People’s Liberation Army Navy Established, April 23, 1949
Date: April 23, 1949
Date: April 23, 1949
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 → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949East Germany Formed…
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 → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Armistice Agreements End 1948 Arab-Israeli War, February 24,…
More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia. Date: March 25, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 25 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949UN Cease-Fire Ends India-Pakistan Kashmir War, January 1, 1949First Networked Television Broadcasts…
The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed. Date: April 28, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on…
EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation. Date: May 6, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Established January 3, 1949These Are My Children, First TV…
Sir Duncan George Stewart, governor of the Crown Colony of Sarawak, was fatally stabbed by a member of the Rukun 13. Date: December 4, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Ecuador Earthquake Destroys 50…