Jan 22 The Canadian destroyer HMCS Huron is put under United Nations command for service off Korea

Jan 09 Life After Tomorrow, first film to receive an "X" rating, premieres

Jan 13 German General F Christian freed early from Dutch prison

Jan 04 Chinese and North Korean troops capture Seoul, Korea

Jan 03 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians "exposed" as British/US agents

Jan 23 3rd Emmy Awards Alan Young Show, Alan Young &Gertrude Berg

Jan 28 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Jan 15 Supreme Court rule "clear & present danger" of incitement to riot is not protected speech & can be a cause for arrest

Jan 16 World's largest gas pipeline opens (Brownsville TX, to 134th St, New York City NY)

Jan 18 Hermann Flake sentenced to death due to "hate campaign against German Democratic Republic"

Jan 01 Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines

Jan 18 The first use of lie detector in Netherlands

Jan 03 9 Jewish Kremlin physicians "exposed" as British/US agents

Jan 24 Dutch government Drees-van Schaik resigns

Jan 27 "Peter Pan" closes at Imperial Theater New York City NY after 320 performances

Jan 17 China refuses cease-fire in Korea

Jan 04 North Korean and Communist Chinese troops capture the city of Seoul, during the Korean War.

Jan 16 Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi

Jan 29 Liz Taylor's first divorce (Conrad Hilton Jr)

Jan 01 Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines

Jan 04 North Korean and Communist Chinese troops capture the city of Seoul, during the Korean War.

Jan 17 China refuses cease-fire in Korea

Jan 27 The Air Force tests a one-kiloton atomic bomb at Frenchman Flats in the Nevada desert.

Jan 02 Trade Minister C.D. Howe announces construction of a $30 million-dollar atomic reactor facility at Chalk River, Ontario.

Jan 10 UN headquarters opens in New York, NY

Jan 04 During Korean conflict, North Korean forces captured Seoul

Jan 30 Belgium refuses to allow communists to make speeches on radio

Jan 02 Trade Minister C.D. Howe announces construction of a $30 million-dollar atomic reactor facility at Chalk River, Ontario.

Jan 27 The Air Force tests a one-kiloton atomic bomb at Frenchman Flats in the Nevada desert.

Feb 27 Canada posts army officer to staff of Supreme Allied Commander; first step in providing Canadian ground troops in Europe for NATO

Feb 01 The first X-ray moving picture process demonstrated

Feb 11 Kwame Nkrumah wins first parliamentary election on Gold coast (Ghana)

Feb 27 22nd amendment ratified, limiting President to 2 terms

Feb 11 Marshall Teague drove a Hudson Hornet to victory on the beach oval of the 160-mile Daytona Grand National at Daytona Beach, Florida

Feb 25 The first Pan American Games open (Buenos Aires Argentina)

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