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Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76.
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Liberace
- Liberace has a popular 1950s television show for his musical entertainment.
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Roy Campanella
- Roy Campanella, an African-American baseball catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers, receives the National League's Most Valuable Player award for the second time.
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Marilyn Monroe
4.) Marilyn Monroe soars in popularity with five new movies, including The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve, and attempts suicide after the death of friend Johnny Hyde who asked to marry her several times, but she refused respectfully. Monroe would later (1954) be married for a brief time to Joe DiMaggio -
Harry Truman
- Harry Truman was inaugurated as U.S. president after being elected in 1948 to his own term; previously he was sworn in following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He authorized the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan during World War II, on August 6 and August 9, 1945, respectively.
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Red China
- Red China: The Communist Party of China wins the Chinese Civil War, establishing the People's Republic of China.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Dwight D. Eisenhower is first elected as U.S. president, winning by a landslide margin of 442 to 89 electoral votes.
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Sugar Ray
- Sugar Ray Robinson, a champion welterweight boxer.
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Richard Nixon
- Richard Nixon is first elected to the United States Senate.
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Dacron
- Dacron is an early artificial fiber made from the same plastic as polyester
