Date: October 14, 1949
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 → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies. Date: December 27, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Eastern Air Lines Flight 537 Mid-Air Collision Kills 55, November…
The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Date: February 24, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1949Baltic States Kulak Deportation to Siberia, March 25, 1949Smith Act…
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 1949Newfoundland Joins Canadian Confederation as 10th Province, March…
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 1949Luis Muñoz Marín Inaugurated as Puerto Rico’s First Elected Governor, January 2, 1949U.S….
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 1949Convention Suppressing Human Trafficking and Prostitution Exploitation Adopted, December 2, 1949BAA and…