Ad*Access Timeline: 1946-1950

1946. The International Tribunal at Nuremberg convicts 22 Nazi leaders of war crimes. Goering commits suicide before his scheduled execution.
June 5, 1947. The Marshall Plan, which outlines U.S. involvement in the reconstruction of Europe, is introduced.
1947. The Truman Doctrine establishes the U.S. policy of providing aid to any government resisting Communism.
1948. Gandhi is fatally shot by a Hindu fanatic in New Delhi.
June 1948. The Berlin Airlift begins and lasts until May 1949. The airlift was a humanitarian effort of the United States, Britain and France to preserve the non-Soviet held portions of the city of Berlin, which had been isolated from all access to trade, including the importation of food and necessary goods.
October 10, 1949. Communists establish the People’s Republic of China.
October 24, 1949. United Nations headquarters are dedicated in New York City.
1949. The United States and West European countries establish the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for collective security.
June 27, 1950. Truman orders troops to South Korea to participate in a UN force that will help repel North Korean troops from the country, the beginning of U.S. involvement in the Korean War.

1947. A housing crisis becomes a major national concern in the United States.
November 2, 1948. Harry Truman is reelected President.
1948. The term “Cold War” becomes widely used to describe the U.S. relationship with the U.S.S.R.

June 17, 1947. The first globe circumnavigating passenger airliner is inaugurated by Pan Am. The fare to travel around the world was $1700.
October 11, 1950. A license to begin color TV broadcasts is issued by the FCC to Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) causing a controversy when RCA claims that they had developed a superior color broadcasting device.
In 1950, 9% of homes own TV sets. By 1979, 98% of U.S. homes had a television.

1947. Jackie Robinson becomes the first black baseball player in the major leagues when he joins the Brooklyn Dodgers.
May 5, 1947. The Pulitzer Prize is awarded to Robert Penn Warren for All the King’s Men.
December 3, 1947. A Street Car Named Desire by Tennessee Williams opens in New York.
December, 1947. The children’s television series “Howdy Doody” premieres on NBC.
April 7, 1949. The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific opens on Broadway.
April 1950. The first National Basketball Association championship is played. The Minneapolis Lakers defeat the Syracuse Nationals.

1946. Strikes this year involve 4.6 million workers and cost 116,000,000 hours of labor.
March 8, 1948. Offering religious education in public schools is declared a violation of the First Amendment by the Supreme Court.