Events[]
- By this year Ubangi-Shari changes from a colony to an "oversea territory" by the French Empire.[1]
- The first computer ENIAC is unveiled.[2]
- Carbon dating is discovered.[2]
- Dacron is patented.[2]
- League of Nations is dissolved.[2]
- Trygve Lie is elected first secretary-general of the UN.[2]
- Paris peace conference occurs.[2]
- Nuremberg trials occur.[2]
- Central Intelligence Agency is formed.[2]
- Jordan gains self-government.[2]
- Civil war begins in Indochina between the Vietnamese under Ho Chi Minh and French.[2]
- The two piece bathing suit is released and adopts the name 'bikini' from the atomic testing at Bikini Atoll.[2]
Sources[]
- The Father of His Country (Non-fiction source)
- The World of Indiana Jones
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