82nd United States Congress - Major Events

Major Events

• March 29, 1951: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. On April 5 they are sentenced to receive the death penalty.
• April 11, 1951: U.S. President Harry S Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his Far Eastern commands.
• September 5, 1951: Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan to formally end the Pacific War.
• October 24, 1951: U.S. President Harry Truman declares an official end to war with Germany.
• November 10, 1951: Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
• December 31, 1951: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $13.3 billion USD in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.
• March 29, 1952: U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces that he will not seek reelection.
• June 19, 1952: The Special Forces are created.
• July 25, 1952: Puerto Rico became a Commonwealth of the United States, an unincorporated organized territory, with the ratification of its constitution.
• November 4, 1952: United States presidential election, 1952: Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Democrat Adlai Stevenson, and the National Security Agency is founded.