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more info Harry Truman was 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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more info Walter Winchell is an aggressive radio and newspaper journalist credited with inventing the gossip column
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[more info](http:// http://www.biography.com/people/marilyn-monroe-9412123)Marilyn Monroe soars in popularity with five new movies, including The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve, and attempts suicide after the death of friend Johnny Hyde who asked to marry her several times, but she refused respectfully. Monroe would later (1954) be married for a brief time to Joe DiMaggio
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more infoSugar Ray Robinson, a champion welterweight boxer
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more infoThe vaccine for polio is privately tested by Jonas Salk.
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more infoRonald Reagan was President of the United States from 1981 to 1989, but his first attempt at the position was in 1976
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more infoRichard Nixon is first elected to the United States Senate.
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more infoMoonshot: Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing, successfully lands on the moon.
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more infoBernie Goetz: On December 22, Mr. Goetz shot four young men who he said were threatening him on a New York City subway. Goetz was charged with attempted murder but was acquitted of the charges, though convicted of carrying an unlicensed gun
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more infoRock-and-roller cola wars: Soft drink giants Coke and Pepsi each run marketing campaigns using rock & roll and po pular music stars t o reach the teenage and young adult demographic.
