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*[[1948]] – Swiss chemist [[Paul Hermann Müller|Paul Müller]] is awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of [[DDT]].
*[[1949]] – An [[Air France]] [[Lockheed L-749 Constellation|Lockheed Constellation]] [[1949 Air France Lockheed Constellation crash|crashes]] in the Azores killing all people on board, including the French former middleweight world champion boxer [[Marcel Cerdan]] and French violinist [[Ginette Neveu]]
*[[1956]] – [[Elvis Presley]] receives a [[Polio vaccine|polio vaccination]] on national TV. This single event is credited with raising immunization levels in the United States from 0.6% to over 80% in just six months.
*[[1958]] – [[John XXIII]] is elected [[Pope]].
*[[1962]] – End of [[Cuban Missile Crisis]]: Soviet Premier [[Nikita Khrushchev]] orders the removal of Soviet missiles from [[Cuba]].
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