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is inaugurated as U.S. president after being elected in 1948 to his own term; previously he was sworn in following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He authorized the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan during World War II, on August 6 and August 9, 1945, respectively.
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enters 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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as the Communist Party of China wins the Chinese Civil War, establishing the People's Republic of China
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the US Senator, gains national attention and begins his anti-communist crusade with his Lincoln Day speech.
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H-Bomb is in the middle of its development as a nuclear weapon, announced in early 1950 and first tested in late 1952
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the first disney land opens
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Elvis Presley signs with RCA Records on November 21, beginning his pop career
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: Former Vice President Nixon is elected in the 1968 presidential election of the United States
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A hit television game show which has been TV's highest-rated syndicated program since 1983
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In the 1980s Ozzy Osbourne and the bands Judas Priest and Metallica were brought to court by parents who accused the musicians of hiding subliminal pro-suicide messages in their music.