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| 38th Parallel Truman, Harry S |  |
| 27th Sep 38th Parallel President Truman authorizes General MacArthr to operate nth of the 38th Parallel |
| Alliance Truman, Harry S | |
| 27th June Washington Orders MacArthur to support the southern Korean army with air & sea forces |
| Battle of Ossan MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 5th July Ossan A UN force ias forced to retreat by the Nth Koreans |
| Battle of Pusan MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 5th Aug River Natkong The Nth Koreans break across the River Naktong but are driven back again 12 days later |
| Battle of Sudong MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 26th Oct Sudong The ROK 26th Division encounter strong Chinese resistance at Sudong |
| Battle of Yechon MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 21st July Yechon The USAretakes Yechon |
| Birth of Dunn, James Dunn, James | |
| 4th Feb Birth of James Dunn, USAvocalist Stylistics |
| Birth of Wonder, Stevie Wonder, Stevie | |
| 13th May Saginaw Birth of Stevie Wonder, Stevland Morris , Saginaw, Michigan, too much oxygen in the incubator causes him to become permanently blind |
| Budget Truman, Harry S | |
| 19th July Washington Increases the annual peacetime military budget to $48 billion |
| 19th July Washington Sends Congress an emergency appropriation of $10 billion |
| 19th July Washington Truman requests an increased military budget from Congress |
| Capture of Han MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 22nd Sep River Han The USAreaches the Han River near Seoul |
| Capture of Inchon Almond, Edward | |
| 15th Sep Inchon Directs the Inchon landings |
| Capture of Inchon Clark, Eugene | |
| 1st Sep Inchon Put ashore near Inchon to gain information about the harbour prior to the USAlandings |
| 15th Sep Inchon Turns on a lighthouse beacon to help guide the X corps to their beacheads |
| Capture of Inchon MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 23rd Aug Tokyo From his Tkyo HQ MacArthur poposes plans for the USAcapture of Inchon |
| 28th Aug Tokyo The JCS gives its approval for the Inchon landings |
| 13th Sep Inchon USAdestroyers & cruisers shell enemy positions 2 days before the landings |
| 15th Sep Inchon The USAforces launch a surprise landing at Inchon 150 miles nth of the Pusan perimeter |
| 23rd Sep Inchon Nth Korean units begin withdrawing to the nth |
| Capture of Inchon Truman, Harry S | |
| 15th Sep Inchon USAforces capture Inchon |
| Capture of Kimbo Airport MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 16th Sep Kimbo Airport The 5th Marines capture Kimbo Airport, Sth Korea's largest airport |
| Capture of Pyongyang MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 1st Oct Pyongyang 1 October-24 November, the North Koreans are driven North as far as the Yalu River |
| 20th Oct Pyongyang Captures Pyongyang for the UN |
| 20th Oct Pyongyang Pyongyang is captured by the ROK & USA187th Regimental Combat Team |
| Capture of Seoul MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 27th Sep Pusan Communist supply lines are broken |
| 27th Sep Pusan Nth Korean forces around the Pusan perimeter retreat |
| 27th Sep Seoul MacArthur formally restores Seoul to President Rhee as the seat of government |
| 27th Sep Seoul Seoul is captured by the 1st Cavalry Division & the 7th Infantry Division |
| 27th Sep Seoul The 2 week struggle to take Seoul ends, 130,000 nth Koreans had been captured |
| Capture of Seoul Truman, Harry S | |
| 28th Mar Seoul North Korea captures Seoul, it has destroyed most of the South Korean Army |
| Capture of Wonsan MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 11th Oct Wonsan The ROK 3rd Division captures the Nth Korean port of Wonsan |
| 26th Oct Wonsan USAMarines secure the port of Wonsan |
| Capture of Yongdok MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 25th July Yongdok The Nth Koreans capture Yongdok, only 1/4 of Sth Korea is under UN control |
| Chief of Station Hunt, Everette Howard | |
| Mexico City Appointed Chief of Station in Mexico City |
| Chromite MacArthur, Douglas | |
| Sep Launches Operation Chromite to achieve victory in Sth Korea before the winter |
| 5th Sep Tokyo The Inchon landing force sets out from Japan to invade Korea, 260 ships & 70,000 men |
| 12th Sep Sasebo MacArthur boards the Mount McKinley |
| Cold War Acheson, Dean Gooderham | |
| 16th Mar Makes a speech suggesting ways in which Russia can end the Cold War |
| Commander 24th US Infantry Div Church, John Huston | |
| 25th July Appointed Commander of the 24th USAInfantry Division |
| Commander in Chief MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 8th July Appointed Commander-in-Chief, United Nations forces in the Korean War |
| 26th Sep Appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| Commander Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 23rd Dec Appointed Commander of ground forces in Korea, replacement for Walton Walker |
| Composition of Jordan Jordan, Louis | |
| 18th Aug The phrase "rock and roll" is heard on Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five's version of "Tamburitza Boogie", recorded in New York City |
| Conference of Wake Island MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 15th Oct Wake Island MacArthur underplays the dangers of Russian & Chinese involvement in the war |
| 15th Oct Wake Island President Truman & General MacArthur confer at Wake Island on the course of the war |
| 15th Oct Wake Island The 1st & last meeting between Truman & MacArthur, fails to produce agreement |
| Conference of Wake Island Truman, Harry S | |
| 15th Oct Wake Island President Truman & General MacArthur confer at Wake Island on the course of the war |
| 15th Oct Wake Island The 1st & last meeting between Truman & MacArthur, fails to produce agreement |
| 15th Oct Wake Island Truman tells MacArthur the Chinese & Russians must not be involved in the war |
| Conscription Truman, Harry S | |
| 22nd June Washington The House of Representitives approves enlistment of 547,000 |
| Death of Walker, Walton Walker, Walton | |
| 23rd Dec Death of Walton Walker, killed in a jeep accident |
| Debut Callas Callas, Maria | |
| A debut at La Scala in Aida |
| Diplomacy Acheson, Dean Gooderham | |
| 9th Mar Advises Truman to allocate $15 million to France for Indochina |
| Director CIA Smith Smith, Walter Bedell | |
| Appointed Director of the CIA |
| Education of Kissinger Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| Harvard BA Degree Summa Cum Laude at Harvard College |
| Evacuation Hungnam MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 23rd Dec Hungnam X Corps is evacuated from Hungnam |
| General Army Bradley Bradley, Omar Nelson | |
| Appointed General of the Army |
| Government Marshall, George Catlett | |
| 11th Sep Washington Appointed Secretary of Defense |
| Government McCarthy, Joseph | |
| 9th Jan Washington Alleges that 205 Communists are working in the State Department |
| Government Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| Congress passes the McCarran-Nixon act for registration of Communist organizations |
| 26th Oct Yalta Calls for the repudiation of the Yalta Pact |
| Government Rusk, David Dean | |
| At the Senate Foreign Relations Committee suppoprts French aid in Indochina |
| Washington Appointed Assistant Secretary of State, concerned with the Far East |
| Government Truman, Harry S | |
| Guam Guam achieves full USAcitizenship & self-government |
| Washington Bans USAtrade with the Peoples Republic of China |
| Washington Congress approves the appropriation of military aid for projects against Communism |
| Washington The United States & Britain refer to Ho Chi-Minh's Government as a "puppet" of Russia |
| 7th Feb Washington The United States & Britain recognize Bao Dai's Government |
| 26th July Washington Over the next 4 yrs the USAwill spend $3 billion to finance the French in Indochina |
| 26th July Washington Signs Legislation granting $15 million in military aid to the French war in Indochina |
| 26th July Washington Signs military aid legislation |
| 7th Nov The Republicans gain thirty seats in the House of Representitives |
| 13th Dec Washington Marshall Aid to Britain ceases |
| 16th Dec Washington A state of emergency is proclaimed in the USA after the reversals of the UN in Korea |
| 27th Dec Washington The USA resumes diplomatic relations with Spain |
| Governor Dewey, Thomas Edmund | |
| New Yorkate Appointed Governor of New York State, 3rd term |
| Invasion of Korea MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 27th Sep 38th Parallel MacArthur is authorized by the Pentagon to cross the 38th Parallel |
| 1st Oct MacArthur asks the nth Korean Commander-in-Chief to surrender, he refuses |
| 1st Nov Unsan Chinese troops overwhelm the 6th ROK Infantry Division |
| 24th Nov River Yalu Flies to Nth Korea to supervise the drive to the River Yalu |
| 5th Dec 5-15 December, the Chinese invade Korea & force the X Corps to evacuate |
| Invasion of Korea Truman, Harry S | |
| 25th Mar North Korea invades South Korea |
| 26th Mar The UN Security Council passes a resolution demanding withdrawal of Nth Korean forces |
| 27th June Geneva A UN resolution demands the withdrawal of Nth Korean forces from Sth Korea |
| 30th June Authorized after MacArthur reports on the hopelessness of the Sth Korean situation |
| 1st July Pusan UN troops arrive in Pusan |
| Invasion of North Korea MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 1st Oct 38th Parallel Sth Korean & UN troops move Nth across the 38th parallel into Nth Korea |
| Invasion of North Korea Truman, Harry S | |
| 27th Sep 38th Parallel President Truman authorizes General MacArthr to operate nth of the 38th Parallel |
| 1st Oct USAforces cross the Nth Korean border |
| Invasion of Nth Korea MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 27th Sep President Truman authorizes General MacArthr to operate nth of the 38th Parallel |
| Invasion of Sth Korea Truman, Harry S | |
| 27th June Washington The UN calls for North Korean withdrawal from South Korea |
| Lever Building Bunschaft, Gordon | |
| Completes the Lever Building in New York |
| Military Aid Acheson, Dean Gooderham | |
| 9th Mar Advises Truman to allocate $15 million to France for Indochina |
| Mobilization MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 26th June Tokyo Sends a report to the JCS predicting the collapse of the Nth Korean |
| 29th June River Han Doubts if the Sth Korean Army can hold the Han River |
| 29th June River Han Inspects Sth Korean troops & asks the Joint Chiefs of Staff to send USAground troops |
| 19th July Pledges a "superhuman effort" to pour in men & guns to drive out the Nth Koreans |
| 19th July Pohang Dong USAtroops land at Pohang-Dong but are pushed back after having formed a defensive line |
| 15th Sep Inchon Lands a UN force behind the lines to cut Nth Korean supply lines, only 20 marines die |
| 29th Sep MacArthur is authorized by the UN to advance his forces into North Korea |
| 1st Oct 38th Parallel Sth Korean & UN troops move Nth across the 38th parallel into Nth Korea |
| 16th Oct Wonsan 16-26 October, the UN forces at Inchon are moved to the east coast as far as Wonsan |
| 5th Nov Reports the massing of Chinese troops in North Korea |
| Mobilization Truman, Harry S | |
| 22nd June Washington Senate approves the enlistment of 547,000, as requested by the USADefence Dept |
| 22nd June Washington The House of Representitives approves 547,000, requested by the USADefence Dept |
| 27th June Washington Orders all USAnaval & airforces in Japan, Okinawa & the Philippines to be put on alert |
| 30th June Washington Agrees to MacArthur's request & orders USAforces into Korea |
| Publication of Burnham Burnham, James | |
| Publication of, "The Coming Defeat of Communism" |
| Siege of Pusan Walker, Walton | |
| 29th July Pusan Orders that Pusan must not fall saying that there is no further back to retreat |
| Siege of Seoul Almond, Edward | |
| 25th Sep Seoul The 1st Marine Division & the 7th Infantry Division surround Seoul |
| Siege of Seoul MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 28th Sep Seoul The 2 week struggle to take Seoul ends, 130,000 nth Koreans had been captured |
| 23rd Dec Seoul Plans to defend Seoul from a Communist invasion |
| Siege of Seoul Ridgway, Matthew | |
| Dec Seoul Evacuates Seoul & establishes a defense line at the Han River |
| Siege of Yalu River MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 26th Oct River Yalu The ROK reach the Yalu River & discover a Chinese force ready to invade Sth Korea |
| Supreme Commander Truman, Harry S | |
| 7th July MacArthur is appointed as the Supreme Commander of the UN forces in Korea |
| 7th July Washington MacArthur is appointed as the Supreme Commander of the UN forces in Korea |
| United Nations MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 8th July Appointed Commander-in-Chief, United Nations forces in the Korean War |
| United Nations Stratmeyer, George | |
| 3rd July Orders the UN pilots not to fly over the Chinese or Russian borders |
| United Nations Truman, Harry S | |
| 27th June Geneva A UN resolution demands the withdrawal of Nth Korean forces from Sth Korea |
| 6th July Washington The UN Security Council instructs the USAto appoint a Supreme Commander in Korea |
| 7th July Washington The UN Security Council instructs the USAto appoint a Supreme Commander in Korea |
