WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1949
Find out what all happened February to July 1949

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

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

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

The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd. (24. June 1949)

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

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

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

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

The celebrities Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members. (8. June 1949)

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

Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters. (25. June 1949)

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

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

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

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

Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner. (27. July 1949)

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published. (8. June 1949)

The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty. (21. July 1949)