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| Armistice Ridgway, Matthew |  |
| 30th June Makes a radio broadcast offering to send representitives to discuss a cease-fire |
| 10th July Armistice negotiations open between the Commanders of both sides |
| 5th Aug Breaks the Armistice negotiations claiming Nth Korea has broken demilitarization rules |
| 12th Nov Panmunjon A 2nd round of peace negotiations begins |
| 23rd Nov Panmunjon Both sides agree to a cease-fire along a demarcation line |
| Battle of Imjin River Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 22nd April River Imjin Carries out a defensive action against the North Koreans |
| Capture of Chunshon Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 14th Mar Chunshon Recaptures Cunshon from the communists |
| Capture of Seoul MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 14th Mar Seoul Counter-attacking Allied forces retake Seoul |
| Capture of Seoul Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 14th Mar Seoul Recaptures Seoul from the communists |
| 14th Mar Seoul Seoul is recaptured by the Americans |
| Commander UN Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 11th April Appointed Commander of the UN forces in Korea |
| Composition of King King, Riley B "BB" | |
| Records his 7th single, "Three O'Clock Blues ," which becomes a national hit, no 1 in the Rhythm and Blues charts for 15 weeks |
| Deputy Director CIA Dulles Dulles, Allen Welsh | |
| Appointed Deputy Director of the CIA |
| Diplomacy Acheson, Dean Gooderham | |
| 8th Nov Places a disarmament plan before the UN General Assembly, countrered by Russia |
| Dismissal MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 11th April Manchuria Dismissed after publicly demanding the right to bomb Chinese targets in Manchuria |
| Dismissal Truman, Harry S | |
| 11th April Dimisses MacArthur as Commander of UN forces because of his support of war with China |
| Government Dulles, John Foster | |
| Concludes the USApeace Treaty with Japan |
| Government Lovett, Robert | |
| Washington Appointed Secretary of Defense |
| Government Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 7th Nov First elected member of the USASenate, ahead of Helen Douglas |
| Government Truman, Harry S | |
| Washington Legislation is passed limiting the President's terms in office to two |
| Washington USAPresidents are restricted to 2 terms of office by the 21st Amendment |
| 8th Feb Washington Orders the Army to control USArailways during the strike |
| 7th Aug Washington Congress rejects Russian proposals for arms & atomic weapons |
| 30th Aug Washington The USA & the Philippines form a mutual defence pact |
| 1st Sep Washington The USA, Australia & NewZealand sign the Pacific Security Agreement |
| 8th Sep San Francisco The USA& 49 other powers sign a peace treaty with Japan, Russia boycotts the session |
| 5th Oct Washington The House of Reps approves $56.9 billion for the armed forces Appropriation Bill |
| 7th Nov Washington The US, France & Britain produce a disarmament plan to introduce to the UN Assembly |
| Invasion of Korea MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 1st Jan 400,000 Chinese & 100,000 Nth Koreans open a major offenisive |
| Invasion of Korea Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 1st Jan 400,000 Chinese & 100,000 Nth Koreans open a major offenisive |
| Mobilization MacArthur, Douglas | |
| 26th Jan Launches a counter-offensive against the Chinese & Nth Koreans |
| Peace Truman, Harry S | |
| 12th Nov Panmunjon Peace negotiations take place at Panmunjon |
| Publication of Arendt Arendt, Hannah | |
| Publication of, "Origins of totalitarianism" |
| Publication of Mailer Mailer, Norman Kingsley | |
| "Barbary Shore", a surreal parable of Cold War left politics, set in a Brooklyn rooming-house |
| Retirement DiMaggio, Joe | |
| 16th Dec DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball |
| Ripper Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 7th Mar Launches an operation to recapture Inchon & Kimpo airfield |
| Rock 'n' Roll Freed, Alan | |
| The term "Rock 'n Roll" is first used by Alan Freed, Cleveland disc jockey, taken from the song "My Baby Rocks Me with a Steady Roll" |
| Siege of Seoul Ridgway, Matthew | |
| 3rd Jan Seoul Orders the evacuation of Seoul |
| Supreme Commander Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| Appointed Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe |
| United Nations Acheson, Dean Gooderham | |
| 8th Nov Places a disarmament plan before the UN General Assembly, countrered by Russia |
