WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1949
Find out what all happened January to May 1949

The Knesset (Israeli parliament) convenes for the first time. (14. February 1949)

Former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and 10 others are also killed. (28. April 1949)

Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco. (9. May 1949)

In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established. (20. May 1949)

Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (4. April 1949)

The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin. (12. May 1949)

Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945. (11. May 1949)

The keel for the aircraft carrier USS United States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals. (18. April 1949)

The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada. (31. March 1949)

Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President. (20. January 1949)

The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut. (2. March 1949)

At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland. (17. April 1949)

EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation. (6. May 1949)

Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy. (23. April 1949)

Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University. (19. February 1949)

The first "networked" television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming. (11. January 1949)

These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago. (31. January 1949)

Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. (2. January 1949)

Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary is sentenced for treason. (8. February 1949)

Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute. (2. March 1949)