1947

Compare and contrast US and Soviet policies in Germany between 1945 and 1947 After Germany was defeated, the Allied powers agreed on turning Germany into a four state country and they removed the old government. In those states they implemented policies in each zone; however some policies were abandoned such as reparations. The US and Soviet Union policies that were created between 1945-47 opposed each other and contrasted, these lead to relations between them getting worse or tensions…

“The date which will live in infamy,” December 7, 1941, was everything that Franklin D. Roosevelt feared during his vision in 1937, during the Japanese invasion of Manchurian China. Roosevelt recognized that the rise and militarization of air power made the world much smaller. The Atlantic and Pacific Oceans had been an adequate protective zone for much of the United States’ history, but that was rapidly changing. Similarly, the rapid change in Europe towards totalitarian governments gave…

Zone. It has two additional sections, one for Tweets and one that rotates through six interesting articles. About CIA. About CIA explains the creation of the Central Intelligence Agency. President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act in 1947. This was the beginning of the CIA. Hovering over the About CIA header has several categories that are called the following: (a) Todays CIA, (b) Leadership, (c) CIA Vision, Mission, Ethos and Challenges, (d) Headquarters Tour, (e) CIA Museum,…

Australia have been changing since 1947. That change has detected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and the census data shows significant changes in the religious affiliations. Fig1 shows that the Christians represent the biggest part of the Australian population; it also illustrates the percentage of religious affiliation in 2001-2006-2011 which has been steadily changing. Some of the changes are: the decline in the numbers of Christian believers from 87.3 % in 1947 to 61.7 % in 2011, the…

The next great event of 1947 happened in America’s Pastime of Major League Baseball. In 1947, baseball was separated by skin color just like most places in the U.S. during this time. The whites played in the MLB while the blacks had their own league, the Negro League. This was how baseball was played until a man by the name of Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers team. If Robinson could become good enough to play in the MLB for the Dodgers, he would be the “major leagues’ first…

Baseball. Racism. Color Barrier. Civil rights Movements have had a huge impact on our world today. Some save lives and some change lives. In 1947 Jackie Robinson changed the game of baseball forever. In 1947 Jackie Robinson became the most popular baseball player to ever step on the diamond. Jackie Robinson: Desegregation begins with a baseball states that “The full impact he made on baseball and desegregation in this country can never be fully determined.” Robinson had the largest…

Group 8 American Media Dr. Foss 11 November 2014 Roswell July 8th 1947 On July 8th 1947 an unidentified flying object crashed at a ranch in Roswell, New Mexico. The owner of the ranch has remained officially unnamed, but witnesses Mr. and Mrs. Wilmot. Initially Mr. Wilmot decided not to let anyone know what he saw thinking that a sight like that was seen by someone else. He eventually told the officials at the RAAF (Roswell Army Air Field) of what he had seen. Eventually when word spread of…

The 1947 Atlantic hurricane season was the first Atlantic hurricane season to have tropical storms named by the United States Air Force. The season officially began on June 16, 1947, and ended on November 1, 1947. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin. However, the first tropical cyclone developed on June 13, while the final system was absorbed by a cold front on December 1. There were 10 tropical storms; 5 of them…

Jackie Robinson made a big impact on all sports especially baseball. He broke the sport's color barrier in 1947. He played for the dodgers for 10 years. On 1947 April ,15 Jackie made his debut for the Brooklyn dodgers. He batted 0-2 with 1 walk and 2 stolen bases. Jackie Robinson was a big impact on sports. Jackie Roosevelt Robinson was born January 31, 1919 in Cairo Georgia. He was the youngest of all 5 of his siblings. When he was 6 months old his father left. His mom , Millie raised all her…

In 1947 an usual event took place. It was said that a farmer found the debris of a UFO in his sheep pasture in Roswell, New Mexico, but other beliefs say that it was a weather balloon launched off by the U.S. Military. This is what commence of the Roswell UFO case. Looking over the starting of the case, and the different testimonies, this all leads up to the modern day thoughts and beliefs people had and still have to this day on aliens and UFO cases. It was the summer of 1947 when the debris…