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1946-1950: Harvard and Beyond

Truman calls for $40 million of aid for Greece and Turkey before a join session of Congress.

Hungarian engineer in England invents holography.

The transistor is invented (will replace vacuum tubes).

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The zoom lens covers World Series baseball championship for television.

1949:

The Soviet Union successfully detonates an atomic bomb.

Mao Tse-Tung and Communist forces take control of China, ousting the Nationalist government.

Network television begins in U.S.

1950:

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