32 events found for 1949
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
The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to
The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Rena
EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation
Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin
Aeroflot Flight 17 crashes on approach to Severny Airport in Novosibirsk, killing 25
In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established
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
George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is published in the United States
Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first mammal and f
The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, starring William Boyd, is aired on NBC
The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized…
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.
Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the…
In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.