EDSAC First Practical Stored-Program Computer Runs First Operation May 6, 1949
Date: May 6, 1949
Date: May 6, 1949
The first Emmy Awards are presented in the United States; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club. Date: January 25, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 25 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Effingham Hospital Fire Kills 77, Spurs U.S. Fire…
United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly. Date: January 1, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 1 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Asbestos Strike Begins in Canada, Quiet…
Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University. Date: February 19, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 19 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Truman Unveils Fair Deal in State of the…
The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed. Date: April 28, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 28 π Events on…
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 β π Other events on January 31 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Aurora Quezon Assassinated by Hukbalahap,…
Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls. Date: February 15, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 15 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today) More…