He gained admission, as a graduate student, only after suing. Supreme Court rules religious instruction in public schools unconstitutional. UK basketball team wins its first NCAA title. WAVE becomes first commercial TV station in Kentucky. Citation wins Triple Crown.
Streetcar service ends in Louisville.
1949 Soviet Union conducts A-bomb tests. Racial apartheid instituted in South Africa. Communist Mao Tse-tung becomes leader of China. Germany divided into two nations. Silly Putty introduced.