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| Birth of Cooper, Alice Cooper, Alice |  |
| 4th Feb Detroit Birth of Alice Cooper, Vincent Furnier |
| Blockade of Berlin Clay, Lucius | |
| 24th June Berlin Announces only a war can drive the USAout of Berlin |
| Chief of Staff Bradley, Omar Nelson | |
| Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Army |
| Death of Wright, Orville Wright, Orville | |
| 30th Jan Death of Orville Wright |
| Government Dewey, Thomas Edmund | |
| Defeated by Harry S Truman |
| Government Marshall, George Catlett | |
| London The London Reccomendations plan & a Constitution for the Federal Republic |
| London The London Reccomendations plan for West Germany in the European Recovery Programme |
| 4th April The North Atlantic Treaty is signed |
| 4th April The western powers & the USAare committed to the defense of Germany & Berlin |
| Government Truman, Harry S | |
| 4th April Washington Describes the Treaty as a "sheild against agression & the fear of agression" |
| 24th June Berlin Russia blockades Berlin, the USAsays that it will stay in Berlin |
| 24th June Berlin The west anounces a counter-blockade from west to east |
| 21st July Washington The USASenate ratifies the NATO Treaty after 2 weeks of debate |
| 2nd Nov Washington Appointed President of the USA, 33rd President, 2nd term |
| Head ECA Hoffman Hoffman, Paul Gray | |
| Washington Appointed Head the USAEconomic Cooperation Administration |
| Plan Marshall Plan Hoffman, Paul Gray | |
| Directs the Marshall Plan in Europe |
| Publication of Capote Capote, Truman | |
| Publication of, "Other Voices, Other Rooms" |
| Publication of Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Publication of, "Crusade In Europe" |
| Publication of Mailer Mailer, Norman Kingsley | |
| "The Naked and the Dead", based on his personal experiences during World War II, hailed by many as one of the best American novels to come out of the war years and named one of the "100 best novels in English language" by the Modern Library |
| Purchase RKO Hughes, Howard | |
| Hughes owns the RKO movie studio from 1948 to 1955 |
| Treaty of NATO Acheson, Dean Gooderham | |
| 4th April Washington Signs the treaty establishing the NATO alliance |
