Date: April 18, 1949
The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada. Date: March 31, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 31 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Sir Duncan Stewart Assassinated in Sarawak by Rukun 13, December…
Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament. Date: June 5, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 5 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Chaim Weizmann Becomes First President of Israel – February 17, 1949Mann Gulch Fire Kills…
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 1949Ezra Pound Wins First Bollingen Prize in Poetry, February 19, 1949First Television Daytime…
The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid. Date: October 24, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 24 📅 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, December 10, 1949WERD First…
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 → 📅…
WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta. Date: October 3, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 3 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949India Adopts Constitution Drafted by B. R. Ambedkar, November 26, 1949Paul Robeson…