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Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union escalated in 1946, marking the early stages of the Cold War. Winston Churchill’s famous “Iron Curtain” speech on March 5, 1946, highlighted the growing divide between the Western powers and the Soviet-controlled Eastern Bloc.
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The World Health Organization was established on April 7, 1946, as a specialized agency of the United Nations focused on international public health.
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The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was created on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries devastated by World War II.
On Campus
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The Board of Trustees meets and bestows names on many campus sites. Morrison Road is named for William S. Morrison, the first professor of history at Clemson. Further, the Main Building will now be named Tillman Hall for Benjamin Ryan Tillman, South Carolina governor, United States senator and life trustee of the college. Barracks No. 1 is named Simpson Hall in honor of Richard W. Simpson, the man who drew up the Thomas G. Clemson will and who served as the first chairman of the Board of Trustees. Barracks No. 2 is now named Johnstone Hall for State Senator Alan Johnstone of Newberry, former president of the Clemson Board of Trustees.
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