joseph mccarthy life timeline |
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Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States State Department of being filled with Communists. | Thursday, February 9th, 1950 |
McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy," produced by Fred Friendly. | Tuesday, March 9th, 1954 |
McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Armygiving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" | Wednesday, June 9th, 1954 |
Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute." | Thursday, December 2nd, 1954 |