Chinese Civil War: Communists Capture Tianjin from Nationalists, January 15, 1949
Date: January 15, 1949
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Date: January 15, 1949
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Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament. Date: June 5, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 5 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Knesset First Convening in Israel February 14, 1949de Havilland Comet First Jet Airliner Initial…
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 β π Other events on January 31 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Cochin-Travancore Merge into Thiru-Kochi Ends…
Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute. Date: March 2, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 2 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today)…
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 β π Other events on February 19 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Armistice Agreements End 1948 Arab-Israeli War, February 24,…
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 β π Other events on July 1 π Events on…
A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States. Date: April 5, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 5 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Armistice Agreements End…