8 events found for 1949
The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 came into force, describing Ireland as a republic and ending its membership in the Comm
In response to the treatment of Lorenzo Gamboa under the White Australia policy, the Philippine House of Representatives
Rainier III became Prince of Monaco, beginning a 56-year reign, which would make him one of the longest ruling monarchs
Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopian political novel by the English writer George Orwell about life under a fictional total
Francisco Javier Arana, the chief of the Guatemalan armed forces, was killed in a shootout with supporters of…
The world's first commercial jet airliner to reach production, the de Havilland Comet, had its maiden flight.
An earthquake registering 6.4 Ms struck near Ambato, Ecuador, killing 5,050 people.
The Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear weapons test, detonating the 22-kiloton RDS-1.