Newsreel: 82nd Congress Opens - 1951

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The Eighty-second 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, DC from January 3, 1951 to January 3, 1953, during the last two years of the second administration of U.S. President Harry S. Truman. 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. March 29, 1951: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. On April 5 they are sentenced to receive the death penalty. April 11, 1951: U.S. President Harry S Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his Far Eastern commands. September 5, 1951: Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan to formally end the Pacific War. October 10, 1951: Mutual Security Act, ch. 479, 65 Stat. 373 October 24, 1951: U.S. President Harry Truman declares an official end to war with Germany. November 10, 1951: Direct dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States. December 31, 1951: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $13.3 billion USD in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.