Modern Era · North America · Politics
1951
Truman fires MacArthur
April 11, 1951
After General Douglas MacArthur publicly advocated expanding the Korean War into China with nuclear weapons, President Truman relieved him of command. MacArthur returned to an American hero's welcome and a Joint Session of Congress, where he said, Old soldiers never die, they just fade away. Civilian control of the military had been asserted.
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Also in 1951 (3 other events on record)
- Japan signs San Francisco Peace Treaty · East Asia · Politics
- Catcher in the Rye published · North America · Culture
- Twenty-second Amendment ratified · North America · Politics
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Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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