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Harry Truman becomes the first president to address the nation on TV from the White House.
On Oct. 5, 1947, in the first televised White House address, President Harry S. Truman and several cabinet members, including Secretary of State George C. Marshall, asked Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays, and poultry and eggs on Thursdays, to help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe.Harry Truman wanted the goal of this to supply more grain for animals. Doing this would also help the starving people in Europe and give them emergency food. -
Transistor is invented, spurring growth in computers and electronics.
This Transistor was first invented at Bell Laboratories. It later allowed the integrated circuit and microprocessor that are the basis of modern electronics. Without this invetion video production would never have gotton smaller. -
President Eisenhower and Congress add the words “Under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance.
In 1954 President Eisenhower tried to convince congress to add the words "under god" to the pledge of allegiance. By doing this it created the pledge of Allegiance we say today. About 80% of us are okay with this saying. -
Polio vaccine announced to the world by Dr. Jonas Salk and Dr. Thomas Francis.
Dr. Thomas Francis Jr., director of the Poliomyelitis Vaccine Evaluation Center at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, announced to the world that the Salk polio vaccine was up to 90% effective in preventing paralytic polo. This Vaccine changed the lives of people because it saved millions of lives. This vaccine also made a big impact in the medical field. -
The first nuclear power plant in the U.S. goes online at Shippingport, Pa.
The shippingport Atomic Power station was the worlds first full-scale atomic electric power plant devoted exclusively to peacetime uses. This shippingport power plant was located near the present-day Beaver Valley Nuclear Generating Station on the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA, about 25 miles from Pittsburgh. Shippingport was opperated by Admiral Hyman G. Rickover. -
NASA is established.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research.NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The agency became operational on October 1, 1958.
