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

Sep 21 "Texaco Star Theater" with Milton Berle premieres on NBC-TV

Sep 15 F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph

Sep 13 Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me) elected senator, first woman to serve in both houses of Congress

Sep 09 North Korea (The People's Democratic Republic of Korea) is created.

Sep 07 The first use of synthetic rubber in asphaltic concrete, Akron Oh

Sep 24 Mildred Gillars, charged with treason as Nazi radio propagandist Axis Sally, pleads innocent in Washington, DC.

Sep 17 The birth of John Ritter, American comedy film actor

Sep 19 The birth of Jeremy Irons, English born film actor

Sep 14 Groundbreaking ceremony for the UN world headquarters

Sep 04 Queen Wilhelmina of the Holland abdicates the throne, citing health reasons.

Sep 28 WBAP-TV, (NBC affiliate) Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting

Sep 06 Juliana of the Netherlands is crowned as Queen.

Sep 01 UN's World Health Organization forms

Sep 18 Ralph J Bunche confirmed as acting UN mediator in Palestine

Sep 21 The birth of Stephen King, US novelist

Sep 21 Comedian Milton Berle is named as permanent host of The Texaco Star Theater on NBC-TV.

Sep 09 People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed

Sep 06 Juliana becomes queen of the Netherlands

Sep 01 Communist's form the North China People's Republic

Jun 18 UN Commission on Human Rights adopts Intl Decl of Human Rights

Jun 13 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th

Jun 30 Cleve Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0

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