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1941_0 | 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1941st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 941st year of the 2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1940s decade. |
1941_0 | Section: January (2):
January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Action T4 program here.
January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Ph... |
1941_1 | Section: February (2):
February 3 – WWII: The Nazis forcibly restore Pierre Laval to the office of Prime Minister in occupied Vichy France.
February 4 – WWII: The United Service Organization (USO) is created to entertain American troops.
February 5 – The Air Training Corps is formed in the United Kingdom.
February 5–Ap... |
1941_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1
WWII: Bulgaria signs the Tripartite Pact, thus joining the Axis powers.
Arthur L. Bristol becomes Rear Admiral for the United States Navy's Support Force, Atlantic Fleet.
March 4 – WWII: Operation Claymore – British Commandos carry out a successful raid on the Lofoten Islands, off the north ... |
1941_3 | Section: April (2):
April – The Valley of Geysers is discovered on the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia, by Tatyana Ustinova.
April 1 – A military coup d'état, launched by Rashid Ali Al-Gaylani, overthrows the pro-British regime in Iraq.
April 4 – WWII: Axis forces capture Benghazi.
April 6 – WWII: Germany, Italy and Hung... |
1941_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1
The breakfast cereal Cheerios is introduced as CheeriOats by General Mills in the United States.
Orson Welles' film Citizen Kane premieres in New York City.
The first Defense Bonds and Defense Savings Stamps go on sale in the United States, to help fund the greatly increased production of milita... |
1941_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 – WWII: The Battle of Crete ends, as Crete surrenders to invading German forces.
June 4 – Guidelines for the Conduct of the Troops in Russia are issued by Nazi high-command through OKW. This order (a lesser known precursor to the Commisar Order) explicitly commands that Jews (in addition to Bo... |
1941_6 | Section: July (2):
July – The British Army's Special Air Service is formed.
July 1
Commercial television is authorized by the Federal Communications Commission in the United States.
NBC Television begins commercial operation on WNBT, on Channel 1. The world's first legal TV commercial, for Bulova watches, occurs at 2:2... |
1942_0 | 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1942nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 942nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade. |
1942_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in which they agree "not to make any separate peace with the Axis powers".
January 5 – WWII: Two prisoners, British officer Airey Neave and Dutch o... |
1942_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1
WWII: Marshalls–Gilberts raids: Admiral William Halsey Jr sends airstrikes from the carrier USS Enterprise against Kwajalein, Taroa, Wotje in the Marshall Islands. At the same time, cruisers and destroyers bombard Taroa and Wotje. The strikes inflict light to moderate damage on the thr... |
1942_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 – WWII: Japanese forces of the 2nd Division land in Port of Merak on western Java with the intention to advance on Batavia.
March 4 – WWII: Operation K: The Japanese launch an unsuccessful attack carried out by two Kawanishi H8K ("Emily") flying boats at Pearl Harbor. This is the longest dis... |
1942_3 | Section: April (2):
April
The Holocaust: the Nazi German extermination camp Sobibór opens in occupied Poland, on the outskirts of the town of Sobibór. Between April 1942 and October 1943, at least 160,000 people are killed here.
77 Uzbek prisoners of war held at Amersfoort concentration camp in the occupied Netherlands... |
1943_0 | 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1943rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 943rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1940s decade. |
1943_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured.
January 4 – WWII: Greek-Polish athlete and saboteur Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz is executed by the Germans at Kaisariani.
January 10 – WWII: Guadalcanal Ca... |
1943_1 | Section: February (2):
February 2 – WWII: In Russia, the Battle of Stalingrad comes to an end, with the surrender of the German 6th Army.
February 3 – WWII: The Four Chaplains of the U.S. Army are among those drowned when their ship, Dorchester, is struck by a German torpedo in the North Atlantic.
February 5 – Lt. Gene... |
1943_2 | Section: March (2):
March – Exiled French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's self-illustrated children's novella, The Little Prince, is published in New York City, the all-time best-selling book originating in French.
March–December – History of computing hardware: British prototype Mark I Colossus computer is construc... |
1943_3 | Section: April (2):
April 3 – Shipwrecked steward Poon Lim, BEM, is rescued by Brazilian fishermen after being adrift for 133 days.
April 13 – WWII: Radio Berlin announces the discovery by Wehrmacht of mass graves of Poles killed by Soviets in the Katyn massacre.
April 19
History of lysergic acid diethylamide: Albert H... |
1943_4 | Section: May (2):
May 6 – WWII: Six U-boats are sunk, after sinking 12 ships from Convoy ONS 5, in the last major North Atlantic U-boat "wolfpack" attack of the war.
May 9–12 – Japanese troops carry out the Changjiao massacre in Changjiao, Hunan, China.
May 11 – WWII: American troops invade Attu in the Aleutian Islands... |
1943_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 – BOAC Flight 777, a scheduled passenger flight, is shot down over the Bay of Biscay by German Junkers Ju 88s; all 17 persons aboard perish, including actor Leslie Howard.
June 3
The Zoot Suit Riots erupt between military personnel and Mexican-American youths in East Los Angeles.
The French Co... |
1943_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 – The United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) is converted to full status.
July 4 – 1943 Gibraltar B-24 crash: The aircraft carrying General Władysław Sikorski, Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile, crashes, killing him and 15 others, leading to a lasting controversy over the circum... |
1943_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 – Operation Tidal Wave: 177 B-24 Liberator bombers from the U.S. Army Air Force bomb oil refineries at Ploiești, Romania.
August 2 – WWII: John F. Kennedy's PT boat PT-109 is run down by Japanese destroyer Amagiri.
August 3 – Patton slapping incident: U.S. General George S. Patton Jr. slap... |
1944_0 | 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade. |
1944_0 | Section: January (2):
January 2 – WWII:
Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa.
Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat.
January 8 – ... |
1944_1 | Section: February (2):
The Zadran tribe rises up against the Afghan government, starting the Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947.
February 2 – The first issue of Human Events is published in Washington, D.C.
February 3 – WWII: United States troops capture the Marshall Islands.
February 7 – WWII: At Anzio, German forces ... |
1944_2 | Section: March (2):
March – Austrian-born economist Friedrich Hayek publishes his book The Road to Serfdom in London.
March 1 – WWII: American submarine USS Trout torpedoes Japanese merchant cruiser Sakito Maru; 2,495 drown.
March 2 – The 16th Academy Awards Ceremony is held, the first Oscar ceremony held at a large pu... |
1944_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1 – The Swiss city of Schaffhausen is accidentally bombed by the United States causing serious damage to the city and killing or wounding more than 100 people.
April 2 – WWII: Ascq massacre: Members of the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend shoot 85 civilians suspected of blowing up their tr... |
1944_4 | Section: May (2):
May – Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist drama No Exit (Huis Clos) premières in Nazi-occupied Paris.
May 1 – WWII: Two hundred Communist prisoners are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani, Athens, Greece, in reprisal for the killing of General Franz Krech by Partisans at Molaoi.
May 5 – WWII: Mohandas Gan... |
1944_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 – Two K-class blimps of the United States Navy complete the first transatlantic crossing by non-rigid airships, from the U.S. to French Morocco, with two stops.
June 2 – WWII: The Provisional Government of the French Republic is established.
June 3 – Hans Asperger publishes his paper on Asperg... |
1944_6 | Section: July (2):
July–October – WWII: Germans are driven out of Lithuania leading to reimposition of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic.
July 1 – The United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference begins at Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States.
July 3 – WWII:
Soviet troops liberate Minsk.
Battle of Imp... |
1945_0 | 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1945th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 945th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade. |
1945_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – WWII:
Germany begins Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt by the Luftwaffe to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries.
Chenogne massacre: German prisoners are allegedly killed by American forces near the village of Chenogne, Belgium.
January 6 – WWII: A German offensive recaptures... |
1945_1 | Section: February (2):
February – Raymond L. Libby of American Cyanamid's research laboratories, at Stamford, Connecticut, announces a method of orally administering the antibiotic penicillin.
February 3 – WWII:
Battle of Manila: United States forces enter the outskirts of Manila to capture it from the Japanese Imperia... |
1945_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives what will be his last address to a joint session of the United States Congress, reporting on the Yalta Conference.
March 2
Former U.S. Vice-president Henry A. Wallace starts his term of office as United States Secretary of Commerce, serving under Presi... |
1945_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1 – WWII: Battle of Okinawa: The Tenth United States Army lands on Okinawa.
April 4 – WWII:
American troops liberate their first Nazi concentration camp, Ohrdruf extermination camp in Germany.
The Soviet Red Army enters Bratislava and pushes to the outskirts of Vienna, taking it on April 13, a... |
1946_0 | 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1946th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 946th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1940s decade. |
1946_0 | Section: January (2):
January 6 – The first general election ever in Vietnam is held.
January 7 – The Allies of World War II recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four occupation zones.
January 10
The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Wes... |
1946_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1
Trygve Lie of Norway is selected as the first United Nations Secretary-General.
The Kingdom of Hungary becomes a republic, heavily influenced by the Soviet Union.
February 14 – ENIAC (for "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer"), an early general-purpose electronic computer, is ... |
1946_2 | Section: March (2):
March 2
British troops withdraw from Iran according to treaty; the Soviets do not.
Ho Chi Minh is elected President of North Vietnam.
March 4 – C. G. E. Mannerheim resigns as president of Finland.
March 5 – In his speech at Westminster College, in Fulton, Missouri, Winston Churchill talks about the ... |
1946_3 | Section: April (2):
April 1
The 8.6 Mw Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands, resulting in many deaths, mostly in Hilo. Between 165 and 173 are killed.
The Malayan Union is formed.
Singapore becomes ... |
1946_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – At least 800 Indigenous Australian pastoral workers walk off the job in Northwest Western Australia, starting one of the longest industrial strikes in Australia.
May 7 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded, with about 20 employees.
May 9 – King Victor Emmanuel ... |
1946_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1
Ion Antonescu, prime minister and "Conducator" (Leader) of Romania during World War II, is executed; he was found guilty of betraying the Romanian people for benefits of Germany and sentenced to death by the Bucharest People's Tribunal.
D'Argenlieu, French High Commissioner for Indo-China, rec... |
1946_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 – Nuclear testing: Operation Crossroads, a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in Micronesia, is initiated by the detonation of Able at an altitude of 520 feet (158 m).
July 4
After more than 48 years of American dominance, the Philippines attains full... |
1946_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 – The Scandinavian Airlines System is founded as a consortium of the flag carriers of Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
August 3 – Santa Claus Land opens to the public at Santa Claus, Indiana. It becomes the first themed park, preceding Disneyland by 9 years, and is later renamed Holiday World.
... |
1946_8 | Section: September (2):
September 1 – 1946 Turin Grand Prix, the first official Formula One Grand Prix, is held in Italy.
September 2 – The Interim Government of India takes charge, with Jawaharlal Nehru as vice president, as part of the transition from the British Raj to full independence for India and Pakistan.
Septe... |
1946_9 | Section: October (2):
October 1 – Mensa, an international organization for people with a high intelligence quotient (IQ), is founded by Roland Berrill, an Australian-born lawyer, and Lancelot Ware, an English biochemist and lawyer, in Oxford.
October 2 – Communists establish power in Bulgaria.
October 6 – Sweden's Prim... |
1946_10 | Section: November (2):
November 4 – UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is established as a specialized agency of the United Nations.
November 10 – At least 1,400 people are killed when the 6.8–7.0 Mw Ancash earthquake affects the Quiches District of Peru with a maximum Mercall... |
1946_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 – Miguel Alemán Valdés takes office as President of Mexico.
December 2 – The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling is signed in Washington, D.C., to "provide for the proper conservation of whale stocks and thus make possible the orderly development of the whaling indus... |
1947_0 | 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade. |
1947_0 | Section: January (2):
January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in the 20th century causes extensive disruption of travel. Given the low ratio of private vehicle ownership at the time, it is mainly remembered in terms of its effects on the railway network.
January 1 –... |
1947_1 | Section: February (2):
February 3
The lowest air temperature in North America (−63 degrees Celsius) is recorded in Snag, in the Yukon Territory.
P.L. Prattis becomes the first African American news correspondent allowed in the United States House of Representatives and Senate press galleries.
February 5
Bolesław Bierut... |
1947_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1
The International Monetary Fund begins to operate.
German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun marries his first cousin, 18-year-old Maria von Quirstorp.
March 4 – The Treaty of Dunkirk (effective September 8) is signed between the United Kingdom and France, providing for mutual assistance in ... |
1947_3 | Section: April (2):
April – The previous discovery of the 'Dead Sea Scrolls' in the Qumran Caves (above the northwest shore of the Dead Sea) by Bedouin shepherds, becomes known.
April 1
Jackie Robinson, the first African American in Major League Baseball since the 1880s, signs a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Paul... |
1947_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – Portella della Ginestra massacre: The Salvatore Giuliano gang of Sicilian separatists opens fire on a Labour Day parade at Portella della Ginestra, Sicily, killing 11 people and wounding 27.
May 2 – The movie Miracle on 34th Street, a Christmastime classic, is first shown in theaters.
May 3 – ... |
1947_5 | Section: June (2):
June – The Doomsday Clock of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is introduced.
June 5 – U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall outlines the Marshall Plan for American reconstruction and relief aid to Europe, in a speech at Harvard University.
June 7 – The Romanian Army founds the association foot... |
1947_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 – The United States begins the National Malaria Eradication Program, successfully eradicating malaria in 1951.
July 6
1947 Sylhet referendum: A referendum is held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
The first prototype AK-47 assault rifles are built to the design of Mikhail... |
1947_7 | Section: August (2):
August 1 – Indonesian airline Garuda Indonesia is established.
August 2 – 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident: A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile (the wreckage will not be found... |
1947_8 | Section: September (2):
September 9
Women's suffrage is agreed by Argentina's Congress.
A moth lodged in a relay is found to be the cause of a malfunction in the Harvard Mark II electromechanical computer, logged as the "First actual case of bug being found."
September 13 – Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru sugges... |
1947_9 | Section: October (2):
October – First recorded use of the word computer in its modern sense, referring to an electronic digital machine.
October 1 – The North American F-86 Sabre jet fighter aircraft makes its first flight.
October 5 – President Harry S. Truman delivers the first televised White House address, speaking... |
1947_10 | Section: November (2):
November 2 – In Long Beach, California, United States, designer and airplane pilot Howard Hughes carries out the one and only flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules ("Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built and flown. This flight only lasts 8 minutes.
November 6 – The television pro... |
1947_11 | Section: December (2):
December 3
French communist strikers derail the Paris-Tourcoing express train because of false rumors that it is transporting soldiers; 21 people are killed.
The Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire, starring Marlon Brando in his first great role, opens at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre ... |
1948_0 | 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1948th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 948th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1940s decade. |
1948_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated.
The current Constitutions of Italy and of New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) go into effect.
The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British Railways.
January 4 – Burma gains its independence from the U... |
1948_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1
The Soviet Union begins to jam Voice of America broadcasts.
The Federation of Malaya is proclaimed.
February 4 – Ceylon (later known as Sri Lanka) becomes an independent country, within the British Commonwealth continuing to adopt King George VI as the King of Ceylon.
February 11 – Gen... |
1948_2 | Section: March (2):
March 8 – McCollum v. Board of Education: The United States Supreme Court rules that religious instruction in public schools violates the U.S. Constitution.
March 12 – The Costa Rican Civil War begins.
March 17
The Treaty of Brussels is signed by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the ... |
1948_3 | Section: April (2):
April – Children's Bargain Town, a predecessor of toy and child-related retailer Toys "R" Us, is founded in Washington, D.C., United States.
April 1 – Physicists Ralph Asher Alpher and George Gamow publish the Alpher–Bethe–Gamow paper, about the Big Bang.
April 3
United States President Harry S. Tru... |
1948_4 | Section: May (2):
May – The RAND Corporation is established, as an independent nonprofit policy research and analysis institution, in the United States.
May 9 – Solar eclipse of May 9, 1948: An annular solar eclipse is visible in Japan and South Korea, and is the 32nd solar eclipse of Solar Saros 137. This eclipse is v... |
1948_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1 – Puma, a global sports goods brand, is founded in Bavaria, West Germany, by Rudolf Dassler, having split from his brother "Adi".
June 3 – The Palomar Observatory telescope is finished in California.
June 10 – Hasan Saka forms the new government of Turkey. (17th government; Hasan Saka had serv... |
1948_6 | Section: July (2):
July 5 – The National Health Service in the United Kingdom begins functioning, giving the right to universal healthcare, free at point of use.
July 6 – The world's first Air Car-ferry service is flown by a Bristol Freighter of Silver City Airways, from Lympne to Le Touquet across the English Channel.... |
1948_7 | Section: August (2):
August 3 – Whittaker Chambers appears under subpoena before the HUAC and alleges that several former U.S. Federal officials were communists, including Harry Dexter White and Alger Hiss.
August 5 – Alger Hiss appears before the HUAC, to deny the allegations of Whittaker Chambers.
August 10–23 – The ... |
1948_8 | Section: September (2):
September 4 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
September 5 – Robert Schuman becomes Prime Minister of France.
September 6 – Juliana is formally inaugurated to succeed her mother, as queen regnant of the Netherlands.
September 9 – The northern half of Korea is for... |
1948_9 | Section: October (2):
October 5 – The International Union for the Protection of Nature (later known as the International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN) is established in Fontainebleau, France.
October 6 – 1948 Ashgabat earthquake: A 7.3 Ms earthquake near Ashgabat, Soviet Turkmenistan kills 10,000–110,000.
Oct... |
1948_10 | Section: November (2):
November 1
The Foley Square trial of Eugene Dennis and ten other CPUSA leaders begins, in New York City.
Athenagoras I is elected the 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
A boiler and ammunition explosion aboard a merchant ship evacuating troops of the Republic of China Army from Yingkou... |
1948_11 | Section: December (2):
December 1 – José Figueres Ferrer abolishes the army in Costa Rica, making it the first country in history to do so.
December 2 – The United States House Un-American Activities Committee subpoenas and retrieves the "Pumpkin Papers" from the farm of Whittaker Chambers.
December 4 – The Chinese Lin... |
1949_0 | 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade. |
1949_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025
January 2 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
January 11 –... |
1949_1 | Section: February (2):
February 13 – António Óscar Carmona is re-elected president of Portugal, for lack of an opposing candidate.
February 17 – Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
February 26 – The Revolutionary Communist Party of India stages attacks at Dum Dum.
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1949_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1 – Indonesia seizes Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
March 2 – The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II (under Captain James Gallagher) lands in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight (it was refueled in flight 4 times).
March 20 – The Chi... |
1949_3 | Section: April (2):
April 4 – The North Atlantic Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., creating the NATO defense alliance.
April 7 – Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, starring Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza, opens on Broadway, and goes on to become Rodgers and Hammerstein's second longest-running musical. It becomes... |
1949_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – Nereid, a moon of Neptune, is discovered by Gerard Kuiper.
May 4 – Superga air disaster: A Fiat G.212 airliner of Avio Linee Italiane, carrying the entire Torino F.C. football team, crashes into the back wall of the Basilica of Superga, killing all 31 on board.
May 5 – The Council of Europe is... |
1949_5 | Section: June (2):
June 5 – Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first Thai female member of Thailand's Parliament.
June 6 – With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the Indian government, Mahabodhi Temple is restored to partial Buddhist control.
June 7–25 – Dock workers strike in the United Kingdom.
June 8
Sec... |
1949_6 | Section: July (2):
July 1 – The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is established.
July 11 – Pamir is the last commercial sailing ship to round Cape Horn, under sail alone.
July 15 – In an explosion at Prüm in Germany, the town is badly damaged and 12 people die. The explosion crater is one of the largest ever... |
1949_7 | Section: August (2):
August 3 – The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that will create the National Basketball Association.
August 5 – In Ecuador, the 6.8 ML Ambato earthquake kills more than 5,000, and destroys a number of villages.
August 8 – Bhutan signs a Treat... |
1949_8 | Section: September (2):
September 2 – Film noir The Third Man, with screenplay by Graham Greene and set in Allied-occupied Vienna, is released in the United Kingdom; it wins the 1949 Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.
September 6
Howard Unruh, a World War II veteran, kills 13 neighbors in Camden, New Jersey with a... |
1949_9 | Section: October (2):
October 1 – The People's Republic of China is officially proclaimed.
October 2 – The Soviet Union recognizes the People's Republic of China.
October 3 – Albanian Subversion: First Anglo-American attempt to infiltrate guerillas into Albania; the operation is fatally flawed, by being under the contr... |
1949_10 | Section: November (2):
November 7 – Oil is discovered beneath the Caspian Sea, off the coast of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.
November 12 – The Volkswagen Type 2 panel van is unveiled in Germany.
November 15 – Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
November 17 – The s... |
1949_11 | Section: December (2):
December 7
Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to Taiwan finishes, and it declares Taipei its temporary capital city, a status it will retain more than 50 years later.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is established as a Uni... |
1950_0 | 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1950th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 950th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1950s decade. |
1950_0 | Section: January (2):
January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 aboard are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the So... |
1950_1 | Section: February (2):
February 1 – Chiang Kai-shek is re-elected as president of the Republic of China.
February 6
In West Virginia, 372,000 coal miners strike (they remain out until March 3).
The first Cabinet Secretary (N.R. Pillai) is appointed in India.
February 8
The Stasi is founded in East Germany, and acts as ... |
1950_2 | Section: March (2):
March 1
Klaus Fuchs is convicted in London of spying against both Britain and the United States for the Soviet Union, by giving to the latter top secret atomic bomb data.
Acting Chinese President Li Zongren ends his term in office.
Chiang Kai-shek resumes his duties as Chinese president, after movin... |
1950_3 | Section: April (2):
April 14 – Influential British comic Eagle is launched.
April 15 – Belgian King Leopold III announces that he is ready to abdicate in favor of his son, Baudouin.
April 21 – A mass stabbing occurs in Nainital, killing 22 members of the Harijan caste.
April 24 – Jordan formally annexes the West Bank.
... |
1950_4 | Section: May (2):
May 1 – UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, begins operations.
May 5 – Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), king of Thailand since 1946, is crowned, at The Grand Palace in Bangkok.
May 6
Cazin rebellion in Bosnia against Communist agrarian reforms.
Tollu... |
1950_5 | Section: June (2):
June 1–23 – Mauna Loa in Hawaii starts erupting.
June 3 – Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal, of the French Annapurna expedition, become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak.
June 6 – Turkey: The Adhan in Arabic is permitted by law after a ban of 18 years.
June 8 – Sir Thomas ... |
1950_6 | Section: July (2):
July 14–21 – Korean War – Battle of Taejon: North Korean forces capture the city held by the U.S. 24th Infantry Division, but the delay allows establishment of the Pusan Perimeter.
July 16 – Uruguay beats Brazil 2–1, to win the 1950 World Cup hat has been dubbed the Maracanazo.
July 17 – The Suppress... |
1950_7 | Section: August (2):
August 5
2 Squadron SAAF departs from South Africa to take part in the Korean War.
1950 Fairfield-Suisun Boeing B-29 crash: A bomb-laden Boeing B-29 Superfortress crashes into a residential area in California, United States, killing 17 people and injuring 68.
August 6 – Monarchist demonstrations le... |
1950_8 | Section: September (2):
September 3 – Italian racing driver Giuseppe Farina becomes the first winner of the FIA Formula One World Championship, being the only driver to win the championship in his home country.
September 7 – The Knockshinnoch Disaster in Scotland kills 13 coal miners; 116 are rescued.
September 15 – Ko... |
1950_9 | Section: October (2):
Turing test published.
October 2 – The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published in seven U.S. newspapers.
October 3 – Getúlio Vargas is elected president of Brazil for a 5-year term.
October 5 – The Indonesian government quells riots in the Moluccas.
October 7
Battle of Chamdo: ... |
1950_10 | Section: November (2):
November 1
Pope Pius XII witnesses the "Miracle of the Sun" at the Vatican and defines a new dogma of Roman Catholicism, the Munificentissimus Deus, which says that God took Mary's body into Heaven after her death (the "Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary").
Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio T... |
1950_11 | Section: December (2):
December 2 – Korean War: The Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ends with the Chinese People's Volunteer Army expelling United Nations forces from North Korea.
December 31 – The inaugural 12 Hours of Sebring automobile endurance race is held in Florida.
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