Oct 03 Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 1 (HS-1), first of its kind in the Navy, was established at NAS Key West, Fla.

Oct 01 The first treaty signed by woman ambassador-Eugenie Anderson

Oct 26 Rocky Marciano defeats Joe Louis at Madison Square Garden

Jul 14 The first color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race)

Jul 16 Novel "Catcher in the Rye" by JD Salinger published

Jul 10 Armistice talks to end Korean conflict began at Kaesong

Jul 18 Uruguay accepts its constitution

Jul 30 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #2718

Jul 25 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1714 Sy

Jul 14 Citation becomes first horse to win $1,000,000 in races

Jul 20 King Abdullah of Jordan was assassinated by a Palestinian extremist while entering a mosque in the Arab sector of east Jerusalem

Jul 12 Mob tries to keep black family from moving into all-white Cicero Ill

Jul 18 Jersey Joe Walcott KOs Ezzard Charles in 5 for heavyweight belt

Jul 10 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1609 Brenda

Jul 28 Walt Disney's "Alice In Wonderland" released

Jul 05 Junction transistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ

Jul 09 Pres Truman asked Congress to formally end state of war with Germany

Jul 09 Harry Heilmann baseball outfielder (Det), dies at 56

Jul 20 Abdullah Ibn Hussein Jordan's King assassinated in Jerusalem

Mar 20 Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java

Mar 14 Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany

Mar 14 During Korean War, US/UN forces recapture Seoul

Mar 13 Israel demands DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany

Mar 31 US tanks exceed 38º of latitude in Korea

Mar 07 International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics

Mar 08 International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel)

Mar 02 National Defence publish first Canadian casualty list from Korea; six soldiers killed

Mar 26 USAF flag approved

Mar 17 Government of Drees takes power

Mar 07 Ezzard Charles wins 15-round heavyweight decision against Jersey Joe Walcott

Mar 07 Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town)

Mar 10 FBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner

Mar 15 In Teheran, Iran Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; founded by Lord Strathcona and first developed by Canadian drillers.

Mar 06 Belgium extends conscription to 24 months

Mar 19 Herman Wouk's "Caine Mutiny", published

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