The United Nations General Assembly adopts Resolution 181 calling for the partition of Palestine into two separate states—an Arab and a Jewish one (Map) that would retain an economic union with an internationalized Jerusalem. In the 1910s, both groups, the Zionist Jews, recent emigrants from Russia and Europe who came to the ancient homeland of the Jews to establish a Jewish national state. and the native Palestinians had claimed the British-controlled territory. More
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The trial of 11 U.S. Communist Party leaders begins in New York City on November 1, 1948 for initial appearances, with the substantive proceedings beginning in 1949. It was a highly publicized event during the anti-communist fervor.
They were charged under the Smith Act for conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government, leading to their convictions in October 1949 and marking a significant moment in American anti-communist prosecutions.
The Polaroid Land Camera Model 95 was introduced on November 26, 1948. Invented by Edwin H. Land, it was the first to offer a one-step process that produced a finished photograph in about a minute, and it sold out almost immediately. It was sold to the public at a Boston department store, costing $89.75, becoming available for purchase the day after Thanksgiving, 1948
. It was a revolutionary instant camera producing a sepia-toned print in about a minute after the photo was taken. The initial demand was so high that the first 60 units were sold out on the first day, leading to immediate rationing.
Two Puerto Rican nationalists fail in an attempt to assassinate President Harry S. Truman who was staying at the Blair House in Washington D.C. while the White House was being renovated. by force their way into Blair House in Washington, D.C. One of the attackers was killed, along with a White House police officer. More
“The Great Appalachian Storm of 1950,” system blanketed areas from western Pennsylvania southward deep into West Virginia with over 30 inches of snow for several days. Some locations received more than 50 inches of snow, and Coburn Creek, West Virginia, reported a staggering 62 inches of snow fall. More
President Truman refuses to rule out the use of atomic weapons in support of the United Nations troops, including U.S. soldiers, who were trying to prevent communist expansion into South Korea. Truman's announcement came at a time when communist China had joined North Korean forces in their attacks on South Korea.
The United States conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test, on November 1, 1952. The test, code e-named "Ivy Mike." was conducted at 7:15 AM local time on the island of Elugelab in the Enewetak Atoll, which corresponds to the evening of October 31st in the continental United States. More
Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected president. A popular World War II general who ran on the slogan “I Like Ike,” Eisenhower easily defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson becoming the the 34th president of the United States.
Mrs. Thomas J. White of the Indiana Textbook Commission calls for a ban of the "Robin Hood" book and references to it, for promoting communism because "he stole from the rich to give to the poor".
The call came at a time when 50 percent of the country supported McCarthyism. The Indianapolis superintendent of schools stated that he could not find anything particularly subversive about the story. The attempt to censor Robin Hood failed. More
The Ellis Island Immigration Gateway is officially closed. The processing center began receiving arriving immigrants on January 1, 1892. Over the next 62 years, more than 12 million, mostly working class immigrants, would arrive in the United States via Ellis Island.
About 40% of people in the US are descendants of people who travelled through Ellis Island. First and second-class passengers bypassed the island and could go straight ashore. But third class passengers were subjected to medical and legal checks. After 1924, Ellis Island changed from being a processing center to being a detention and deportation facility. More
A meteorite crashes through the roof of a home near Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama, striking resident Ann E. Hodges. Hodges was the first person in modern history to have reportedly been injured by a meteorite.
The meteorite, which weighs about eight and one-half pounds, is on permanent display at the Alabama Museum of Natural History at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. More
The Suez Crisis begins as Israel invades the Sinai Peninsula, leading to international tensions and intervention. More
Soviet troops move against Budapest with great force to crush a nascent rebellion in the capital of the Soviet satellite state of Hungary. Over the course of the next several days, thousands of Hungarians were killed by Red Army troops. Hundreds of thousands more fled to the West, seeking asylum. More
The U.S. Supreme Court ( Chief Justice Earl Warren), rules on November 13, 1956, hat racial segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. The decision effectively ends the year-long Montgomery Bus Boycott that began with Rosa Parks' arrest. The official order to desegregate the Montgomery buses was delivered on December 20.
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The Soviet Union launches a dog into space aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft. The dog, named Laika, was the first animal in Orbit. More
The obscenity trial of Penguin Books for publishing DH Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover ends with their acquittal. The verdict is seen as a major victory for freedom of expression in Britain and liberalizing the cultural landscape.
It is also believed that it helped shift views on major human rights issues including legalization of homosexuality and abortion, the abolition of the death penalty and divorce reform. More
John F. Kennedy is elected president of the United States, becoming the 35th President of the nation. He was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, Texas; the fourth American president to be assassinated.
Six -year old Ruby Bridges, accompanied by federal marshals, walks through a mob of angry protesters to attend her first-grade on November 14, 1960 and becomes the first Black child to integrate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.
Due to the hostility, she spent her entire first day and the rest of the school year. alone in a classroom with her teacher, Barbara Henry, and had to be escorted to the bathroom by marshals. She was not allowed to eat in the cafeteria or play outside during recess. Despite the intense racism she faced, Ruby never missed a single day of school that year. More
The U.N. General Assembly requested Member States to take specific measures to bring about the abandonment of apartheid in South Africa, including breaking of diplomatic, trade and transport relations. It also established a Special Committee to follow developments and report to the General Assembly and the Security Council. More
Generals in the South Vietnamese Army depose President Ngo Dinh Diem and assassinate Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu. More