32 events found for 1949
In Montana, 12 smokejumper firefighters and 1 US Forest Service fire guard are killed in the Mann Gulch Fire.
An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense…
The 6.7 Ms Karlıova earthquake shakes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 320–450…
Matsukawa derailment: Unknown saboteurs cause a passenger train to derail and overturn in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan,…
1949 Kemi strike: Two protesters die in the scuffle between the police and the strikers' protest procession in Kemi,…
Hungary adopts the Hungarian Constitution of 1949 and becomes a People's Republic.
The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at…
The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece into Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the…
Paul Robeson performs a second concert in Peekskill, New York eight days after the Peekskill riots.
The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.