|
|
| Chief NATO Ridgway Ridgway, Matthew |  |
| 11th July Appointed NATO military chief |
| Commander NATO Ridgway, Matthew | |
| Nov Appointed Commander of NATO |
| Commander UN Clark, Mark | |
| Nov Appointed Commander of the UN forces in Korea |
| Composition of King King, Riley B "BB" | |
| A 2nd no 1 R&B hit with "You Don't Know Me" |
| Conversion X, Malcolm | |
| Chicago Malcolm X meets Elijah Muhammad in Chicago, soon after he changes his surname to "X", saying, the "X" is meant to symbolize the rejection of "slave names" |
| Malcolm X adopts the Nation of Islam |
| Education of Kissinger Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| Harvard MA Degree at Harvard University |
| Election Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Elected Member of the Senate |
| Election Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| Defeated in his bid for reelection by Congress man John F Kennedy |
| Government Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 22nd July Appointed Republican candidate for the Presidential elections |
| Government Kennan, George | |
| Washington Appointed Ambassador to Russia |
| 3rd Oct Moscow Russia demands Kennan be recalled for comments about "icy cold" western diplomats |
| Government Nixon, Richard Mulhouse | |
| 11th July Receives the Vice-Presidential Nomination |
| 18th Sep The New York Post claims Nixon is supported by an illegal slush fund |
| 23rd Sep During the election Nixon makes his Checkers Speech denying a secret slush fund |
| 23rd Sep First to succesfully use TV during a Presidential election |
| 23rd Sep Successfully denies a fund raising scandal on TV |
| 4th Nov Appointed Vice President of the USA |
| Government Rusk, David Dean | |
| Washington Appointed President of the Rockefeller Foundation |
| Government Truman, Harry S | |
| 15th April Washington Japan becomes self-governing after a treaty marking the end of WW II in the Pacific |
| 22nd April Nevada Desert The biggest atomic bomb yet is exploded watched on television by 35 million |
| 28th April Washington Japan becomes self-governing after a treaty marking the end of WW II in the Pacific |
| 28th April Washington Japan is self-governing after a treaty marking the end of World War II in the Pacific |
| 28th April Washington The USAoccupation of Japan comes to an end |
| 20th June Washington Signs the Foreign Aid Bill |
| Nation of Islam X, Malcolm | |
| Espouses the Nation's teachings, including whites as "devils" who had been created in a misguided breeding program by a black scientist, and predicting the inevitable return of blacks to the top of the social order |
| Malcolm X adopts the Nation of Islam |
| Nuclear Warfare Truman, Harry S | |
| 22nd April The biggest atomic bomb yet is exploded watched on television by 35 million |
| Olympic Gold Medal Patterson, Floyd | |
| Winner a gold medal at the 1952 Olympics fighting as a middleweight |
| Oscar Bogart, Humphrey | |
| Winner of the best male actor for "The African Queen" |
| Press Katcher, Leo | |
| 18th Sep The New York Post claims Nixon is supported by a secret & illegal slush fund |
| Publication of Dewey Dewey, Thomas Edmund | |
| Publication of, "Journey to the Far Pacific" |
| Publication of Hemingway Hemingway, Ernest | |
| Publication of, "The Old Man & the Sea" |
| Publication of Steinbeck Steinbeck, John Ernst | |
| Publication of, "East of Eden" |
| Rebellion Boatner, Haydon | |
| 12th May Koje Ordered to suppress the Communist POW rebellion |
| Dec Pongnam An attempted escape ends with 185 communists killed or wounded |
| Rebellion Dodd, Francis | |
| 7th May Koje General Dodd is taken hostage by Communist POWs |
| 11th May Koje Released by POW captors |
| Resignation of Eisenhower Eisenhower, Dwight David | |
| 28th April Steps down as the military chief of NATO |
