World Events

Harry Truman

Polaroid Highlander

Jackie Robinson

• Secretary of State George Marshall outlines the Marshall Plan providing economic recovery to Europe following World War II

• Marlon Brando stars on Broadway in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire.

• US scientist Edwin Land demonstrates a new device, the Polaroid camera, to the Optical Society of America.

• President Truman signs the National Security Act into law creating the CIA, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and National Security Council.

• Meet the Press debuts on NBC.

• Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American in the major leagues when he signs with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Life Details

• Pastor Thomas performed the wedding ceremony at Ivy Creek Methodist Church for Gordon and Glennis Cook at 7pm on May 7, 1948.  Winnie Marshall (Tommy Marshall’s mother) and Glennis’ Aunt decorated the church with flowers from Mrs. Marshall’s garden.  It happened to also be Winnie's birthday.