‘British politician sex’ refers to John Profumo and Christine Keeler (the ‘Profumo Affair’).
Great graph – but I can’t make sense of your subject line!
A high school choir teacher made our class sing this song. In concert. This, among many other crimes, I can never forgive her.
And we get to guess the meaning of the bar, a key feature of good visualization. Neat.
So the earliest event was about 40 years before the song’s release and the latest 5 years before, meaning an updated version released today would span from Gorbachev becoming leader of the USSR up to COVID.
Why is Begin above Reagan?
Scrolled all the way down singing the song in my head. Thanks
Why did you leave out events and entities like Red China and South Pacific?
It’s obvious now, but I never actually realized the song was in chronological order, 😂😂
Seeing the short lines alongside such long ones is so sad.
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The songs video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g)
Python code up at [https://gist.github.com/cavedave/780d37ab288a117e29defab9b5a3f848](https://gist.github.com/cavedave/780d37ab288a117e29defab9b5a3f848)
Data from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_references_in_We_Didn%27t_Start_the_Fire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_references_in_We_Didn%27t_Start_the_Fire) and [https://everyday-learning.org/we-didnt-start-the-fire-historical-references/](https://everyday-learning.org/we-didnt-start-the-fire-historical-references/)
‘British politician sex’ refers to John Profumo and Christine Keeler (the ‘Profumo Affair’).
Great graph – but I can’t make sense of your subject line!
A high school choir teacher made our class sing this song. In concert. This, among many other crimes, I can never forgive her.
And we get to guess the meaning of the bar, a key feature of good visualization. Neat.
So the earliest event was about 40 years before the song’s release and the latest 5 years before, meaning an updated version released today would span from Gorbachev becoming leader of the USSR up to COVID.
Why is Begin above Reagan?
Scrolled all the way down singing the song in my head. Thanks
Why did you leave out events and entities like Red China and South Pacific?
It’s obvious now, but I never actually realized the song was in chronological order, 😂😂
Seeing the short lines alongside such long ones is so sad.
Small blips.
https://www.britannica.com/list/all-119-references-in-we-didnt-start-the-fire-explained
JFK blown away seems to be misplaced? And the dot should probably be at the end is his lifeline.
I think Ryan started the fire.
Forgot “Thomas Edward Lawrence,” who is the “Lawrence of Arabia.” In the 4th stanza.
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