Date: February 15, 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 1949Chaim Weizmann Becomes First President of Israel, February…
The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Date: December 13, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949EDSAC First Practical Stored-Program Computer Runs First Operation May 6, 1949Chinese…
The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. Date: November 26, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 26 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Chinese Civil War Peace Talks Fail in Beijing, April 1, 1949Knesset…
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 1949Soviet Union…
President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-Vietnamese emperor Bảo Đại sign the Élysée 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 → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in…
The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid. Date: October 24, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 24 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Élysée Accords Signed, Vietnam Gains Independence, State of Vietnam Formed, March 8, 1949Amethyst Incident: PLA Attacks…