“There are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it is absolutely fatal to liberty.
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Harry S. Truman 33rd. U.S. President Served April 12, 1945 – Jan. 20, 1953
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Alben Barkley
35th. U.S. Vice President Served Jan. 20, 1949 – Jan. 20, 1953
World events
• King George VI of the United Kingdom dies Feb. 6 at the age of 56. He is succeeded by his daughter, Queen Elizabeth II. Her official coronation won’t take place until June 2, 1953. • Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces Feb. 26 that
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the United Kingdom as an atomic bomb. The country would detonate one in Australia on Oct. 3. • The U.S. Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan on March 20. The Treaty of San Francisco would go into effect April 28, ending U.S. occupation.
“Singin’ in the Rain” dominates the box office. The first B-52 stratofortress flight takes place.
• U.S. Lt. Cols. Joseph Fletcher and William Benedict land a plane at the geographic North Pole on May 3. • Ann Davison of Britain becomes the first woman to single-handedly sail the Atlantic Ocean on May 18. • East Germany forms the National People’s Army on July 13. • The Treaty of Taipei goes into effect Aug. 5, ending the Second Sino-Japanese War between China and Japan. • Germany is ordered to pay 3 billion Deutche Marks to Israel on Aug. 27 and reparation negotiations between West Germany and Israel come to an end. • The United Nations begins construction of the U.N. building in New York City on Oct. 14.
• The U.S. detonates the first hydrogen bomb Nov. 1 at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
U.S. News
• The University of Tennessee admits its first black student Jan. 12. • “The Today Show” premiers Jan. 14 on NBC. It is now the longest-running television series in the U.S. • The “I Love Lucy” episode “The Marriage License” becomes the first TV show in history to be seen in 10 million homes the evening it aired on April 7. • The Supreme Court limits the power of the president to seize private business April 8 after President Truman nationalized all steel mills in the U.S. just before the 1952 steel strike. • The B-52 Straofortress flies for the first time April 15. • The U.S. Army Special Forces is created June 19. • Puerto Rico becomes a self-governing commonwealth of the United States on July 25. • Drs. C. Walton Lillehie and F. John Lewis perform the first open-heart surgery on Sept. 2 at the University of Minnesota. • The National Security Agency is founded Nov. 4.
• Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Gov. Adlai Stevenson in the presidential election on Nov. 4 in a landslide. • The first successful surgical separation of Siamese twins is conducted at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Cleveland on Dec. 14.
BORN THIS YEAR: Patrick Swayze, actor (Aug. 18). Above left: Marilu Henner, actress (April 6); Mr. T, actor, athlete (May 21); Roseanne Barr, actress, comedian (Nov. 3); David Patraus, general (Nov. 7).
Movies • • • • • • • • • •
“Singin’ in the Rain” “The Importance of Being Earnest” “The Quiet Man” “High Noon” “Le Plaisir” “Ikiru” “The Greatest Show on Earth” “When in Rome” “Don’t Bother to Knock” “My Cousin Rachel”
Music • • • • • • • • • •
“You Belong to Me,” Jo Stafford “Here in My Heart,” Al Martino “Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart,” Vera Lynn “Wheel of Fortune,” Kay Starr “Delicado,” Percy Faith “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus,” Jimmy Boyd “Blue Tango,” Leroy Anderson “I Went to Your Wedding,” Patti Page “Half As Much,” Rosemary Clooney “Slow Poke,” Pee Wee King
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