The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee" id="mw6g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="House Un-American Activities Committee">House Un-American Activities Committee</a> holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittaker_Chambers" id="mw6w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Whittaker Chambers">Whittaker Chambers</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_Hiss" id="mw7A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alger Hiss">Alger Hiss</a>.