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Britain
nationalizes
coal mines (Jan. 1). Peace treaties for
Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland signed in Paris (Feb. 10).
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Soviet Union rejects U.S. plan for UN atomic-energy control (March 4).
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Truman
proposes Truman Doctrine, which was to aid Greece
and Turkey in resisting communist expansion (March 12).
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Marshall Plan
for European recovery proposed - a coordinated
program to help European nations recover from ravages of war (June).
(By the time it ended in
1951,
this "European Recovery Program" had cost $13
billion.)
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India
and
Pakistan
gain independence from Britain (Aug. 15).
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U.S. Air Force pilot
Chuck Yeager
becomes first person to break the sound barrier
(Oct. 14). |
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Jackie Robinson
joins the Brooklyn Dodgers. |
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Anne Frank's
The Diary of a Young Girl published. |
