Page 10: Historical Events In January - 01
Friday, 13 February 2026
1945 France is admitted to the United Nations. 

1945 France joins the UN 

1945 German air raid on allied airports at Eindhoven/Saint-Trond/Brussels 

1945 Vit Nejedly, composer, dies at 33. 

1946 Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god. 

1946 ENIAC, inaugural computer, finished by Mauchly/Eckert 

1946 ENIAC, US inaugural computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert. 

1946 National Assembly proclaims Hungary a republic 

1947 Benelux agress to work related issues 

1947 Britain nationalizes its coal industry 

1948 Bradman scores 132 in the inaugural innings of the 3rd Test vs India 

1948 Britain nationalizes its railways. 

1948 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade effective. 

1948 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) comes into force 

1948 In this year, Italy formally adopts constitution. 

1948 Orissa province accedes to India. 

1948 Hermann K J Zilcher, German pianist/composer (Liebesmesse), dies at 66 

1949 Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand 

1949 Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 

1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo-China. 

1951 Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines. 

1952 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 5th string quartet. 

1953 Country singer Hank Williams Sr. dies 

1953 Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29. 

1954 Rose and Cotton Bowl are inaugural sport colorcasts 

1954 Yugoslav parliament chairman/Vice President Milovan Djilas criticize communism 

1955 Bhutan issues its inaugural postage stamps 

1956 Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville. 

1956 Sudan (Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) gains independence from Britain and Egypt 

1957 France returns Saar to is recorded as becoming the 10th state of German Federal Republic 

1957 International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-month year) 

1957 Ruth Draper, US elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 

1958 BOAC Britannia flies London to New York in a record 7hours 57minutes. 

1958 European Community (later to become the European Union) is born 

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