Paul Robeson performs a second concert in Peekskill, New York eight days after the Peekskill riots. Date: September 4, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 4 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today)
The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece into Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War. Date: August 31, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 31 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today)
Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. Date: August 29, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 29 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today)
The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect. Date: August 24, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 24 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today)
The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. Date: August 22, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 22 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today)
Hungary adopts the Hungarian Constitution of 1949 and becomes a People's Republic. Date: August 20, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 20 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today)
1949 Kemi strike: Two protesters die in the scuffle between the police and the strikers' protest procession in Kemi, Finland. Date: August 18, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 18 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today)
Matsukawa derailment: Unknown saboteurs cause a passenger train to derail and overturn in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, killing three crew members and igniting a political firestorm between the Japanese Communist Party and the government of Occupied Japan that will eventually lead to the Japanese Red Purge. Date: August 17, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π …
The 6.7 Msβ― KarlΔ±ova earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 320β450 dead. Date: August 17, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 17 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today)
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 β π Other events on August 10 π Events on…