de Havilland Comet First Jet Airliner Initial Flight July 27, 1949
Date: July 27, 1949
Date: July 27, 1949
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 → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Cold War: Western Powers Approve Basic Law, Form…
The People's Liberation Army Air Force is founded. Date: November 11, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Luis Muñoz Marín Inaugurated as Puerto Rico’s First Elected Governor January 2, 1949These Are My Children, First…
Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin. Date: May 12, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949First Emmy Awards Presented in the United States, Hollywood Athletic Club – January 25, 1949First…
Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. Date: January 2, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 2 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949First Television Daytime Soap Opera Broadcast on NBC Chicago January 31,…
The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976). Date: January 26, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Paul Robeson performs a second concert in Peekskill, New York eight days after the Peekskill riots. Date: September 4, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 4 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Chinese Civil War: Republic of China Government Moves to…