WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO APRIL 1949
Find out what all happened January to April 1949

Cuba recognizes Israel. (19. January 1949)

Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel. (17. February 1949)

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established. (3. January 1949)

United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly. (1. January 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)

President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam. (8. March 1949)

A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO. (30. March 1949)

A record-setting snowstorm hits Los Angeles, California. (11. January 1949)

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

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

Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls. (15. February 1949)

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

United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program. (5. January 1949)

The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec. (14. 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)

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 Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976). (26. January 1949)

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

Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is condemned to prison for treason. (8. March 1949)

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