February 27, 1951
By the winter of 1951, Truman was in the White House and the federal minimum wage stood at $0.75/hr — and the United States Senate had just voted to ask the United Nations to bar Communist China from membership, a direct consequence of Chinese forces fighting against American troops in Korea. On the entertainment front, Patti Page's "The Tennessee Waltz" was sitting at the top of the music charts, while moviegoers were lining up to see "Harvey," the box office hit starring Jimmy Stewart. The Los Angeles Rams were the NFL champions that season, and on February 25, athletes from across the Western Hemisphere gathered in Buenos Aires for the opening of the first Pan American Games, a landmark international sporting event that would go on to become a permanent fixture in the Americas.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — February 27, 1951
NY Times Headlines — Week of February 27, 1951
Turkey Invites U.S. To Join Treaty Of Mutual Aid With Britain, France; Turks Bid U.S. Join Mutual Aid Treaty Praised Turks Highly
West Speeds Army; Aims For Force By Mid-August To Blunt An Attack By Russians Air Power Figures Highly 13 Divisions And Six Brigades Of Troops Are Slated To Be In Germany This Summer Other Allies To Aid West Set To Blunt A Soviet '51 Attack
U.S. Invites Soviet To Support Census Of Arms In World; Says Such Survey Would End Controversy Over Military Might Of East And West Atomic Bombs Excluded Nash Tells U.N. Disarmament Group Washington Would Approve Investigation
Bush Says A-Bomb Can Wreck Soviet; Scientist Asserts That Means No War Now--Asks Strong Ground Forces In Europe Mentions Nevada Blasts Bush Says A-Bomb Can Wreck Soviet
Quick Troops Vote Urged By Bradley; Europe At A 'Crisis'; General Says Next 30 Days May Bring Vital Decisions On Atlantic Defenses Opposes Voice For House Declares Delay Might Hamper Eisenhower--Training Bill Up In Senate Today Voting Due To Start Today Quick Troops Vote Urged By Bradley Taft For Four-Year Limit Conflict On 18-Year-Olds
World Events — February 1951
Time Person of the Year — 1951
On the radio
Billboard Charts — February 27, 1951
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1950–51 Season
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — February 27, 1951
On the field
Sports Champions — February 27, 1951
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