Nov 22 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills NY

Nov 26 China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River

Nov 22 Greg The Bull' Luzinzki (baseball Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox)

Nov 22 Greg The Bull' Luzinzki (baseball: Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox)

Nov 08 The first jet-plane battle of Korean War

Nov 25 The 2nd Batallion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry sails for the Korean War

Nov 08 In the first jet plane battle of the Korean War, U.S. Air Force Lt. Russel J. Brown shoots down a North Korean MiG-15.

Nov 29 National Council of the Church of Christ in US established

Nov 20 In the Korean war advancing allied troops reach the Manchurian Chinese border

Nov 29 Three weeks after U.S. General Douglas MacArthur first reported Chinese Communist troops in action in North Korea, U.N. troops begin a desperate retreat out of North Korea under heavy fire from the Chinese

Nov 16 UN gets US government approval to issue postage stamps

Dec 02 Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight

Dec 25 The Stone of Scone, the Scottish coronation stone, is stolen from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalists

Dec 22 2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77

Dec 22 HMCS Athabaskan relieved for repairs and general maintenance; had performed carrier screen duty, escorted shipping, carried out blockade patrols and provided anti-aircraft protection and general support for the forces evacuating Inchon.

Dec 28 Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea

Dec 10 Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize

Dec 19 General Eisenhower named NATO commander

Dec 16 Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"

Dec 14 UN General Assembly establishes High Comm for Refugees (Nobel 1954)

Dec 05 Ships of the RAN participate in the evacuation of Chinnampo, Korea

Dec 15 NYC's Port Authority opens

May 09 Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville

May 05 Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand

May 10 The first Netherlands-US telex sent

May 01 New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China

May 25 Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC

May 01 Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade

May 06 Liz Taylor's first marriage (Conrad Hilton Jr)

May 11 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die

May 08 American General MacArthur becomes comander of the UN forces in Korea

May 08 Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons

May 02 Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China People's Republic

May 13 The birth of Stevie Wonder, American singer

May 21 Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia

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