Date: April 18, 1949
Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting. Date: April 1, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949UN Cease-Fire Ends…
EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation. Date: May 6, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Canada Repeals Japanese-Canadian Internment After Seven Years, April 1, 1949Armistice Agreements End 1948…
These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera, is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago, United States. Date: January 31, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Truman Unveils Fair Deal in…
The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family. Date: July 1, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on…
The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming. Date: January 11, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 11 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949George Orwell’s…
A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States. Date: April 5, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949First Emmy Awards…