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Eliza Moore (1843 – January 21, 1948) was the last known black slave of the US. Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder bet $10,000 at 17–1 odds on Harry Truman to defeat Thomas Dewey in the ’48 election because Dewey had a mustache and “American women didn’t trust men with a mustache.”. The Ford F-series truck was introduced.
Jun 3, 2024 · However, Truman won. 3. The first summer Olympic Games to be held since 1936 were held in which city? Answer: London, England. There were no Olympic Games in 1940 or in 1944, because of World WarII. The 1936 Games were in Germany. 4. The author of 'The Waste Land' and 'Murder in the Cathedral' won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. Who was he?
MAJOR EVENTS: Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in India House Un-American Activities Committee accuses Alger Hiss of spying for the Soviet Union Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia U.S. Congress ratifies Marshall Plan, approving $17 billion in European aid State of Israel created; admits over 200,000 European war refugees Soviet Union seals off land routes to Berlin; West responds with massive ...
- World Health Organization Established
- North Korea Established
- Western European Treaty
- London Summer Olympics
- Czechoslovakia Becomes Communist
- Mary Douglas Leakey
- World -- U.N. Declaration of Human Rights
- Other News and Events
The World Health Organization, also known as WHO, was established April 7 News Eventswhen the 26th member state ratified the organization’s constitution. The date it was founded became a worldwide day of awareness known as World Health Day. The organization is an agency of the United Nations with the primary objective of researching health issues, ...
The founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) took place during September. The nation was proclaimed in the capital Pyongyang by supreme leader Kim Il-sung as a communist dictatorship which tightly controls all aspects of citizens’ lives. Earlier in the same year the Republic of Korea (SouthKorea) was proclaimed in its cap...
Western European Treaty is signed. More Information for the Treaty of Brussels/Western European Treaty. The Treaty of Brussels, also known as the Western European Treaty, was signed by five European Nations during March . The signatories included Belgium, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, France, and the Netherlands. The treaty established military, ...
The Summer Olympics, also known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, come to an end in August. The games were held in London, England and were the first games in twelve years due to World War II. A total of 4,104 athletes from 59 countries participated in 136 athletic events. These were the first games to be shown on television and the first to featur...
Czechoslovakia becomes Communist after coup. More Information for Czechoslovakia becomes Communist During February Communist rule was established in Czechoslovakia after a nearly bloodless coup took place. President Eduard Benes announced that the nation would transition to a Communist system after being pressured by the newly influential Czechoslo...
Mary Leakey discovers the fossilized skull of Proconsul Africanus at Rusinga Island. More Information for Mary Leakey. Archaeologist Mary Douglas Leakey made her very first important fossil discovery in October . While digging on Rusinga Island in Kenya with her husband Louis Leakey, Mary discovered the jaws and skull of a possible human ancestor, ...
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10thin Paris. The document, while not legally binding, laid the foundation of basic human rights upon which subsequent treaties and declarations were based. The UDHR is thirty articles long and was conceived as a reaction to the atrocities committed du...
British Railways Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways The Marshall Plan The Foreign Assistance Act ( The Marshall Plan ) is agreed to provide more than $13 billion in aid to war torn Europe between 1948 and 1951 United Nations The UN creates the WHO World Health Organization The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universa...
A: Mahatma Gandhi. Indian pacifist and leader Mahatma Gandhi is shot by whom? A: Nathuram Godse in New Delhi. Which one of the pioneering aviators the Wright Brothers dies in Dayton, Ohio? A: Orville Wright. Where do the 1948 Winter Olympics open? A: In St. Moritz, Switzerland.
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