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1.7 July-September

July 4 - After over 400 years, the Philippines achieves full independence.
July 5 - The bikini is introduced.
July 7 - Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first American saint to be canonized.
July 21 - Bomb of Irgun Zvai Leumi explodes in Jerusalem.
July 22 - King David Hotel bombing: Irgun bombs King David Hotel in Jerusalem, headquarters of the British civil and military administration killing 90.
July 25 - Nuclear testing: In the first underwater test of the atomic bomb, the surplus USS Saratoga is sunk near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean when the United States detonates the " Baker Day " device.
July 25 - At Club 500 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis stage their first show as a comedy team.
August 19 - Violence between Muslims and Hindus in Calcutta – 3000 dead.
August 25 - Ben Hogan wins PGA Championship
September 4 - Street violence between Muslims and Hindus in Bombay.
September 8 - Bulgaria declared a People's Republic after a referendum – King Simeon II leaves.
September 28 - George II of Greece returns to Athens

1.8 October-November

October 2 - Communists take over in Bulgaria
October 13 - France adopts the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
October 15 - Nuremberg Trials: Founder of the Gestapo and recently convicted Nazi war criminal, Hermann Göring, poisons himself hours before his scheduled execution.
October 23 - United Nations' first meeting in Long Island.
November 8 - Vietnamese riot in Haiphong and clash with French troops. French cruiser Suffren opens fire. 6000 Vietnamese killed.
November 12 - Truce between Indonesian nationalist troops and Dutch army in Indonesia.
November 12 - A branch of the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, Illinois opens the first ten drive-up teller window s.
November 15 - Netherlands recognized Republic of Indonesia.
November 19 - Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden joins the United Nations
November 27 - Cold War: Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeals to the United States and the Soviet Union to end nuclear testing and to start nuclear disarmament, stating that such an action would "save humanity from the ultimate disaster."

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