARCH AT SELMA, March 7: It would take three attempts before the marchers finally made it from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, during a year full of Civil Rights milestones. Retrospective coverage will also likely focus on the assassination of Malcolm X on February 21 in New York City.
50TH-- FILM PREMIER OF "THE SOUND OF MUSIC", March 2: Julie Andrews as Maria was a revelation, Time wrote. "Nearly all of the requirements for what moviemakers tout as wholesome family entertainment" were met.
75TH-- McDONALD'S OPENING, May 15: Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first restaurant to bear their name in San Bernardino, California. Ray Kroc later took the franchise global; today, there are more than 35,000 locations worldwide.
150TH-- END OF THE CIVIL WAR, April 9th: The sesquicentennial of the U.S.'s bloodiest conflict is about to draw to a close as the date arrives on which Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant. And April 14th marks the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination.
Remember Any of These? --DaCoot
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