Clues:
Gen. Douglas MacArthur is relieved of his command; The Weavers’ “On Top of Old Smoky” is #6 on Billboard’s year-end chart; Anjelica Huston is born & William Randolph Hearst dies; All About Eve wins Best Picture at Oscars; Mel Ott & Jimmie Foxx elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame; Bobby Thomson hits historic homer for New York Giants to down Brooklyn Bums; and “Dennis the Menace” comic strip debuts in U.S.
