WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1949
Find out what all happened January to June 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 television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd. (24. June 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 first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut. (2. March 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)

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)

Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space. (14. June 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)

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

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

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published. (8. June 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 Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established. (3. January 1949)

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

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

The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed. (23. May 1949)

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

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

The extensive deportation campaign known as March deportation is conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to force collectivisation by way of terror. The Soviet authorities deport more than 92,000 people from the Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union. (25. March 1949)