Ecuador Earthquake Destroys 50 Towns, Kills 6,000+ – August 5, 1949
Date: August 5, 1949
Date: August 5, 1949
The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. Date: August 22, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on August 22 ๐ Events on this day in 1949 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Aurora Quezon Assassinated by Hukbalahap, 1949-04-28National Security Act Amendment Creates Department of Defense…
Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel. Date: February 17, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1949 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Israel-Syria Mixed Armistice Commission Brokers Final 1948 Arab-Israeli Ceasefire July 20, 1949Reykjavรญk NATO Riot…
Paul Robeson performs a second concert in Peekskill, New York eight days after the Peekskill riots. Date: September 4, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 4 ๐ Events on this day in 1949 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Smith Act Trials Convict Communist Party Leaders for Conspiracy…
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 โ ๐ Other events on January 31 ๐ Events on this day in 1949 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Berlin Airlift Ends September 30,…
Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin. Date: May 12, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 12 ๐ Events on this day in 1949 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Cold War: Western Powers Approve Basic Law, Form West Germany May 23, 1949Amethyst Incident: PLA…
President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-Vietnamese emperor Bแบฃo ฤแบกi sign the รlysรฉe Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Date: March 8, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 8 ๐ Events on this day in…