Mar 27 Nikita Krushchev becomes the new leader of the Soviet Union

Mar 22 The birth of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer of 'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Cats'

Mar 12 -5ºF lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in March

Mar 05 US rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height

Mar 15 Sir Laurence Olivier on the cover of LIFE magazine

Mar 09 Provisionary Indonesian government installed in Batavia

Mar 15 Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team vs Western Australia

Mar 20 20th Academy Awards: "Gentleman's Agreement", Ronald Colman, Loretta Young win

Mar 19 Lee Savold KOs Gino Buonvino in 54 seconds at Madison Square Garden, New York NY

Mar 31 The birth of Al Gore, American senator and vice-president

Mar 18 France & Great Britain & Benelux sign Treaty of Brussels

Mar 11 Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed

Mar 28 2nd Tony Awards: Mister Roberts win

Mar 07 Nazi collaborator V-Mann Antonius van de Waals sentenced to death

Mar 05 Actor Eli Wallach marries actress Anne Jackson

Mar 31 Congress passes Marshall Aid Act to rehabilitate war-torn Europe

Mar 18 Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting

Mar 28 2nd Tony Awards Mister Roberts win

Mar 20 20th Academy Awards "Gentleman's Agreement", Ronald Colman, Loretta Young win

Mar 14 Freedom Train arrives in San Francisco

Aug 20 US expels Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin

Aug 04 5 day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax

Aug 15 Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day)

Aug 23 World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries

Aug 10 ABC enters network TV

Aug 11 Summer Olympics opens in London

Aug 14 14th Olympic games in London closes

Aug 13 Satchel Paige at 42 pitches his first major league complete game

Aug 06 Fanny Blankers-Koen from Netherlands is first women to win 3 golds at Olympics

Aug 17 Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent

Aug 16 The Israeli pound becomes legal tender

Aug 06 Bob Mathias, US, wins decathlon at London Olympics

Aug 24 The birth of Jean Michel Jarre, French 'electronic music' musician

Aug 15 Korea proclaims itself a republic

Aug 10 Allen Funt's "Candid Camera" TV debut on ABC

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