On July 1 in U S Political History
Part V
Part V
On July 1st in 1945 New York established the New York State Commission Against Discrimination to prevent discrimination in employment because of race, creed or natural origin; it was the first such agency in the United States.
On July 1st in 1946 The United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean. The energy released by any one of the ten or so major earthquakes every year is about 1,000 times as much as the Bikini atomic bomb.
On July 1st in 1948 New York International Airport at Idlewild, later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport, was officially opened.
On July 1st in 1950 American ground troops arrived in South Korea to stem the tide of the advancing North Korean army.
On July 1st in 1950 The EPU came into being, by agreement of the country members of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC). The latter had replaced the original Committee of European Economic Cooperation (CEEC), in April, 1948, and is an organization of European recipients of U.S. economic assistance.
On July 1st in 1963 The U.S. Post Office inaugurated its five-digit ZIP codes.
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