Apr 03 The first US figure skating championships held

Nov 02 Truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters and newspapers

Nov 14 Prince Charles born

Nov 28 "Hopalong Cassidy" premiers on TV

Nov 23 Formation of the Australian Regiment, which becomes the Royal Australian Regiment (RAR) on 10mar1949

Nov 17 Britain's House of Commons votes to nationalize steel industry

Nov 12 Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal

Nov 23 Lens to provide zoom effects patented-FG Back

Nov 30 Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin

Nov 29 Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley and 1,200 hundred other people attended the unveiling of the first car to be manufactured entirely in Australia--an ivory-colored motor car officially designated the 48-215, but fondly known as the Holden FX.

Nov 15 William Lyon Mackenzie King retires as PM of Canada

Nov 30 Baseball's Negro National League disbands

Nov 25 Fort Funston's 16-inch coastal guns removed

Dec 09 UN General Assembly unanimously approves Convention on Genocide

Dec 15 Former state department official Alger Hiss indicted in NYC for perjury

Dec 06 Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts debuted on CBS-TV. The show introduced such talent as Pat Boone, The Chordettes, Carmel Quinn, The McGuire Sisters, Rosemary Clooney, Tony Bennett, Connie Francis, Steve Lawrence and Al Martino.

Dec 19 8th largest snowfall in NYC history (15.3")

Dec 03 First US woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in

Dec 10 UN General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Dec 29 US State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit

Dec 03 Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100

Dec 24 First US house completely sunheated is occupied, Dover, Mass

Dec 28 The IDF crosses the Egyptian border

Dec 30 Cole Porter's musical Kiss Me, Kate opens on Broadway.

Dec 23 Former Japanese prime minister is executed along with six other top Japanese leaders for their war crimes during World War II

Dec 03 "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss)

Dec 24 Canada formally recognizes the state of Israel.

May 16 Israel issues its first postage stamps

May 28 Iraq captures Ge'ulim settlement

May 17 Soviet Union recognized Israel

May 04 The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) to the death

May 15 Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq & Saudi-Arabia troops attack Israel

May 14 Jordan's Arab League captures Atarot, north of Jerusalem

May 15 28 year old British Mandate over Palestine ends

May 14 PM David Ben-Gurion establishes State of Israel

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