Historical Events In 1949
May 02 Bolivian state of siege proclaimed
May 01 Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune)
May 09 Britain's first launderette opens in Queensway London
May 09 Prince Rainier III becomes leader of Monaco
May 14 Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral
May 30 East Germans constitution approved
May 11 By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
May 23 Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day)
May 29 Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC
May 11 Israel becomes a member of the United Nations
May 12 The blockade of the city of Berlin, by the USSR, is officially lifted
May 04 Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives)
May 18 Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America incorporates
May 27 Martin Canine, cartoon character, spoofs Martin Kane
May 05 Council of Europe established
May 11 The recently introduced Polaroid camera sells for $89.95 in new York City
May 17 British government recognizes Republic of Ireland
May 03 The first firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km
May 25 Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai
May 02 Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman"
May 30 NPS/VHP win first general election in Suriname
May 31 Charley Lupica begins stay on 4-foot-square platform platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and he comes down 117 days later)
May 13 The first British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its first test flight later this type of aricaraft was used in the 1982 war in the Falklands
May 11 Siam changes its name to Thailand
May 08 West German constitution approved
May 03 A ten nations conference in London forms the Council of Europe
May 27 Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin
May 11 Siam changes its name to Thailand
May 11 First Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)
May 12 West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade
May 12 The first foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India)
Jan 05 President Truman nicknames his administration the "Fair Deal" in his State of the Union address.
Jan 10 RCA introduces 45 RPM record
Jan 03 "Colgate Theatre" dramatic anthology series premieres on NBC TV
Jan 21 The first inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman)
