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- Brink's robbery in Boston; almost $3 million stolen (Jan. 17).
- Truman orders development of hydrogen bomb (Jan. 31).
- Robert Schuman proposes Schuman Plan to pool European coal and steel (May 9)
- Korean War begins when North Korean Communist forces invade South Korea (June 25).
- Assassination attempt on President Truman by Puerto Rican nationalists (Nov. 1).
- McCarthyism begins.
- Senator Joseph McCarthy warns of communist infiltration of State Department Failed
assassination attempt on President Truman by Puerto Rican nationalists
- Congress passes laws that restrict communists and communist parties in the U.S.
- Accused communist spy Alger Hiss convicted of perjury
- National Council of Churches formed.
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