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U.S. President Truman signs Executive Order 9981, ending racial segregation in the United States Armed Forces. Turnip Day Session – Truman exhorts 80th United States Congress to pass legislation; July 31: At Idlewild Field in New York City, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
Title 3 U.S.C. "The President" Act, 1948 is a United States federal statute formalizing the liabilities of the Executive Office of the President of the United States.The Act of Congress authored the Title 3 United States Code legitimatized by volume sixty-two being de facto chapter six hundred and forty-four bound in the United States Statutes at Large.
The 1948 State of the Union Address was given by Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, on Wednesday, January 7, 1948, to the 80th United States Congress in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. [1] It was Truman's third State of the Union Address.
In United States history, four periods of widespread Constitutional criticism have been characterized by the idea that specific political powers belong to state governments and not to the federal government—a doctrine commonly known as states' rights. At each stage, states' rights advocates failed to develop a preponderance in public opinion ...
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed to the presidency upon his predecessor's death and be elected to a full term.
Including the Bill of Rights, only 27 amendments have received the necessary approval from the states to be added to the Constitution. 5) It's super short ...At least compared to other documents.
May 26 – The United States Congress passes Public Law 557 which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as the auxiliary of the United States Air Force. May 28 – Daniel François Malan defeats Jan Smuts and becomes Prime Minister of South Africa , which starts the era of apartheid (which is finally dismantled by F. W. de Klerk in 1994 ).
ConstitutionFacts.com: Fascinating Facts About the U.S. Constitution National Constitution Center : Fast Facts United States Constitution, rolled in a scroll on a vintage American flag and rustic ...