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Apr 15, 2024 · National Security Act, U.S. military- and foreign-policy reform legislation, signed into law by Pres. Harry S. Truman in July 1947, which reorganized the structure of the U.S. armed forces following World War II. It created the office of Secretary of Defense to oversee the nation’s military.
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5 days ago · Special: July 26, 1948 – August 7, 1948. The 80th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1949, during the third and fourth years of ...
- 96 senators, 435 representatives, 3 non-voting delegates
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Apr 13, 2024 · 1947. Participants: India. Pakistan. partition of India, division of British India into the independent countries of India and Pakistan according to the Indian Independence Act passed by the British Parliament on July 18, 1947.
1 day ago · 13 voted against. 10 abstained. Result. Adopted. The United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine was a proposal by the United Nations, which recommended a partition of Mandatory Palestine at the end of the British Mandate. On 29 November 1947, the UN General Assembly adopted the Plan as Resolution 181 (II). [1]
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1 day ago · Cold War. The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II and lasted to 1991, the fall of the Soviet Union.
Apr 9, 2024 · Texas City explosion of 1947, industrial disaster sparked by the fire and explosion of the SS Grandcamp on April 16–17, 1947, in Texas City, Texas. The blast set off a chain of fires as well as a 15-foot (4.5-metre) tidal wave. Between 400 and 600 people were killed, with as many as 4,000 injured.
Apr 15, 2024 · April 15, 1947. Jackie Robinson became the first Black baseball player in the Major Leagues when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers. Credit: Wikipedia. Jackie Robinson broke through the color barrier in Major League Baseball, becoming the first Black player in the 20 th century.
