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The controversial career of Joseph R. McCarthy began on the night of Feb. 9, 1950, in Wheeling, W. Va., when he declared he had the names of 205 (later reduced to 57) Communists in the State Department.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- President Eisenhower gave his personal congratulations for a "very splendid job" today to Senator Arthur V. Watkins, Chairman of the Special Senate ...
A E Stevenson urges Adm join Dems to take Asia out of US party pol as 1st step in good foreign policy, s
RETMA exec Secrest repts orgn will press for tariff rise to 35% on imports; cites growing competition from Brit and W Ger exporters
1954Hanif Kureishi, English author and playwright[†]
Hanif Kureishi is a British Pakistani playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, and novelist. He is known for his Oscar-nominated screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette and novel The Buddha of Suburbia.
In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]