MEMORIES

Harry Truman is president of the US

Masked bandits steal $2.8 million from Brink’s Inc Boston

35 US military advisers are sent to South Vietnam to aid the anti-Communist government

US Senator Joe McCarthy begins his crusade against suspected Communists in the US government

North Korea invades South Korea

President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb

In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races

Peter Gabriel, Jay Leno, Bill Murray, and Stevie Wonder are born

New York Yankees win the World Series

Cleveland Browns win the NFL championship

Detroit Red Wings win the Stanley Cup

I, Robot by Isaac Asimov is published