Explore 4728 historical events from 1940–1949.
José Clemente Orozco was a Mexican painter. He specialized in political murals that established the Mexican Mural Renaissance, together with fellow artists Diego Rivera and David A…
José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter and illustrator (born 1883)
Richard Georg Strauss was a German composer and conductor known for his tone poems and operas. He was a leading figure of the late Romantic and early Modern era.
Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (born 1864)
Henri Benjamin Rabaud was a French conductor, composer and teacher, who held important posts in the French musical establishment and upheld mainly conservative trends in French mus…
Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (born 1873)
Erik Adolf von Willebrand was a Finnish physician who made major contributions to hematology. Von Willebrand disease and von Willebrand factor are named after him. He also research…
Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (born 1870)
Schack August Steenberg Krogh was a Danish professor at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916 to 1945. He contributed a number of fundamental di…
August Krogh, Danish physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)
Francis Phillip Wuppermann, known professionally as Frank Morgan, was an American character actor. He was best known for his appearances in films starting in the silent era in 1916…
Frank Morgan, American actor (born 1890)
George Shiels was an Irish dramatist whose plays were a success both in his native Ulster and at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin. His most famous plays are The Rugged Path, The Passi…
George Shiels, Irish-Canadian playwright (born 1886)
Nikos Skalkottas was a Greek composer of 20th-century classical music. A member of the Second Viennese School, he drew his influences from both the classical repertoire and the Gre…
Nikos Skalkottas, Greek violinist and composer (born 1901)
The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 is an Act of the Oireachtas which declares that the description of Ireland is the Republic of Ireland, and vests in the president of Ireland the po…
The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 came into force, describing Ireland as a republic and ending its membership in the Comm
Lorenzo Abrogar Gamboa was a Filipino-American man who was excluded from Australia under the White Australia policy, despite having an Australian wife and children. His treatment s…
In response to the treatment of Lorenzo Gamboa under the White Australia policy, the Philippine House of Representatives
Rainier III was Prince of Monaco from 1949 to his death in 2005. Rainier ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost 56 years.
Rainier III became Prince of Monaco, beginning a 56-year reign, which would make him one of the longest ruling monarchs
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian speculative fiction novel by the English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final c…
Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopian political novel by the English writer George Orwell about life under a fictional total
Francisco Javier Arana Castro was a Guatemalan military leader and one of the three members of the revolutionary junta that ruled Guatemala from 20 October 1944 to 15 March 1945 du…
Francisco Javier Arana, the chief of the Guatemalan armed forces, was killed in a shootout with supporters of…
A jet airliner or jetliner is an airliner powered by jet engines. Airliners usually have two or four jet engines; three-engined designs were popular in the 1970s but became less co…
The world's first commercial jet airliner to reach production, the de Havilland Comet, had its maiden flight.
A magnitude 6.4 Ms earthquake struck Ecuador's Tungurahua Province southeast of its capital Ambato and killed 5,050 people on August 5, 1949. The nearby villages of Guano, Patate, …
An earthquake registering 6.4 Ms struck near Ambato, Ecuador, killing 5,050 people.
The nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet Union were performed between 1949 and 1990 as part of the nuclear arms race. The Soviet Union conducted 715 nuclear tests using 969 total de…
The Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear weapons test, detonating the 22-kiloton RDS-1.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 47, adopted on 21 April 1948, concerns the resolution of the Kashmir conflict. After hearing arguments from both India and Pakistan, the …
United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer and conductor with French and American citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers o…
Igor Stravinsky conducts the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center
The Council of Europe is an international organisation which aims to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it is Europe's oldest intergover…
The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for fo…
The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking
Thomas Campbell Wasson was an American diplomat who was assassinated while serving as the Consul General for the United States in Jerusalem. He was also a member of the United Nati…
Thomas C
Daniël François Malan was a South African politician who served as the fourth prime minister of South Africa from 1948 to 1954. The National Party implemented the system of aparthe…
Daniel François Malan is elected as Prime Minister of South Africa
The United States Congress is the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. It is a bicameral legislature, including a lower body, the U.S. House of Repres…
The United States Congress passes the Displaced Persons Act to allow World War II refugees to immigrate to the United St
Shirley Hardie Jackson was an American writer known primarily for her works of horror and mystery. Her writing career spanned over two decades, during which she composed six novels…
Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" is published in The New Yorker magazine