Date: April 28, 1949
The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec. Date: February 14, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949First Oil Taken at Oil Rocks Offshore Platform,…
Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan. Date: December 10, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day…
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 1949People’s Liberation Army Air Force Founded, November 11, 1949Sir Duncan Stewart…
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…
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 1949U.S. Armed Forces Security Agency…
All 55 people on board Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 are killed when the Douglas DC-4 operating the flight collides in mid-air with a Bolivian Air Force Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft over Alexandria, Virginia. Date: November 1, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in…