|
| 1947 | |
| Apr 15 | The Brooklyn Dodgers integrate with Jackie Robinson. |
| Jul 5 | The Cleveland Indians integrate with Larry Doby. |
| Jul 17 | The St. Louis Browns integrate with Hank Thompson and Willard Brown. |
| Aug 15 | India gains independence from British. |
| Oct 6 | First World Series game on televsion. |
| Nov/Dec | Transistor invented. |
|
1948 | |
| Jan 30 | Ghandi assassinated. |
| May 14 | Modern Israel founded. |
| Jun 24 | Soviets cut off Berlin, West replies with airlift. |
| Nov | Truman defeats Dewey. |
|
1949 | |
| Jul 8 | The New York Giants integrate with Hank Thompson. |
| Aug 29 | Soviets detonate an atomic device. |
| Oct 1 | Mao Tse-Tung founds People's Republic of China after defeating Nationalists. |
|
1950 | |
| Feb 22 | Senator McCarthy declares that 205 Communists work for the State Department. |
| Apr 18 | The Boston Braves integrate with Sam Jethroe. |
| Jun 25 | North Korea invades South Korea. |
|
1951 | |
| Feb 22 | 22nd Amendment is ratified - Presidents are limited to two terms. |
| Apr 11 | Truman fires MacArthur. |
| May 1 | The Chicago White Sox integrate with Minnie Minoso. |
|
1952 | |
| Nov 5 | Eisenhower elected President. |
|
1953 | |
| Mar 5 | Josef Stalin dies. |
| Jul 27 | Korean War ends. |
| Sep 13 | The Philadelphia Athletics integrate with Bob Trice. |
| Sep 14 | The Chicago Cubs integrate with Gene Baker and Ernie Banks. |
|
1954 | |
| Jan 21 | America launches Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine. |
| Apr 12 | Salk licenses polio vaccine. |
| Apr 13 | The Pittsburgh Pirates integrate with Curt Roberts. |
| Apr 13 | The St. Louis Cardinals integrate with Tom Alston. |
| Apr 17 | The Cincinnati Reds integrate with Nino Escalera. |
| May 7 | French surrender to Vietnamese at Dien Bien Phu. |
| May 17 | Supreme Court strikes down "Separate but Equal" with Brown vs. Board of Education. |
| Sep 6 | The Washington Senators integrate with Carlos Paula. |
| Dec 2 | Senate condemns McCarthy (not related to Carlos Paula). |
|
1955 | |
| Apr 14 | The New York Yankees integrate with Elston Howard. |
| Jul 18 | Disneyland opens. |
| Dec 1 | Rosa Parks arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus. |
|
1956 | |
| Sep 9 | Elvis appears on the Ed Sullivan show. |
| Oct | Soviets crush uprising in Hungary. |
| Oct/Nov | Suez Canal Crisis. |
| Nov 6 | Eisenhower elected to second term. |
|
1957 | |
| Apr 22 | The Philadelphia Phillies integrate with John Kennedy. |
| Sep 24 | Highschool integrated in Little Rock with help of National Guard. |
| Oct 4 | Soviets lauch Sputnik. |
| Oct 7 | Dodgers announce that they will move to Los Angeles for the following season. |
|
1958 | |
| Jan 31 | Explorer I, fist US satellite, launched. |
| Jun 6 | The Detroit Tigers integrate with Ozzie Virgil. |
|
1959 | |
| Jan 1 | Fidel Castro overthrows Batista. |
| Jan 3 | Statehood for Alaska. |
| Feb 3 | Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper die in plane crash. |
| Jul 21 | The Boston Red Sox integrate with Pumpsie Green. |
