Events in History
Events 501 - 547 of 547
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Oct 29 Getulio Vargas, President of Brazil, resigns

Getulio Vargas
- Oct 30 US government announces end of shoe rationing
- Nov 1 First issue of Ebony magazine published by John H Johnson
- Nov 5 Colombia joins the United Nations.
- Nov 6 House Committee on Un-American Activities begins investigation of 7 radio commentators
- Nov 6 The first landing of a jet on a carrier takes place on USS Wake Island when an FR-1 Fireball touches down
- Nov 8 Riverboat sinks off Hong Kong; kills 1,550
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Nov 10 General Enver Hoxha becomes leader of Albania

Enver Hoxha
- Nov 10 Heavy battle in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).
- Nov 12 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Cordell Hull (establishing UN)
- Nov 13 Australian Services draw 1st Victory Test against India
- Nov 14 H Lindsay and R Crouse's "State of the Union" premieres in NYC
- Nov 14 Java: Sutan Sjahrir appointed as forming government
- Nov 15 The rules are revised for election of modern players to the Hall of Fame
- Nov 16 Yeshiva College (University), chartered in NY, 1st US Jewish College
- Nov 16 Founding of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
- Nov 16 Two new elements discovered by Glenn Seaborg, James, Morgan and Albert Ghiorso were are announced: americium (atomic number 95) and curium (atomic number 96)
- Nov 17 New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF
Nuremberg Trials
Nov 20 The Nuremberg war trials begin as 24 Nazi leaders are put on trial before judges representing the victorious Allied powers
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Nov 20 Queen Wilhelmina opens Dutch parliament in Hague

Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
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Nov 27 General George Marshall named special US envoy to China

George Marshall
- Nov 27 Trial against Dutch Fascist NSB leader Anton Mussert begins (later convicted and executed by firing squad)
- Nov 27 Dutch resistance fighter Hannie Schaft re-buried in presence of Queen Wilhelmina
- Nov 29 Yugoslavian Socialist Republic proclaimed
- Dec 4 Senate approves US participation in United Nations
- Dec 5 Flight 19 the "Lost Squadron" of 5 torpedo bombers and 14 airmen is lost east of Florida in the supposed Bermuda Triangle
- Dec 5 Special Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Max Blokzijl
- Dec 10 Preston Tucker reveals plan to produce the Torpedo, a new 150 MPH car
- Dec 11 Het Parool publishes 1st Captain Rob-strip
- Dec 12 Special Court of justice convicts Dutch Nazi leader Mussert to death
Theater Premiere
Dec 14 Elmer Rice's play "Dream Girl" premieres in NYC

Elmer Rice
- Dec 15 John J "Cardinal" O'Connor, ordained as a priest
- Dec 18 Uruguay joins the United Nations
- Dec 19 Austrian Republic re-establishes
- Dec 19 Jean Giraudoux' "La Folle de Chaillot" premieres in Paris
- Dec 20 Rationing of auto tires ends in US
- Dec 22 Utrecht: Catholic People's party (KVP) established
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Dec 27 International Monetary Fund formally established by 29 member countries based on ideas of Harry Dexter White and John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes