WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO MAY 1949
Find out what all happened April to May 1949

Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting. (1. April 1949)

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

Israel joins the United Nations. (11. May 1949)

The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed. (23. May 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)

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)

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

The western occupying powers approve the Basic Law for the new German state: the Federal Republic of Germany. (12. May 1949)

Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (4. April 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 Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration. (5. May 1949)

The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash at the Superga hill at the edge of Turin, Italy. (4. May 1949)

Fireside Theater debuts on television. (5. April 1949)

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

The Government of Canada repeals Japanese Canadian internment after seven years. (1. April 1949)

The 26 counties of the Irish Free State become Ireland. (1. April 1949)

A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States. (5. April 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)

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)