The Hughes H-4 Hercules, also known as the "Spruce Goose", had its one and only flight when Howard Hughes and a crew flew it for eight minutes. It is the largest flying boat ever built and has the largest wingspan of any aircraft in history.
The Battle of Badgam was fought during the Indo-Pakistani War. One company of 4th Battalion, Kumaon Regiment was decimated but halted the momentum of the Pakistani attackers and gained time for Indian forces to fly in and save the Kashmir Valley.
Sentences were handed down in the Pohl trial. Four defendants, including Oswald Pohl, were sentenced to death by hanging for war crimes. Three were acquitted and the remaining eleven received sentences of imprisonment for various lengths of time.
The US State Department published a 52-page booklet titled "Aspects of Current American Foreign Policy". The pamphlet blamed Russia's uncompromising attitude for the failure to secure world peace and acknowledged the possibility of Germany remaining permanently divided if the great powers could not reach an agreement.[12]
George S. Patton's wartime memoirs, War As I Knew It, were posthumously published.[13]
The United Nations Political Committee voted to send a special UN commission to Korea to lead the nation toward political freedom. The Soviet bloc refused to participate in the vote, making it plain that the commission would only be allowed to operate in the US-controlled southern zone of Korea.[14]
Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov told an audience in Moscow that the secret of the atomic bomb "has long ceased to exist." Most American authorities took the statement to mean that Russia had learned the technique of making the bomb but did not necessarily have one.[11]
Five people died in three train crashes in London as thick fog enveloped the city.[15]
Canada formally invited Newfoundland to join the Dominion as a province.[2]
The first episode of the television news and interview program Meet the Press aired on NBC. It is the longest-running television program in US history.
The thirtieth anniversary of the October Revolution was observed. The traditional military parade through Moscow's Red Square was notable for a complete absence of foreign-made weapons or other equipment.[17]
British Food MinisterJohn Stratchey announced that starting November 10, sales of potatoes would be limited to 3 lb. per week per adult. Children under five would get 1½ lb. and expectant mothers 4½ lb. The announcement was the result of a shortage caused by the worst drought in 50 years.[18][19]
US Secretary of State George Marshall told Congress that the cost of preventing Communist domination of Europe was $597 million in immediate stopgap aid and another $16–20 billion over the next four years.[21]
The American military government in Germany announced a comprehensive new law designed to return property worth an estimated 13.5 billion marks to Jews and other victims of Nazi discrimination.[22]
A Romanian military tribunal found ex-prime minister Iuliu Maniu guilty of treason and sentenced him to solitary confinement for life. Eighteen associates of Maniu were also given prison sentences of varying severity.[23]
Professional wrestler Gorgeous George almost instantly became a celebrity when he made his first television appearance in a broadcast by KTLA from the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.[24][25]
During a press conference, Charles de Gaulle called for an alliance of France, Britain and the United States to stem world communism and promote the reconstruction of Europe. Asked if he believed whether a Third World War was in the making, he replied: "It would be crazy not to look facts in the face and not to keep our eyes open to realities. A new war is a possibility. It is only a possibility, but we must face that possibility and prepare for it."[26]
In France, the communist-led general trade union federation called a general strike which would last, with varying degrees of success, until December 10.[27]
The National Coal Board in Britain reached an agreement with unions to raise the pay of underground workers by 15 shillings a week and surface workers by 10 shillings. Basic wages were now £5 a week for underground workers and £4 for above-ground men.[30]
InRome, an unexpected three-hour transportation strike suddenly started at noon at the instruction of the Communist-directed Chamber of Labor. Two workers were reported killed in fighting.[33][34]
A small blockade runner from France managed to land 182 Jewish refugees on the Palestinian shore near Nahariya. The passengers were all specially selected youth who disembarked and disappeared.[35]
The Kadima, a refugee ship from Italy carrying 794 Jews to Palestine, was intercepted by the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Venus. The passengers would be taken to Cyprus.[37]
German composer Wilhelm Furtwängler was attacked by fifty former concentration camp inmates as he was entering the MusikvereininVienna to conduct a concert. Despite having been cleared by all four occupying powers as well as the Austrian government during the denazification process, Furtwängler was booed and manhandled by the angry mob until a Russian guard fired into the air. A disruption inside the hall then delayed the concert for 45 minutes until the protestors were removed by Austrian police.[38]
President Harry S. Truman asked Congress for the authority to reimpose price controls, rationing and wage controls to prevent national economic calamity.[11]
Six ammunition warehouses exploded at a US munitions depot in Yokohama, Japan. An American army officer and three Japanese workers were reported injured in the explosions that were heard as far away as Tokyo.[39]
The 31.31 carat Amati diamond, the 11th largest in the world and worth $100,000, was among the $200,000 in loot robbed at gunpoint from the ex-wife of the late newspaperman Damon RunyoninDartmouth, Massachusetts.[40]
King George VI awarded the Dukedom of Edinburgh to Lt. Philip Mountbatten and decreed that he would be known henceforth as "His Royal Highness", restoring the royal rank Philip had surrendered when he took British citizenship.[42]
Ten days of communist-directed strikes and violence began to subside in Italy as the general strike in the Province of Bari was called off. 22 people had died in the fighting.[45][27]
The House Un-American Activities Committee declared a list of "unfriendly witnesses" who had refused to answer questions about alleged communist influence within the film industry. These witnesses would become known as the Hollywood Ten.[47]
Linotype printers of the International Typographical Union went on strike in Chicago. The city's six daily newspapers remained in production by switching over to photoengraving. The strike would last 22 months, making it one of the longest in history against a group of city newspapers.[48][49]
The London Conference ran into trouble early when Molotov assailed the western democracies as imperialist warmongers while Marshall replied that Molotov did not believe his own accusations.[11]
President Truman commuted the mail fraud sentence of Boston Mayor James Curley to the five months already served.[51]
The last indictments in the Nuremberg Trials were filed. Thirteen generals and one admiral were charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity.[27]
Italy and Yugoslavia signed a five-year trade accord worth $250 million US.[55]
Jews in Tel Aviv celebrated the United Nations resolution by dancing in the streets during the early hours of the morning.[57]World Zionist Organization President David Ben-Gurion called the establishment of a sovereign Jewish nation state in the ancient Jewish homeland an act of historical justice.[58]
Arab-Israeli Conflict begins. Arabs in Mandatory Palestine react to the United Nations resolution with protests and scattered violence. The Arab Higher Committee declares a strike and vows further action.[59][60]
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