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Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam…
Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the North Korean Army.
Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan,…
To avert a threatened strike during the Korean War, President Truman orders Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to seize…
To avert a threatened strike during the Korean War, President Truman orders Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to seize…
Korean War: British Commonwealth Forces Korea arrives to bolster the US presence.
The Republic of Ireland Act comes into force, declaring Éire to be a republic and severing Ireland's "association" with
Amethyst incident: The People's Liberation Army attacks HMS Amethyst (F116) travelling to the British embassy in Nanjing
Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy
EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation
Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin
Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of G
Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of G
Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament
The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli…
The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense…
Matsukawa derailment: Unknown saboteurs cause a passenger train to derail and overturn in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan,…
Hungary adopts the Hungarian Constitution of 1949 and becomes a People's Republic.