| January 1 | Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China |
| January 5 | Carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding," premieres in New York City |
| January 6 | Britain recognizes Communist government of China |
| January 6 | "Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 3 performances |
| January 7 | Hank Snow's 1st appearance on "Grand Ole Opry" |
| January 7 | "Happy as Larry" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 3 performances |
| January 7 | Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia) |
| January 12 | Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die |
| January 12 | U.S.S.R. re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage and sabotage |
| January 14 | "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 420 performances |
| January 14 | U.S. recalls all consular officials from China |
| January 15 | 4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington D.C. |
| January 16 | Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands recognize Israel |
| January 17 | 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash and $1.5M securities |
| January 17 | "Alive and Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 46 performances |
| January 18 | Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed," premieres in London |
| January 18 | Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion |
| January 19 | Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane |
| January 20 | "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 35 performances |
| January 20 | Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of Netherlands |
| January 21 | "Lend an Ear" closes at National Theater New York City after 460 performances |
| January 21 | NY jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury |
| January 21 | T. S. Eliot's "Cocktail Party," premieres in New York City |
| January 22 | Polly Riley wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open |
| January 23 | 3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous 1st Facts published |
| January 23 | AP picks "Miracle Braves" of 1914 as greatest sports upset |
| January 23 | Israeli Knesset resolves Jerusalem is capital of Israel |
| January 23 | NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense and defense) |
| January 23 | Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung |
| January 24 | Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history |
| January 25 | 73 degrees F (23 degrees C) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January |
| January 26 | India becomes a republic ceaseing to be a British dominion |
| January 27 | 2nd Emmy Awards: Ed Wynn Show and Texaco Star Theater win |
| January 28 | Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud |
| January 30 | "Robert Montgomery Presents" dramatic anthology premieres on NBC TV |
| January 31 | President Truman approves building of hydrogen bomb |
| February 1 | U.S.S.R. demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes |
| February 1 | Urko Kekkonen elected president of Finland |
| February 2 | 1st broadcast of "What's My Line," on CBS-TV |
| February 2 | "Arms and the Girl" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 134 performances |
| February 3 | Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges |
| February 7 | Georges Bidault forms French government |
| February 7 | Senator Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in U.S. Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| February 7 | U.S. and Great Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime |
| February 9 | Senator Joseph McCarthy charges State Department infested with 205 communists |
| February 11 | "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1 |
| February 12 | Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb |
| February 12 | Senator Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees |
| February 14 | Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg |
| February 14 | U.S.S.R. and China sign peace treaty |
| February 15 | KENS TV channel 5 in San Antonio, Texas (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| February 15 | Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released |
| February 15 | WM Inge's "Come Back, Little Sheba," premieres in New York City |
| February 15 | WSYR (now WSTM) TV channel 3 in Syracuse, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| February 16 | Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS |
| February 16 | Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame |
| February 17 | 31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center, New York |
| February 18 | "Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 35 performances |
| February 20 | Dylan Thomas arrives in New York City for his 1st U.S. poetry reading tour |
| February 20 | WOL-AM in Washington D.C. swaps calls with WWDC |
| February 21 | WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting |
| February 22 | Brockway and Weinstock publish "Men of Music" |
| February 24 | Labour wins British parliamentary election |
| February 25 | "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen |
| February 26 | Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety," premieres in New York City |
| February 27 | General Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China |
| February 28 | "Alive and Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 46 performances |
| March 1 | Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of National China on Formosa |
| March 1 | Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London) |
| March 1 | U.S.S.R. issues golden rubles |
| March 3 | 3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name |
| March 7 | Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy and P Kennedy (USA) |
| March 7 | Ladies Figure Skating Championship in London won by Alena Vrzanova CZE |
| March 7 | Men Figure Skating Championship in London won by Richard Button (USA) |
| March 8 | 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters) |
| March 8 | Marshall Voroshilov of U.S.S.R. announces they developed atomic bomb |
| March 9 | Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in New York City |
| March 12 | Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III |
| March 12 | Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda" |
| March 13 | General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232 (record) |
| March 14 | FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins |
| March 15 | "Consul" opens at Barrymore Theater New York City for 269 performances |
| March 15 | Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Consul," premieres in New York City |
| March 15 | New York City hires Dr. Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker" |
| March 16 | 1st annual National Book Awards |
| March 17 | Belgian government of Eyskens resigns |
| March 17 | Element 98 (Californium) announced |
| March 18 | CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship |
| March 18 | "Touch and Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 176 performances |
| March 19 | 5th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson Zaharias |
| March 19 | City College of New York defeats Bradley to win the NIT |
| March 23 | 22rd Academy Awards - "All King's Men," Crawford and De Havilland win |
| March 23 | "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 52 performances |
| March 23 | Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government |
| March 23 | U.N. World Meteorological Organization established |
| March 24 | U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman |
| March 24 | U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button |
| March 27 | Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner's solo concert (Cleveland, Ohio) |
| March 27 | Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China |
| March 27 | WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville, Kentucky (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| March 28 | 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 New York City college becomes 1st to win NCAA and National Inv Basketball in same year |
| March 30 | Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, New Jersey |
| April 2 | WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, Virginia (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| April 4 | Dirk Stikker becomes chairman of OES |
| April 5 | Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins |
| April 6 | John F. Dulles becomes advisor to U.S. Secretary of State Acheson |
| April 8 | "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 308 performances |
| April 9 | 14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283 |
| April 9 | 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win |
| April 9 | Bob Hope's 1st TV appearance |
| April 11 | Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco |
| April 11 | U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia |
| April 14 | 1st edition of British strip "Eagle" |
| April 14 | Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands |
| April 18 | 1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2 |
| April 18 | 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip |
| April 18 | Polish Catholic church and government sign accord over relations |
| April 18 | Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves |
| April 18 | Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th |
| April 19 | 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39 |
| April 20 | Baltimore's Memorial Stadium opens - Orioles of International League |
| April 23 | 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5) |
| April 23 | 4th NBA Championship: Minnesota Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2 |
| April 23 | Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island |
| April 23 | Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat New York Rangers, 4 games to 3 |
| April 24 | Independent republic of South Molukkas declared |
| April 24 | "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 320 performances |
| April 24 | President Truman denies there are communists in U.S. government |
| April 25 | Ambon (proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan) |
| April 25 | Chuck Cooper becomes 1st black to play in NBA |
| April 26 | Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run |
| April 26 | University of Miami ends William and Mary straight tennis match victories at 82 |
| April 27 | South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races |
| April 27 | "Tickets, Please" opens at Coronet Theater New York City for 245 performances |
| April 30 | Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA 144-hole Golf Weathervane |
| May 1 | Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her poetry |
| May 1 | Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade |
| May 1 | New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China |
| May 1 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific) |
| May 1 | WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| May 2 | Carlo Terrons "Giuditta," premieres in Milan |
| May 2 | Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration |
| May 2 | Dutch Prime Minister Malan recognizes South Africa but not China PR |
| May 5 | Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand |
| May 6 | 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6 |
| May 6 | "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 52 performances |
| May 6 | Liz Taylor's 1st marriage to Conrad Hilton, Jr. |
| May 8 | Chiang Kai-shek asks U.S. for weapons |
| May 9 | French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS |
| May 9 | Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville |
| May 11 | Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die |
| May 11 | Eugene Ionesco's "La Cantatrice Chauve," premieres in Paris |
| May 12 | Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar," premieres in Paris |
| May 13 | Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards |
| May 14 | Pittsburgh Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 home runs |
| May 18 | "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 12 performances |
| May 18 | Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders |
| May 19 | New York Times reports of worlds smallest and dumbest mechanical brain |
| May 20 | 76th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2 |
| May 21 | Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia |
| May 22 | Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey |
| May 22 | Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize |
| May 22 | Richard Strauss' "4 Last Songs" (4 letzte Lieder) in London |
| May 25 | Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in New York City |
| May 27 | "Arms and the Girl" closes at 46th St. Theater New York City after 134 performances |
| May 27 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens |
| May 30 | Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open |
| May 31 | Due to rain, Indy 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins |
| May 31 | Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial |
| June 1 | WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| June 2 | St. Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Washington Senators |
| June 3 | French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal |
| June 4 | CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election |
| June 4 | Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25) |
| June 5 | U.S. Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation |
| June 6 | East Germany and Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border |
| June 8 | Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs) |
| June 8 | Jean Duvieusart becomes Belgian premier |
| June 8 | Test Cricket debut of Ramadhin and Valentine (8-104 1st inn) vs. England |
| June 10 | 50th U.S. Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club PA |
| June 10 | 82nd Belmont: William Boland aboard Middleground wins in 2:28.6 |
| June 10 | Germany doesn't annex Oder-Neissegrens |
| June 11 | Ben Hogan wins U.S. Open golf tournament |
| June 12 | 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die |
| June 12 | Connie Mack named Honorary Manager of the All-Star Game |
| June 13 | South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act" |
| June 17 | 1st kidney transplant, Chicago |
| June 17 | Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria sign security pact |
| June 18 | Cleveland Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2 |
| June 20 | Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia |
| June 20 | Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yankees beat Indians 8-2 |
| June 21 | Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit |
| June 23 | Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4 |
| June 23 | Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women |
| June 23 | Yankees and Tigers hit record 11 home runs, Tigers win 10-9 |
| June 24 | Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA Western Women's Golf Open |
| June 24 | French government-Bidault resigns |
| June 24 | New York Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 home runs and a triple |
| June 25 | Israeli airline El Al begins service |
| June 25 | Johnny Pramesa (Reds) and Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park home runs |
| June 25 | Korean conflict begins; North Korea invades South Korea |
| June 25 | U.N. member states begin using integrated forces against North Korea |
| June 26 | President Gottwald of Czechoslovakia confirms Milada Horakova's death sentence |
| June 27 | 32nd PGA Championship: Chandler Harper at Scioto CC Columbus Ohio |
| June 27 | "Liar" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 12 performances |
| June 27 | North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict |
| June 27 | U.S. sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam |
| June 28 | "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden New York City for 278 performances |
| June 29 | U.S. beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994) |
| June 29 | West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin and Valentine |
| June 30 | U.S. General MacArthur visits front in South Korea and asks for U.S. troops |
| July 1 | 1st 407 U.S. soldiers flown to South Korea |
| July 1 | "Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 281 performances |
| July 1 | New York City bus fare rises to 10 cents equal to subway fare, combo fare at 15 cents |
| July 1 | WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| July 2 | Indian Bob Feller, wins his 200th game, 5-3 over Detroit |
| July 3 | 1st time U.S. and North Korean forces clash in Korean War |
| July 3 | Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances) |
| July 4 | Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4 |
| July 4 | Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution) |
| July 5 | Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel |
| July 6 | East Germany recognizes Oder-Neisse borders with Poland |
| July 7 | 1st Farnborough airshow held |
| July 7 | 64th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Budge Patty beats Sedgman (61 8-10 62 63) |
| July 7 | 79th British Golf Open: Bobby Locke shoots a 279 at Royal Troon |
| July 8 | 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record) |
| July 8 | 57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61) |
| July 8 | General Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, United Nations forces in Korea |
| July 8 | Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea |
| July 9 | 13.15" (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record) |
| July 10 | "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV |
| July 11 | 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chicago Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game |
| July 12 | Hague Council of Annulment convicts German war criminals W Lages, FH Van de Funten and F Fischer to death |
| July 12 | ILTF re-admit Germany and Japan in Davis Cup, Poland and Hungary withdraws |
| July 13 | Doctors remove 7 bone fragments from Ted Williams elbow |
| July 13 | Rene Pleven forms French government |
| July 14 | RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea |
| July 16 | Single day 16 team home run record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12) |
| July 16 | Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro |
| July 17 | Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka |
| July 19 | French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh |
| July 19 | New York Yankees obtain their 1st black players, Elston Howard and Frank Barnes |
| July 19 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Summi maeroris |
| July 20 | "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC) |
| July 22 | Frank Worrell completes 261 vs. England at Trent Bridge |
| July 22 | King Leopold, after 6 years in exile, returns to Belgium |
| July 24 | V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; 1st launch from Cape Canaveral |
| July 26 | Dodgers' Jim Russell is 1st to switch-hits home runs twice in a game |
| July 26 | KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites |
| July 27 | President Truman promises aid to Taiwan |
| July 29 | Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run |
| August 1 | 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons) |
| August 1 | American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule |
| August 1 | Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act) |
| August 1 | King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King |
| August 5 | Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title |
| August 5 | Florence Chadwick swims English Canal (13:23) |
| August 8 | Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open |
| August 9 | Lusty Song wins Hambletonian |
| August 11 | 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885) |
| August 11 | Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Brooklyn Dodger, 7-0 |
| August 11 | Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time |
| August 11 | King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium |
| August 12 | New York Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa |
| August 12 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Humani generis |
| August 13 | Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship |
| August 13 | President Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai |
| August 15 | 8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000 |
| August 15 | Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title |
| August 15 | Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium |
| August 15 | Indies Constitution goes into effect |
| August 15 | Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier |
| August 15 | President Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia |
| August 15 | Rotterdam harbor strike begins |
| August 16 | West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England |
| August 17 | Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands |
| August 17 | Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park home runs |
| August 19 | ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch) |
| August 22 | Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50) |
| August 22 | Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in national tennis competition |
| August 22 | Rotterdam harbor strike end |
| August 23 | Jack Holden wins marathon (2:32:12) |
| August 23 | West Germany and Japan readmitted to International Amateur Athletic Federation |
| August 24 | Edith Sampson named 1st black U.S. delegate to U.N. |
| August 24 | Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews |
| August 25 | President Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike |
| August 25 | Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title |
| August 26 | 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1) |
| August 27 | 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC |
| August 27 | General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist |
| August 28 | Earle and Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr |
| August 29 | International Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany and Japan in '52 |
| August 31 | Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 home runs and a single in a game vs Braves |
| September 1 | 13 North Korean divisions open assault on United Nations lines |
| September 1 | West Berlin granted a constitution |
| September 4 | 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines |
| September 4 | D McI Hodgson of St. Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna |
| September 4 | Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250 |
| September 5 | 64th U.S. Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63) |
| September 5 | 70th U.S. Mens Tennis: Art Larsen beats Herbert Flam (63 46 57 64 63) |
| September 5 | 98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown, Florida (state record) |
| September 7 | Monasteries shut down in Hungary |
| September 9 | 1st use of TV laugh track - Hank McCune |
| September 9 | Massive arrests of communists in France |
| September 9 | "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 293 performances |
| September 9 | "Where's Chartev?" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 792 performances |
| September 10 | Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 home run in a game at Griffith Stadium |
| September 11 | 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited |
| September 11 | 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton, Ohio |
| September 11 | "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts |
| September 11 | Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence |
| September 12 | Belgian government dismisses all communist civil servants |
| September 14 | Western allies rearm West Germany |
| September 15 | During Korean conflict, United Nations forces land at Inchon in South Korea |
| September 15 | East German premier Grotewohl pleads for German reunification |
| September 15 | For a record 6th time, New York Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 home runs in one game |
| September 15 | Longest game in Phila's Shribe Park, Phillies beat Reds 8-7 in 19 |
| September 15 | U.N. lands at Inchon to drive North Korean troops out of the south |
| September 15 | U.S. troop land on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul |
| September 16 | Cleveland Rams (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, beat Philadelphia 35-10) |
| September 16 | Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam |
| September 17 | San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, lose 21-17 |
| September 18 | Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher, receives dharma transmission |
| September 19 | European Payment Union forms in Paris |
| September 19 | Great Three acknowledge Bond government as only German government |
| September 19 | U.N. reject membership of China's People Republic |
| September 22 | Nobel peace prize awarded to Ralph J Bunche (1st black winner) |
| September 22 | Omar N. Bradley promoted to rank of 5-star general |
| September 23 | Patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open |
| September 23 | Philadelphia A's Joe Astroth is 4th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th) |
| September 23 | U.S. Mustangs accidentally bombs British on Hill 282 Korea, 17 killed |
| September 24 | "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel |
| September 26 | Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament |
| September 26 | Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England |
| September 26 | Phils pitcher Jim Konstanty makes record 71st appearance of year |
| September 26 | U.N. troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul |
| September 27 | Dr. Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize |
| September 27 | Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles KOs Joe Louis in New York City for heavyweight boxing title |
| September 28 | Indonesia becomes 60th member of UN |
| September 29 | New York Yankees clinch 2nd consecutive pennant under Casey Stengel |
| September 29 | Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories |
| September 29 | "Tin Pan Alley TV," last airs on ABC-TV |
| September 30 | 1st congress of International Astronautical Federation opens in Paris |
| September 30 | Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time |
| September 30 | WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, Tennessee (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| October 1 | Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), New York 6, Cleveland 0 |
| October 1 | Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning home run) |
| October 1 | South Korean troops exceed 38 degrees latitude |
| October 2 | 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers |
| October 2 | Bob Shaw of Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD receptions |
| October 2 | Chicago Cards Jim Hardy passes for 6 touchdowns vs Baltimore Colts (55-13) |
| October 2 | Mao Tse Tung proclaims in telegram to Stalin, China intervenes Korea |
| October 2 | Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases |
| October 3 | 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah) |
| October 3 | Baseball rules Phils lefty Curt Simmons cannot play in World Series despite his being on furlough from Army |
| October 3 | Indonesian army opens assault on Ambon, South Moluccas |
| October 4 | French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam |
| October 5 | "Pardon Our French" opens at Broadway Theater New York City for 100 performances |
| October 7 | New York Yankees sweep Philadelphia Phillies in 47th World Series |
| October 7 | U.S. forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel |
| October 7 | Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head |
| October 7 | Whitey Ford wins his 1st World Series game, 5-2 |
| October 7 | William H. Jackson, becomes deputy director of CIA |
| October 7 | Yankees win 13th world championship sweeping Phillies |
| October 8 | 4th NHL All-Star Game: Detroit beat All-Stars 7-1 at Detroit |
| October 8 | Cleveland Browns play Pittsburgh for 1st time, beat Steelers 30-17 |
| October 12 | "Call Me Madam" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 644 performances |
| October 14 | Reverend Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison |
| October 18 | Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years |
| October 19 | Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated |
| October 19 | U.N. forces entered Pyongyang, capital of North Korea |
| October 21 | Chinese forces occupy Tibet |
| October 21 | Death penality abolished in Belgium |
| October 21 | Patty Berg wins LPGA Hardscrabble Women's Golf Invitation |
| October 21 | Tom Powers of Duke scores 6 touchdowns |
| October 22 | Los Angeles Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27 |
| October 25 | Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life |
| October 25 | Jean Anouilh's "La Repetition, ou L'Amour Pani," premieres in Paris |
| October 25 | Sukarno appointed president of Republic Indonesia |
| October 26 | 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea |
| October 26 | Branch Rickey resigns as Brooklyn Dodger president |
| October 26 | Mother Teresa found her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India |
| October 26 | South Korean troops reach Chosan at Chinese boundary |
| October 27 | Paul Creston's 3rd Symphony "Triumph of St. Joan," premieres |
| October 29 | British minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns |
| October 29 | Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7 |
| October 29 | Wally Triplett avgs 735 yards on 3 kickoff returns |
| October 30 | David Diamond's 3rd Symphony, premieres |
| October 31 | Collazo and Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, D.C. |
| November 1 | 82 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov |
| November 1 | Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill President Truman at Blair House |
| November 2 | "Barrier" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City for 4 performances |
| November 2 | Phillies reliever Jim Konstanty wins NL MVP |
| November 4 | "Barrier" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 4 performances |
| November 4 | "Consul" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 269 performances |
| November 4 | Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon |
| November 4 | U.S. troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea |
| November 5 | Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record |
| November 5 | Philippines president Quirino ends emergency crisis |
| November 6 | Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as Vice President/General Manager of Pittsburgh Pirates |
| November 6 | Chinese offensive halts at Chongchon River, North Korea |
| November 6 | King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India |
| November 7 | Carlo Terron's "Processo Agli Innocenti," premieres in Milan |
| November 7 | French women and children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta |
| November 8 | 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War |
| November 8 | Boston Red Sox 1B Walt Dropo wins AL Rookie of Year |
| November 8 | In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place |
| November 8 | Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year |
| November 9 | Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year |
| November 9 | Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year |
| November 9 | White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930 |
| November 10 | After 9 years, Cleveland Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau |
| November 10 | Clifford Odet's "Country Girl," premieres in New York City |
| November 10 | Jacobo Arbenz Guzman elected President of Guatemala |
| November 10 | Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner |
| November 10 | Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar |
| November 12 | Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giant rushing record (218 yards) vs Chicago Cards |
| November 13 | U.S. win 1st world championship bridge contest |
| November 15 | Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey, Atlantic City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League |
| November 16 | Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops |
| November 16 | U.N. gets U.S. government approval to issue postage stamps |
| November 16 | U.S. President Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat |
| November 18 | South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions |
| November 19 | U.S. General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe |
| November 22 | 7,021 see lowest NBA score, Ft. Wayne Pistons 19, Minneapolis Lakers 18 |
| November 22 | 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills NY |
| November 23 | Howard Swanson's "Short Symphony," premieres |
| November 24 | "Guys and Dolls" opens at 46th St. Theater New York City for 1200 performances |
| November 24 | U.N. troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas |
| November 24 | U.S. infantry division conquerors Chonju, Korea |
| November 25 | 38th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 13-0 |
| November 25 | "Tickets, Please" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 245 performances |
| November 25 | U.N. gives Eritrea to Ethiopia |
| November 26 | China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River |
| November 27 | Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract |
| November 27 | Trial against RC clergy "imperialistic conspiracy" begins in Prague |
| November 28 | Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager |
| November 29 | National Council of Church of Christ in U.S. forms |
| November 30 | U.S. President Truman threatens China with atom bomb |
| December 2 | Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight |
| December 3 | Cleveland Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Philadelphia 13-7) |
| December 3 | Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts |
| December 3 | Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast |
| December 5 | Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title |
| December 5 | Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India |
| December 6 | Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud |
| December 10 | Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize |
| December 11 | Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract |
| December 11 | Hindemiths Concerto for clarinet, premieres |
| December 12 | 16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB) |
| December 12 | Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus and high school rule |
| December 13 | James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial |
| December 13 | "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 5 performances |
| December 14 | Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), and Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner |
| December 14 | "Bless You All" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 84 performances |
| December 14 | U.N. General Assembly establishes High Commission for Refugees (Nobel 1954) |
| December 15 | Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone to retain heavyweight boxing title |
| December 15 | New York City's Port Authority opens |
| December 16 | "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 5 performances |
| December 16 | Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism" |
| December 19 | General Eisenhower named NATO commander |
| December 19 | Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion |
| December 20 | "Harvey," starring James Stewart, premieres in NY |
| December 21 | Cole Porter's musical "Out of this World," premieres in New York City |
| December 21 | "Out of This World" opens at New Century Theater New York City for 157 performances |
| December 22 | 2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77 |
| December 24 | Cleveland Browns win NFL championship, beat LA 30-28 |
| December 25 | Cleveland Browns beat Los Angeles Rams 30-28 in NFL championship game |
| December 25 | Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey and smuggled back to Scotland |
| December 25 | Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart |
| December 26 | Gillette and Mutual buy All Star and World Series rights ($6M for 6 yrs) |
| December 28 | Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea |
| December 30 | Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states in France Union |
| December 31 | Jockeys W Shoemaker and Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year |
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