1946

When the Army is restricted from employing the latest and greatest technology on the battlefield, it is usually because of the cost of the item or the time it would take to procure and distribute new equipment. Sometimes, lack of interest in a useful piece of equipment will prevent it from being funded and used. Prior to the Korean War, none of these three restrictions served as the obstacle that blocked the Army from maximizing the potential for aviation assets, even as incredible…

United States. The first and so far, the only, President to resign from office. From his poor origins, he rose to an astounding height before his equally astounding fall. In six years, he went from oblivion to fame, winning the congressional race of 1946, national preeminence in the Alger Hiss spy case of 1948, a Senate seat in 1950, vice president in 1952 and finally, after losing the presidency to John F. Kennedy in 1960, the presidency in 1969. Having attained such prominence in a very short…

On the night of January 7, 1946, Suzanne was kidnapped from her bedroom. After her parents were unable to find her, they called 911. Police went to the crime scene and found no type of evidence, except a ransom note, that was left behind by the offender, requesting twenty thousand…

In 1904, the Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Physical Deterioration found that over 120,000 children in London and approximately 15-16 percent in Manchester and similar cities, were underfed (Simon, 1965). As a result, the report stated ‘that the time has come when the State should realize the necessity of ensuring adequate nourishment to children in attendance at school’ remarking that subjecting ‘half-starved children to the processes of education’ was at the ‘height of cruelty’…

In the article “From the Physician to the Marlboro Man: Masculinity, Health, and Cigarette Advertising in America, 1946-1964” the authors Cameron White, John L. Oliffe, and Joan L Bottorff discuss the changing of American masculinity ideals after WWII and how they changed over time based on how cigarette advertisements changed over time. He starts by describing what makes a cigarette so powerful as a commodity. Commodities, the authors argue, are full of values and can change a person’s…

Richard Dickey Scruggs is a famed Mississippi tort lawyer, who was born on May 17, 1946, grew up in Pascagoula, Mississippi. He was raised by his mother, because his father left the family when Scruggs was five years old. His mother worked as a legal secretary at the Ingalls shipyard. Dickie is known for tobacco and asbestos case and amassed more than 1 billion in judgments against various companies. According Joseph B. Treaster, Scruggs became one of the richest America lawyers, by forcing…

Numerous events have happened in Canada’s 20th century to become the country it is known as today. A major event that formed Canada was the World War one because it pushed women to fight for their rights. Additionally, by 1982, equality and freedoms extended to others as well through the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In the 20th and 21st century, there are some minor similarities in the jobs and unions. However, the differences between the status of women and feelings towards immigrants are…

Manhattan in 1940, Lichtenstein joined The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. His college studies were interjected in 1943, when he was drafted and sent to Europe for World War II. After his wartime service, Lichtenstein returned to Ohio State in 1946 to finish his undergraduate degree and master's degree both in fine arts. He temporarily taught at Ohio State before moving to Cleveland and working as a window display designer for a department store, an industrial designer and a commercial…

Gallagher observes that the show is designed for the baby boomer generation, those people born between 1946 and 1964, and the concerns they have within society today. Messaging throughout the episodes is found to reflect the historical messaging of the triumph of justice, a distain for single-parenthood relationships, and a familial aspect to the workplace…

Throughout the course of human history, war and conflict have brought about unconventional and often controversial methods and tactics. From the unprecedented uprising that was the American Revolution, to the invasion of Mexico in 1846, to the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United States has no doubt seen its own fair share of controversy surrounding wartime decisions. The Vietnam conflict was no different. After initially offering France support in Vietnam, the United…