Oct 03 First telescope lens 200" (508 cm) in diameter completed

Oct 05 The first U.S. president to make use of television addressed the nation from the White House. "‘ Give ’ Em Hell" Harry Truman accomplished the feat. I

Oct 23 NAACP petition on racism, "An Appeal to the World" presented to UN

Oct 01 NHL Pension Society founded

Oct 14 Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes first supersonic flight (Mach 1.015)

Oct 14 Chuck Yeager makes the first 'Supersonic' flight over Edwards Air Force Base California

Jul 10 200 die when train derails & fell into a river in Canton, China

Jul 03 252,288 people (record) pass through Grand Central Station, NYC

Jul 29 Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg Va

Jul 26 National Security Act establishes the CIA

Jul 29 ENIAC, one of the world's first digital computers, was turned back on after receiving a memory implant on this day in 1947

Jul 09 Britain's Princess Elizabeth & Lt Philip Mountbatten's engagement

Jul 27 Yogi Berri starts record 148 game errorless streak

Jul 25 US Air Force, Navy & War Dept form US Dept of Defense

Jul 23 The first US Navy air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, RI

Jul 18 US receives UN trusteeship over Pacific Islands

Jul 30 The birth of Arnold Schwarzenegger, American actor

Jul 26 Department of Defense established

Jul 25 US Deptartment of the Army created

Jul 23 First Navy all jet squadron (VF-17A) receives its first aircraft (FH).

Jul 18 President Harry S. Truman delegates responsibility for the civil administration of former Japanese mandated island to the Secretary of the Navy.

Jul 14 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1747 Wright

Jul 01 British Dominion Affairs office becomes Commonwealth Relations office

Jul 22 -8ø F (-13ø C), Charlotte Pass, NSW (Australian record)

Jul 08 Demolition begins in NYC for UN HQ building

Mar 09 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Gretchen Merrill

Mar 24 John D Rockefeller Jr donates NYC East River site to the UN

Mar 25 Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (v New Zealand, Christchurch)

Mar 07 General MacArthur approves Japanese constitution

Mar 13 19th Academy Awards: "Best Years of Our Lives", Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win

Mar 25 Singer/songwriter/pianist Elton John (Reginald Kenneth Dwight) born this day.

Mar 24 Congress proposes 2-term limitation on the Presidency

Mar 12 President Truman introduces Truman-doctrine to fight communism

Mar 13 19th Academy Awards "Best Years of Our Lives", Frederic March, Olivia de Havilland win

Mar 21 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgens radiatur

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