It didn't last long. Sheffield Farms of New York begins using wax paper cartons instead of glass bottles for milk delivery. The U.S.S.R.'s first ambassador to the U.S. arrives in New York. Six-thousand pastors in Berlin defy the Nazis insisting that they will not be muzzled. Two siege of Bataan began.
Hostile demonstrations welcome Eisenhower to Paris talks on European defense strategy.
Marian Anderson became the first African-American to sing at New York's Metropolitan Opera. Marian Anderson was 53 before she got this opportunity. The United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba. First Class postage raised from 4 cents to 5 cents. First Class postage raised from 5 cents to 6 cents.