An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense. Date: August 10, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 10 📅 Events on…
In Montana, 12 smokejumper firefighters and 1 US Forest Service fire guard are killed in the Mann Gulch Fire. Date: August 5, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000. Date: August 5, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association. Date: August 3, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)
Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner. Date: July 27, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 27 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty. Date: July 21, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Date: July 20, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)
The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin royal family. Date: July 1, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on…
The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC. Date: June 24, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 24 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)
Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first mammal and first monkey in space. Date: June 14, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 14 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)