First Television Daytime Soap Opera Broadcast on NBC Chicago January 31, 1949
Date: January 31, 1949
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Date: January 31, 1949
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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) More events from 1949ReykjavΓk NATO Riot in AusturvΓΆllur…
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) More events from 1949EDSAC First Practical Stored-Program Computer Runs First Operation May 6, 1949ΓlysΓ©e Accords Signed,…
The first "networked" television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming. Date: January 11, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 11 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Knesset First…
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 1949Smith Act Trials…
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) More events from 1949Luis MuΓ±oz MarΓn…
Cold War: Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Date: April 4, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 4 π Events on this day in 1949 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Cochin-Travancore Merge into Thiru-Kochi Ends Princely Rule, July 1, 1949Greek…