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CURRENT EVENTS: 1945-1996
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| Term Paper Title | CURRENT EVENTS: 1945-1996 |
| # of Words | 3623 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 14.49 |
CURRENT EVENTS: 1945-1996
1945
On April 12 Harry S. Truman became President of the United States of America., In Washington, D.C.
On August 6 at 9:15 a.m. US fighter planes dropped an Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima Japan.
In Berlin, Germany on April 30, Adolf Hitler was found dead, Hitler committed suicide.
1946
On October 16 in Nurenburg, 9 Nazi war criminals were hanged for the crimes during WW II.
On April 25 Big Four Ministers met in Paris to finalize a treaty with Germany, to end WWII.
In Austria Queens New York, on October 22, Chester Carlos tried his experiment that is commonly known as the Xerox machine.
1947
On November 20, in England, Queen Elizabeth gets married to her cousin Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
On November 2, at the Long Beach Harbor, in Los Angeles, the Spruce Goose, the world's largest airplane, flies for the first time. It got to 70 feet and flew for a mile.
On April 7, in the US, Henry Ford dies at the age of 83.
1948
On July 7, in Cleveland, Satchel Paige, a Negro sidearm pitcher, signed a contract to pitch for the all white Cleveland Indians, against the Yankees.
In Washington, D.C. on June 24, President Harry S Truman signs a new Draft Act, requiring men 19 to 25 to register for the US military.
On January Mohandas K Gahndi was assassinated at 78, in India, he died 20 minutes after being shot.
1949
On the continent of the United States, Albert Einstein presents his gravitational theory to the world, on December 26.
On July 27, Captain John Cunningham, a WW II fighter ace, flies the first jet airline, the Comet, from Britain.
On October 10 in New York, Jackie Robinson wins the World Series MVP
1950
On January 25 the North Korean Reds invade Southern Korea by crossing the 38 Th parallel, a line set to separate the Korean land given to the Russians after WWII.
On July 31 President Truman, from the White House in Washington, D.C., authorizes military build up in Korea, to stop the communist invasion of southern Korea.
On August 21, in the US, Negro tennis player, Althea Gibson, becomes the first Negro to be admitted to pro tennis.
1951
On January 15 the UN slows down the attack by North Korea and China in Korea.
On November 28 the UN makes the 38 Th parallel a truce line for North Korea and South Korea, putting an end to the Korean war.
In October, in New York the Yankees beat the Mets to win the World Series.
1952
On March 5, in Washington, D.C., Dwight Eisen
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