Feb 01 Dmitri Shostakovitch named professor at conservatory of Leningrad

Feb 10 WWII peace treaties signed

Feb 09 Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia PA

Feb 28 Anti Kuomintang demonstration on Taiwan

Feb 10 Province of Petsamo returned to Soviet Union by Finland

Feb 03 -81ºF (-63ºC), Snag Yukon (North American record)

Feb 12 Daytime fireball &meteorite fall seen in eastern Siberia

Feb 10 Netherlands Radio Union forms

Feb 10 Canada signs mop-up peace treaties with former Axis powers Italy, Romania, Hungary and Finland

Feb 16 Morton Gould's 3rd Symphony, premieres

Feb 23 General Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170 million in aid for European Jews

Feb 04 The birth of Dan Quayle, Former American Vice-President

Feb 05 Bolewet Beirut becomes President of Poland

Apr 02 UN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. trusteeship

Apr 15 Jackie Robinson goes hitless in his major league debut

Apr 16 Act of Congress gives Navy Nurse Corps members commissioned rank

Apr 17 Jackie Robinson bunts for his first major league hit

Apr 27 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium & through the US

Apr 11 Jackie Robinson becomes first black in modern major-league baseball

Apr 16 HMCS Esquimalt (RCN- minesweeper) torpedoed off Halifax

Apr 30 Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover

Apr 10 Montreal Royals of the International League sell their star player Jackie Robinson to the Brooklyn Dodgers; appears in uniform for the Dodgers the next day,

Apr 01 Greece's King George II died.

Apr 23 HMS Warspite, to many this was the Royal Navy's most famous battleship. Her survival from her launch on 26th November 1913 to her loss on this date en-route to the breakers has to be at the very least a tribute to her builders for constructing a virtually indestructable ship. She formed part of the 5th Battle Squadron during the First World War. During the Second World War 1939-1946 she took part in the 2nd Battle of Narvik, and the Battle of Calabria in 1940, the battle of Matapan in 1941. This was followed by the bombardment of Normandy where she was damaged by a mine. Previously, in 1943 she was badly damaged by a glider bomb off Salerno. And all this in addition to countless other operations throughout the War. In 1946 she was sold for breaking up on the Clyde but en-route the tow parted and she went ashore in Prussia Cove, Cornwall. She was eventually broken up where she lay.

Apr 19 Tor Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup

Apr 28 Thor Heyerdahl & "Kon-Tiki" sail from Peru to Polynesia

Apr 09 Atomic Energy Commission formed

Apr 04 UN's International Civil Aviation Organization established

Apr 18 The birth of James Woods, American actor

Apr 03 "Barefoot Boy with Cheek" opens at Martin Beck NYC for 108 performances

Apr 09 Atomic Energy Commission formed

Apr 09 Tornadoes striking West Texas and Oklahoma kill 169, injuring 1,300

Apr 09 Largest recorded sunspot (7,000) observed

Apr 08 The first illustrated insurance policy was issued by the Allstate Insurance Company.

Apr 16 Massive explosion & fire kills 500 in Texas City, Tx

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