Jan 22 Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible, opens on Broadway.

Jan 29 The first movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres

Jan 13 Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14

Jan 05 Passenger ships Willem Ruys & Orange collide in the Red Sea

Jan 21 John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State

Jan 01 Country singer Hank Williams Sr. dies

Jan 14 Yugoslavia elects its first president (Marshal Tito)

Jan 15 16 car Federal Express train loses brakes & crashes in Washington DC station

Jan 25 In Liverpool, the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Canada destroyed in a dockside fire; used as a troop ship during World War II.

Jan 06 The start of Vancouver's longest wet spell on record; ends 29 days later, with rain recorded on every one of 29 days; and you wonder why X files is filming in California

Jan 07 President Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb

Jan 07 US President Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb

Jan 15 As he leaves office, Harry Truman becomes the first U.S. President to bid the nation farewell via TV and radio.

Jan 15 German Democratic Republic Minister of Foreign affairs Georg Dertingen arrested for "espionage"

Jan 08 René Mayer forms French government

Jan 07 President Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb

Jan 20 The first US telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY

Jan 19 Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary

Jan 31 "Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer Scotland; 133 die

Feb 09 General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting director of CIA

Feb 05 "Peter Pan" by Walt Disney opens at Roxy Theater, NYC

Feb 11 President Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg couple

Feb 19 Ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet

Feb 28 Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev & Malenkov

Feb 05 5th Emmy Awards I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell &Helen Hayes win

Feb 09 "The Adventures of Superman" TV series premieres in syndication

Feb 26 Allen W Dulles, promoted from deputy to 5th director of CIA

Feb 12 USSR breaks relations with Israel

Feb 10 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Tenley Albright USA

Feb 06 US controls on wages & some consumer goods were lifted

Feb 06 Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 years 239 days, youngest Aussie

Feb 19 Georgia approves US first literature censorship board

Feb 18 Premiere of first 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (New York NY)

Feb 10 Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA

Feb 21 "Maggie" closes at National Theater NYC after 5 performances

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