Jan 06 Britain recognizes Communist government of China

Jan 23 Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung

Jan 25 73ºF (23ºC) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January

Jan 31 President Truman reveals that he ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to develop the hydrogen bomb

Jan 07 Hank Snow's first appearance on "Grand Ole Opry"

Jan 23 Israeli Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel

Jan 20 Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of Netherlands

Jan 19 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane

Jan 01 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo-China

Jan 07 "Happy as Larry" closes at Coronet Theater New York City NY after 3 performances

Jan 17 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities

Jan 21 George Orwell, the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, dies in London.

Jan 21 New York jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury

Jan 28 Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud

Jan 31 President Truman reveals that he ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to develop hydrogen bomb

Jan 07 Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport IA)

Jan 17 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities

Jan 15 4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington DC

Jan 06 Britain recognizes Communist government of China

Jan 31 U.S. President Harry Truman announces that development has started on the hydrogen bomb.

Jan 07 "Happy as Larry" closes at Coronet Theater New York City NY after 3 performances

Jan 12 Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die

Jan 20 "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater New York City NY for 35 performances

Feb 07 Senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Feb 11 "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1

Feb 12 Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb

Feb 24 Labour wins British parliamentary election

Feb 16 Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS

Feb 01 USSR demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes

Feb 12 Senator Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees

Feb 15 The Canadian government lifts the last wartime price controls on goods; brought in during World War II

Feb 09 Senator Joseph McCarthy says the US State Department is infested with communists

Feb 26 Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety," premieres in New York NY

Feb 07 US & Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime

Feb 07 Georges Bidault forms French government

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