History

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  • Harry Truman was inaugurated as U.S. president

    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.

  • South and North Korea declare war

    South and North Korea declare war
    North Korea and South Korea declare war after Northern forces stream south on June 25

  • H-Bomb being devoloped

    H-Bomb being devoloped
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-bombH-Bomb is in the middle of its development as a nuclear weapon, announced in early 1950 and first tested in late 1952.

  • Santayana Dies

    Santayana Dies
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_SantayanaGeorge Santayana, philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist, dies on September 26.

  • Communist bloc

    Communist bloc
    .group of communist nations dominated by the Soviet Union at this time. Probably a reference to the Uprising of 1953 in East Germany.

  • Juan Perón

    Juan Perón
    .his last full year as President of Argentina before a September 1955 coup

  • Albert Einstein

    Albert Einstein
    .Albert Einstein dies on April 18 at the age of 76.

  • Alabama

    Alabama
    .Montgomery Bus Boycott which ultimately led to the removal of the last race laws in the USA. Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr figure prominently.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    .the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, marking the start of the space race.

  • Children of Thalidomide

    Children of Thalidomide
    .Mothers taking the drug Thalidomide had children born with congenital birth defects caused by the sleeping aid and antiemetic, which was also used at times to treat morning sickness