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19461946

11stst meeting of the meeting of the UNUN

ENIACENIAC EElectronic lectronic

NNumerical umerical IIntegrator ntegrator AAnd nd CComputeromputer

University of University of PennsylvaniaPennsylvania

First computerFirst computer Built for armyBuilt for army Cost $500,000Cost $500,000 30 tons30 tons

Ho Chi Minh electedHo Chi Minh elected

1890 – 1969 (life)1890 – 1969 (life) 1946 – 1969 (rule)1946 – 1969 (rule) Communist leader Communist leader

of North Vietnamof North Vietnam Threw French out Threw French out

of Vietnam, of Vietnam, eventually led to eventually led to US involvement in US involvement in the Vietnam Warthe Vietnam War

Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speechspeech

Given at Given at Westminster Westminster College in Fulton, College in Fulton, MissouriMissouri

““From Stettin in From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has iron curtain has descended across descended across the Continent.”the Continent.”

Tokyo Tokyo Telecommunications Telecommunications

Engineering is createdEngineering is created

Philippines independentPhilippines independent

11stst Bikini swimsuit Bikini swimsuit introducedintroduced

Nuremberg War Crimes Nuremberg War Crimes TrialsTrials

Births and deaths of 1946Births and deaths of 1946

Born:Born: Alan RickmanAlan Rickman Andre the GiantAndre the Giant Donald TrumpDonald Trump George W. BushGeorge W. Bush Bill ClintonBill Clinton Sylvester StalloneSylvester Stallone Steven SpielbergSteven Spielberg Gianni VersaceGianni Versace

Died:Died: John Maynard John Maynard

KeynesKeynes Jack JohnsonJack Johnson H.G. WellsH.G. Wells Hermann GoringHermann Goring

19471947

Truman DoctrineTruman Doctrine

Jackie Robinson signs with Jackie Robinson signs with the Brooklyn Dodgersthe Brooklyn Dodgers

1919 – 19721919 – 1972 First African-First African-

American to play American to play Major League Major League BaseballBaseball

His number #42 His number #42 has been retired by has been retired by ALL MLB teams in ALL MLB teams in his honorhis honor

Aliens crash in Roswell, Aliens crash in Roswell, NM?NM?

Pakistan & India Pakistan & India independentindependent

USAF createdUSAF created

Sound barrier brokenSound barrier broken

Dead Sea Scrolls Dead Sea Scrolls discovereddiscovered

About 900 About 900 documentsdocuments

Early biblical textsEarly biblical texts Only preserved Only preserved

copies of some copies of some books of the Bible, books of the Bible, including ones later including ones later retracted from the retracted from the official accepted official accepted Christian BibleChristian Bible

Births & deaths of 1947Births & deaths of 1947

Born:Born: Mike KrzyzewskiMike Krzyzewski David LettermanDavid Letterman O.J. SimpsonO.J. Simpson Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana Arnold Arnold

SchwarzeneggerSchwarzenegger Stephen KingStephen King Hillary ClintonHillary Clinton Kareem-Abdul JabbarKareem-Abdul Jabbar

Died:Died: Al CaponeAl Capone Henry FordHenry Ford Bugsy SiegelBugsy Siegel Victor Emmanuel IIIVictor Emmanuel III

19481948

Gandhi assassinatedGandhi assassinated

McCollum v. BOEMcCollum v. BOE

Supreme Court Supreme Court ruled that ruled that compulsory compulsory religious education religious education in public schools in public schools was was unconstitutional unconstitutional due to the due to the requirement of requirement of separation of separation of church and statechurch and state

Marshall PlanMarshall Plan

Israel createdIsrael created Palestine had been Palestine had been

ruled by the ruled by the British, but they British, but they pulled out and pulled out and turned the state turned the state over to Jewish over to Jewish Zionists, much to Zionists, much to the dismay of the the dismay of the Muslim PalestiniansMuslim Palestinians

Berlin blockade beginsBerlin blockade begins

Births & Deaths of 1948Births & Deaths of 1948

Births:Births: Rick JamesRick James Andrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd Webber Al GoreAl Gore Robert PlantRobert Plant Sgt. SlaughterSgt. Slaughter Prince CharlesPrince Charles Ozzy OsbourneOzzy Osbourne Samuel L. JacksonSamuel L. Jackson

Deaths:Deaths: Mohandas GandhiMohandas Gandhi Orville WrightOrville Wright Babe RuthBabe Ruth Hideki TojoHideki Tojo Muhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah

19491949

NATO createdNATO created

Soviets get “the Soviets get “the bomb”bomb”

West Germany createdWest Germany created

China dividedChina divided

St. Peter’s bones St. Peter’s bones locatedlocated

Births & deaths of 1949Births & deaths of 1949

Births:Births: George ForemanGeorge Foreman Ric FlairRic Flair Vera WangVera Wang Gene SimmonsGene Simmons Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen Jerry LawlerJerry Lawler Carlos the JackalCarlos the Jackal

Deaths:Deaths: Robert RipleyRobert Ripley

19501950

Korean War eruptsKorean War erupts

Pope Pius XII declares Pope Pius XII declares evolution to be possibleevolution to be possible

PeanutsPeanuts debuts debuts

Births & deaths of 1950Births & deaths of 1950

Births:Births: Jay LenoJay Leno Julius ErvingJulius Erving Stevie WonderStevie Wonder Roy WilliamsRoy Williams Dr. Phil McGrawDr. Phil McGraw

Deaths:Deaths: George OrwellGeorge Orwell Edgar Rice Edgar Rice

BurroughsBurroughs Al JolsonAl Jolson

19511951

2222ndnd Amendment Amendment

No person shall be elected to the office of the No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But to the office of the President more than once. But this article shall not apply to any person holding the this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.remainder of such term.

Rosenberg trial beginsRosenberg trial begins Julius (1918 – Julius (1918 –

1953)1953) Ethel (1915 – 1953)Ethel (1915 – 1953) Arrested and tried Arrested and tried

for passing atomic for passing atomic bomb secrets to bomb secrets to the Soviet Unionthe Soviet Union

Sentenced to death Sentenced to death on April 5, 1951on April 5, 1951

Electrocuted Electrocuted together in 1953together in 1953

Births & deaths of 1951Births & deaths of 1951

Births:Births: Tommy HilfigerTommy Hilfiger Dale EarnhardtDale Earnhardt Sally RideSally Ride Mark HamillMark Hamill

Deaths:Deaths: Ferdinand PorscheFerdinand Porsche

19521952

Queen Elizabeth IIQueen Elizabeth II

Britain gets the bombBritain gets the bomb

Diary of Anne FrankDiary of Anne Frank publishedpublished

One of the early One of the early works to illustrate works to illustrate to the world the to the world the terror of the terror of the HolocaustHolocaust

One of the world’s One of the world’s most widely read most widely read books (3books (3rdrd only to only to the the BibleBible and the and the KoranKoran))

US tests the H-bombUS tests the H-bomb

First sex-change operationFirst sex-change operation

Births & deaths of 1952Births & deaths of 1952

Born:Born: Jim RossJim Ross Bob CostasBob Costas Bill BelichickBill Belichick Mr. TMr. T Paul ReubensPaul Reubens Vladimir PutinVladimir Putin Randy SavageRandy Savage

Died:Died: Curly HowardCurly Howard King George VIKing George VI Eva PeronEva Peron

19531953

Dwight EisenhowerDwight Eisenhower

11stst 3-D film “Bwana 3-D film “Bwana Devil”Devil”

Stalin diesStalin dies

DNA molecule discovered

Mt. Everest climbedMt. Everest climbed

11stst Corvette Corvette

Korean War endsKorean War ends

1st issue of Playboy

Births & deaths of 1953Births & deaths of 1953

BornBorn Ricky SteamboatRicky Steamboat Chaka KhanChaka Khan John EdwardsJohn Edwards Terry BolleaTerry Bollea

DiedDied Hank Williams, Sr.Hank Williams, Sr. Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin Jim ThorpeJim Thorpe

19541954

Dien Bien PhuDien Bien Phu

Brown v. BOEBrown v. BOE

11stst Sports Illustrated Sports Illustrated

11stst Burger King Burger King

Births & deaths of Births & deaths of 19541954

BornBorn Howard SternHoward Stern ““Hacksaw” Jim DugganHacksaw” Jim Duggan Ted Dibiase Sr.Ted Dibiase Sr. Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey Matt GroeningMatt Groening John TravoltaJohn Travolta Jackie ChanJackie Chan Walter PaytonWalter Payton Condoleezza RiceCondoleezza Rice Denzel WashingtonDenzel Washington

DiedDied Henri Matisse Henri Matisse Enrico FermiEnrico Fermi

19551955

11stst US “advisors” arrive in US “advisors” arrive in VietnamVietnam

Rock Around the ClockRock Around the Clock

Disneyland opensDisneyland opens

Rosa Parks arrestedRosa Parks arrested

Births & deaths of 1955Births & deaths of 1955

BornBorn John RobertsJohn Roberts Bruce WillisBruce Willis Chris BermanChris Berman Bill GatesBill Gates Phil SimmsPhil Simms Whoopi GoldbergWhoopi Goldberg Howie MandelHowie Mandel

DiedDied Ira HayesIra Hayes Albert EinsteinAlbert Einstein Cy YoungCy Young

19561956

Revolt in HungaryRevolt in Hungary

Suez CrisisSuez Crisis

Births & deaths of Births & deaths of 19561956

BornBorn Mel GibsonMel Gibson Joe MontanaJoe Montana Randy JacksonRandy Jackson Tom HanksTom Hanks Larry BirdLarry Bird

DiedDied A.A. MilneA.A. Milne