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Politics
Mahatma Gandhi
was
killed
in
January
, aged 79.
In the Near East, the
Yom Kippur War
breaks out following
Israel's Declaration of Independence
or
al-Nakba
on May 15.
The
Republic of Ireland
is declared as an independent state, independence from Britain was already achieved in 1921.
Negotiations to reunify Korea end. The
south
holds
elections
for a new president. In September, the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
was formed in the north with
Kim Il Sung
as its leader.
Sports
Summer
Olymics
at
London
,
England
with 4,000 athletes participated, representing 59
countries
, the first Games since
1936
due to
WWII
.
Winter Olympics at
St. Moritz
,
Switzerland
.
Science
and
Inventions
On
July
1, the
Bell Laboratories
unveiled the
transistor
, a joint invention by
William Shockley
,
John Bardeen
, and
Walter Brattain
.
IBM announces the
Selective
Sequence
Electronic
Calculator
(SSEC), their first
large-scale
digital calculating machine. The SSEC is the first
computer
that can modify a stored
program
, and featured 12,000
vacuum tubes
and 21,000
electromechanical relays
.
Peter Carl Goldmark
invented the
LP record
.
Bar codes were invented by
Bernard Silver
and
Norman Woodland
Literature
George Orwell
wrote 1984 in this year. (The title was created by
swapping
the last two digits, it was first released in
1949
)
Nobel Prizes
Physics
: Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of
nuclear physics
and
cosmic radiation
Chemistry
:
Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius
, for his research on
electrophoresis
and adsorption analysis, especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum
proteins
Medicine
: Paul Hermann Müller, for his discovery of the high efficiency of
DDT
as a
contact poison
against several
arthropods
Literature
:
Thomas Stearns Eliot
, for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day
poetry
Oscars
a.k.a Academy Awards
Best Picture:
Gentleman's Agreement
(
Darryl Francis Zanuck
, producer)
Best Actor in a Leading Role:
Ronald Colman
for
A Double Life
Best Actress in a Leading Role:
Loretta Young
for
The Farmer's Daughter
Best Director:
Elia Kazan
for
Gentleman's Agreement
Strange Facts
The
HMS Furious
, the worlds first
aircraft carrier
was scrapped.
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