Central Intelligence Agency. The Department of War becomes the Department of the Army, a branch of the new Department of Defense. September 22 – The Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties (Cominform) is founded by the International Communist Movement. September 30 – Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations. October October The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigations into communism in Hollywood. First recorded use of the word computer in its modern sense, referring to an electronic digital machine. October 1 – The North American F-86 Sabre jet fighter aircraft makes its first flight. October 5 – President Harry S. Truman delivers the first televised White House address, speaking on the world food crises. October 14 1947 Jammu massacres: Riots Alleged 20,000–100,000 people killed in princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. United States Air Force test pilot Captain Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 rocket plane faster than the speed of sound, the first time it has been accomplished. October 20 – A war begins in Kashmir, along the border between India and Pakistan, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948. Also, Pakistan establishes diplomatic relations with the United States of America. October 24 – The first Azad Kashmir Government is established within Pakistan, headed by Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan as its first President supported by the government of Pakistan. October 30 – The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is established. November November 2 – In Long Beach, California, designer and airplane pilot Howard Hughes carries out the one and only flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules ("Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built and flown. This flight only lasts 8 minutes. November 6 – The television program Meet the Press makes its debut, on the NBC-TV network in the United States. November 9 – Junagadh is invaded by the Indian army. November 10 – The arrest of four steel workers in Marseille begins a French communist riot, that also spreads to Paris. November 13 Wataru Misaka makes the roster of the New York Knicks to become the first person of color to play in modern professional basketball, just months after Jackie Robinson has broken the color barrier in Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Misaka has led the Utah Utes to the 1944 NCAA and 1947 NIT championships. The Soviet Union completes development of the