May 24 The USSR stop road and rail traffic between Berlin and the West

May 14 Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael's first broadcast

May 15 Australia scores 721 runs in one day vs Essex, world record

May 27 Arabs blow up Jewish synagogue Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid

Jan 01 Britain nationalizes its railways

Jan 08 Queen Wilhelmina signs death sentence against Ans van Dijk for treason

Jan 04 Burma gains its independence from Britain.

Jan 01 General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade effective

Jan 23 Bradman scores 201 in 272 minutes vs India, 21 fours 1 six

Jan 25 Investors Syndicate of Canada incorporates Investors Mutual of Canada Ltd.; Canada's first public mutual fund will be first sold to the public in 1950

Jan 28 The birth of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet dancer

Jan 16 35 Haganah members are ambushed & killed in Gush Etzyon

Jan 01 Britain nationalizes its railways

Jan 17 Netherlands & Indonesia agree to a cease fire

Jan 03 Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 &127*) vs India MCG

Jan 03 Bradman completes dual Test tons (132 &127*) vs India MCG

Jan 31 Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway

Jan 27 The first locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates

Jan 27 The first tape recorder sold

Jan 01 General Agreement on Tariffs & Trade effective

Jan 24 Australia all out 674 vs India (Bradman 201, Hassett 198*)

Jan 30 5th Winter Olympic games open in St Moritz, Switzerland

Jan 23 Gen. Eisenhower said he could not accept a presidential nomination from either party; four years later, he ran as a Republican and was elected 34th president of the United States.

Jan 01 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) goes into effect

Jan 31 Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway

Jan 30 Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political and spiritual leader, is assassinated by a Hindu extremist.

Jan 17 Trial of 11 US Communist party members begins in New York City NY

Jan 23 Huston's "Treasure of Sierra Madre" starring Humphrey Bogart opens

Jan 17 Netherlands & Indonesia agree to a cease fire

Jan 04 Britain grants independence to Burma

Jan 24 Dutch Liberal Party forms-People's party for Freedom &Democracy (VVD)

Jan 27 The first locomotive to carry 1,000,000 pounds (450,000 kg) operates

Jan 26 Executive Order981, which puts an end to segregation in US Armed Forces, is signed

Jan 01 Orissa province accedes to India

Jan 04 Burma gains its independence from Britain.

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