Henkels & McCoy completes a long term airfield lighting project for US
Naval Air Stations along the East Coast in Virginia, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Delaware... H&M expands on an existing tree trimming and
removal program using new power driven tools and mechanized equipment to
help clear lines for utility companies from Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Maryland and Delaware.
February 6
Her Royal Highness, the Princess
Elizabeth ascends to the throne as Queen of England upon the death of her
father, King George VI.
February 26
Nuclear Family? And then there were Three.
Britain announces that it too, possesses atomic weapons. Right: a diagram
for an elaborate family-sized nuclear bomb shelter.
March 10
Batista seizes control of the Cuban government.
April 28
Allied occupation of Japan ends.
June 21
United States deploys first nuclear submarine.
September 4
Smog in London kills 4,000. Right: A 1960s era respirator mask
designed for use in the smog filled skies in and around Los Angeles,
California.
September 23
U.S. Representative Richard M. Nixon's famous "Checkers" speech saves his
political hide and keeps him on the Eisenhower ticket.
November 1
US tests first hydrogen bomb on Eniwetok, an atoll in the Marshall
Islands.
November 4
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, hero of D-Day and former Supreme Allied
Commander in the European Theatre of Operations, is elected President,
defeating Adlai Stevenson.
Link to the American Museum of the Moving Image's "Living Room Candidate"
Web site. Hear the
Eisenhower Presidential Campaign song featured in Roy Disney's
animated television commercial for Ike, plus additional advertising
commercials used in Presidential contests from 1952 through 1996.
November 20
First commercial airline flight over the North Pole.
November 29
President-Elect Eisenhower goes to Korea to seek end to hostilities.
December 28
Detroit Lions maul the Cleveland Browns 17-7 for NFL championship. It's
the first title for the Lions in 17 years.
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