Line starts when someone is born. Ends when they die. and a dot for when they did the thing they were mentioned for in the song.
The Billy Joel's songs video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g
Python code up at https://gist.github.com/cavedave/780d37ab288a117e29defab9b5a3f848
Data from 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/
This is repost from 7 months ago but the news today makes it relevant again https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/1kq7v3w/oc_who_didnt_start_the_fire_and_when_didnt_they/?sort=old
by cavedave
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Very nice. You could possibly add Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr if you count “British Beatlemania” as a reference to the Beatles as people.
TIL Chubby Checker is still alive
I thought he died a few years ago but I guess I was confusing him with Chuck Berry.
He self references, so it’s 4.