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The United Nations Partition Plan
The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations, which recommended a partition of Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate -
Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in India.
The spiritual leader of India Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by Nathuram Godse. 15 February – Junagadh and Manavadar (princely state) Rescinds accession to Pakistan, accedes to India. ... 12 September – State of Hyderabad joins the Dominion of India. -
Communists forces gain power in China; nationalists fled to Taiwan
In October of 1949, after a string of military victories, Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the PRC; Chiang and his forces fled to Taiwan to regroup and plan for their efforts to retake the mainland. -
Korean War begins when North Korea invaded South Korea in June
The Korean War begins when North Korea invaded South Korea in June . The country had previously been divided after the end of World War II with the North becoming Communist and the South remaining Capitalist. -
Congress passes 22nd Amendment, limiting a President to two terms
The amendment was passed by Congress in 1947, and was ratified by the states on 27 February 1951. The Twenty-Second Amendment says a person can only be elected to be president two times for a total of eight years. It does make it possible for a person to serve up to ten years as president. -
Elizabeth II becomes the Queen of England
Elizabeth II becomes the Queen of England and the United Kingdom after the death of her father King George VI on February 6th. ... Her coronation was held in June of the following year to allow the proper amount of time for mourning and it was the first coronation of a British monarch to be broadcast on television. -
The Korean War Ends
The Korean War Ends During the Korean War 33,629 US troops, about 3,000 UN troops, about 50,000 South Koreans, and an estimated 1.5 million Communists from China and North Korea died. -
Supreme Court ruled that race-based segregation
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregate would not be rolled any more so the could have fore freedom -
Martin Luther King, Jr. leads the first major event of the U.S. civil rights movement,
Marten Luther King, Jr brings all the whites together with the colored e made it to where black people could do what white people can do so the are not outlook but that did not change. -
A rapper charged with double murder
A rapper that goes by Melly With double murder is put to the electric chair. Back when he was just a freshman in high school, Melly shot a gun at a group of people near Vero Beach High School, but nobody was injured. He was ultimately charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of discharging a firearm in public.
