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Harry Truman | Harry Truman was the 33rd president. During World War I, Truman served in combat in France as an artillery officer in his National Guard unit. After the war, he joined the Democratic Party. | |
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Doris Day | Click here to learn moreenters the public spotlight with the films My Dream Is Yours and It's a Great Feeling as well as popular songs like "It's Magic"; divorces her second husband. | |
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Joe DiMaggio | Click here to learn more' >Click here for more infornmationGo to the World Series five times in the 1940s, winning four of them. | |
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Red China | href='http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Red+China' >Click here to learn more>Click here to learn morethe Communist Party of China wins the Chinese Civil War, establishing the People's Republic of China. | |
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Johnnie Ray | Click here to learn more' >Click here for more informationSigns his first recording contract with Okeh Records, although he would not become popular for another two years. | |
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Walter Winchell | Click here for more informationis an aggressive radio and newspaper journalist credited with inventing the gossip column. | |
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Richard Nixon | Click here to learn moreIs first elected to the United States Senate. | |
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Television | click here to learn morebecoming widespread (in black and white format) and becomes the most popular means of advertising. | |
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South Pacific | Click here for more informationThe prize-winning musical, opens on Broadway | |
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