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6 August 1, 2013 THE MILITARY PRESS www.MilitaryPress.com • [email protected] 6 August 1, 2013 THE MILITARY PRESS
“I remember when I fi rst came to Washington. For the fi rst six months
you wonder how the hell you ever got here. For the next six months you wonder how the hell the rest of them ever got here.”
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— Harry Truman
Harry S. Truman(May 8, 1884-December 26, 1972)
33rd Vice President of the United States
Vice PresidentNo Vice President in 1946. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd POTUS, died on April 12, 1945 of a cerebral hemorrhage. Truman, the Vice President in 1945, succeeded Roosevelt to the Presidency. Truman did not have a Vice President for the remainder of Roosevelt’s term from 1945 to 1949.
World news• United Nations’ fi rst meeting in
London, England• 30 million people are close to dy-
ing of starvation in China• Philippines gains inde-
pendence after 48 years under U.S. rule
• Juan Domingo Peron (his mistress is Evita) is elected president of Argen-tina
• Twelve high-ranking Nazis are sentenced to death by the In-ternational War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremberg and hung on Oct. 18, 1946
• War Crimes Trials are held in Tokyo for those accused of commit-ting war crimes and crimes against humanity in WWII
• The Mensa Society is created, the only qualifi cation for member-
height. It hit the coastal areas of Hawaii causing more than 150
deaths• UNICEF is estab-
lished on Dec. 11, 1946• U.S. troops
seize control of U.S. railroads during rail
unions strike
Technology• The U.S. tests the
atomic bomb onBikini Atoll
• AT&T announces fi rst car phones
• The Vespa is born• The microwave oven
is invented• Automated plants
(by Henry Ford)
Popular culture• The fi rst bikini goes on sale in Paris on July 5
• The fi rst Cannes Film Festival takes place
• Tupperware sold in stores
• Dean Martin’s musi-cal career begins
• BB King’s musical ca-reer begins
• Frankie Laine records “That’s My Desire”
• Bill Haley’s musical ca-reer begins as a member roof The Down Homers
Sports• Philadelphia defeated Chicago 4-1 in the NBA Championship
ship being an IQ in the top 98th percentile
• William Joyce is hung for high treason.
U.S. news• Five die in riot at
Alcatraz• Tidal wave strikes
Hawaii, caused by an earthquake in the Aleutian
Islands, Alaska• A major undersea
earthquake in Alaska measur-ing 7.4 magnitude in the north Pacifi c Ocean caused a tsu-nami that, by the time it reached Hawaii some 2,400 miles away, the waves reached 60 feet in
1946 Mercury Sportsman Woody Convertible
1946 Chrysler
First Vespamanufactured in 1946
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1111946946946AVERAGE COSTOF LIVING• Income per year $2,600• Minimum wage 40¢• New House $5,150• Rent $35• Car $1,125• Gallon of gas 21¢• Loaf of bread 10¢• Dozen eggs 59¢• Gallon of milk 67¢• First-class stamp 3¢
Above right: Dolly Parton. Left: Tommy Lee Jones, Cher, Sally Field, Jimmy Buffet.
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111111TV shows
• Lights Out• Kaleidoscope
• Faraway Hill• Muffi n the Mule• Hour Glass
• Pinwright’s Progress• I Love to Eat
• Campus Hoopla• Cash and Carry• Face to Face
Movies• It’s a Wonderful Life• Deception• Notorious
• The Big Sleep• Gilda
• The Best Years of Our Lives
• Duel in the Sun• Song of the South
• The Postman Always Rings Twice
• Beauty and the Beast
Popular music• Prisoner of Love, Perry Como• Five Minutes More, Frank Sinatra• To Each His Own, The Ink
Spots• Symphony,
Freddy Martin• Let it Snow!
Let is Snow! Let it Snow!, Vaughn Monroe
• Personal-ity, Johnny
Mercer• The
Christmas Song, Nat King Cole
Born this year• Susan Sarandon• Ted Bundy• Candice Bergen• George W. Bush
• Tyne Daly• Barry Gibb
• Freddie Mercury• Steven Spielberg• Sylvester Stallone• Donald Trump
• The Postman Always Rings
• Prisoner of Love, Perry Como• Prisoner of Love, Perry Como• Five Minutes More, Frank Sinatra• To Each His Own, The Ink
Born this year• Susan Sarandon• Ted Bundy• Candice Bergen• George W. Bush• George W. Bush
• Tyne Daly• Barry Gibb
1946 Ford DeluxeConvertibleFirst Vespa
manufactured in 1946
