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1946 through 1954
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The first meeting of the United Nations is held in London.
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Pestalozzi Children’s Village is established at Trogen in Switzerland to accommodate and educate orphans of World War II.
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In Paris, France, peace treaties are signed between the World War II Allies and Italy, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Finland.
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The Cold War begins.
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UK railways are nationalized to form British Railways.
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Mohandas Gandhi died.
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Establishment of the defense alliance NATO.
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was published.
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Second Red Scare: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
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United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that the United Kingdom has an atomic bomb.
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The Crucible, a drama by Arthur Miller, opens on Broadway.
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Food rationing in Great Britain ends with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in World War II and nearly a decade after the war's end.