Documents in Year 1946                     

Links of Interest:

• Harry S. Truman, Thirty-third U.S. President

(1945-1953) Naval Aide 1945-1946 was:

James K. Vardaman





• Statehood

48 Continental United States of America, see 1959 for next addition

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• Education: Elementary Enrollment Increases
  Kindergarten and elementary schools enrollment increased 37% from 17.7 million to 24.3 million between 1946-1956 due to the "baby boom" generation after World War II.  A court case in California Mendez vs. Westminster School District was won by the plaintiff, Mendez, which stopped segregation of Mexican children in separate schools.  A year later this trickled down to Asians and Native Americans. Eventually Blacks also were integrated into white schools after Brown vs. Board of Education in Topkea in 1954.
  
  Source: Foundations of American Education, Sixth Edition page 165 / L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha. Published by Pearson Education. 2010 see 1950 for next event...

• Food: Instant coffee arrives. Enter Tupperware. Minute Maid launches frozen orange juice concentrate. French's introduces instant mashed potatoes.
  Anderson, Jean American Century Cookbook. p 243 & 247