Feb 15 In Ottawa William Lyon Mackenzie King 1874-1950 tells Parliament about Soviet spy ring activities in Canada

Feb 26 2 killed & 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia TN

Feb 16 First commercially designed helicopter tested, Bridgeport CT

Feb 09 Dutch Labor Party (Dutch Social Democratic Party) forms

Feb 21 Anti-British demonstrations in Egypt

Feb 13 Main Australian contingent of BCOF (British Commonwealth Occupation Force) sails for Japan During the six year occupation of Japan an estimated 40,000 Australians served with BCOF

Apr 05 1st performance of Charles Ives' 3rd Symphony

Apr 01 Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii

Apr 12 Syria gains independence from France

Apr 25 "Exposition Flyer" rammed at Napierville Illinois, killing 48

Apr 08 United Nations assemble for first time

Apr 18 League of Nations dissolves (3 months after the UN starts)

Apr 29 28 former Jap leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals

Apr 08 400,000 US mine workers strike

Apr 03 Netherlands-German postal relations resume

Apr 09 League of Nations assembles for last time

Apr 16 US launch of captured V-2 rocket, White Sands, NM; 8 km alt

Apr 07 Part of East Prussia incorporated into Russian SFSR

Apr 17 Last French troops leave Syria (National Day)

Apr 19 The birth of Tim Curry, American actor

Apr 01 400,000 US mine workers strike

Apr 20 The first baseball broadcast in Chicago, Cards vs Cubs

Apr 08 Tsunamis generated by a quake in Aleutian Trench strike Hilo Hawaii

Apr 05 USS Missouri arrives in Turkey to return the body of Turkish ambassador to the U.S. and to show U.S. support and willingness to defend Turkey.

Nov 12 Walt Disney's "Song Of The South" released

Nov 21 Harry Truman becomes first US President to travel in a submerged sub

Nov 13 The first artificial snow produced from a natural cloud, Mt Greylock, MA

Nov 12 First drive-in bank window established (Chicago)

Nov 01 West German state of Niedersachsen formed

Nov 04 UN Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization formed

Nov 05 John F Kennedy (D-MA) elected to House of Representatives

Sep 22 Evelyn Dick charged with butchering husband

Sep 20 First ever Cannes film festival

Sep 05 Joe Garagiola plays his 1st major league baseball game

Sep 11 First mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation

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