<Li> Television is becoming widespread throughout Europe and North America . </Li> <Li> North Korea and South Korea declare war after Northern forces stream south on June 25 . </Li> <Li> Marilyn Monroe soars in popularity with five new movies, including The Asphalt Jungle and All About Eve . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Rosenbergs, married couple Ethel and Julius, convicted on June 19 of espionage . </Li> <Li> H - Bomb: The United States is in the middle of developing the hydrogen bomb as a nuclear weapon; it would be first tested in late 1952 . </Li> <Li> Sugar Ray Robinson, a champion boxer, defeats Jake LaMotta in the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre". </Li> <Li> Panmunjom, the border village in Korea, is the location of truce talks between the parties of the Korean War . </Li> <Li> Marlon Brando is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in A Streetcar Named Desire . </Li> <Li> The King and I, the musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, opens on Broadway on March 29 . </Li> <Li> The Catcher in the Rye, a controversial novel by J.D. Salinger, is published . </Li> </Ul>

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