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The Eighty-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1949 to January 3, 1951, during the fifth and sixth years of Harry S. Truman's presidency. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixteenth Census of the United States in 1940. Both chambers had a Democratic majority. ==Major events== * January 20, 1949: Inauguration of President Truman and Vice President Barkley * August 16, 1949: Office of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff created * January 21, 1950: Accused communist spy Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury * January 31, 1950: President Truman ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949 * June 27, 1950: Korean War: President Truman ordered American military forces to aid in the defense of South Korea 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「81st United States Congress」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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