Date: March 8, 1949
The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), the world's oldest offshore oil platform. Date: November 7, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949SS Noronic Burns in Toronto Harbour, 118+ Dead -…
Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO. Date: March 30, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Effingham Hospital Fire Kills 77, Spurs U.S. Fire Code Reforms,…
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…
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established. Date: January 3, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Chinese Civil War: PLA Siege of Chengdu, Chiang Kai-shek Retreats to Taiwan,…
George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is published in the United States Date: June 8, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Indonesian Independence Recognized by Netherlands, End of Dutch East Indies, December 27, 1949Amethyst…
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 → 📅…