WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO JULY 1949
Find out what all happened April to July 1949

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

Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war. (20. July 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 television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd. (24. June 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 United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty. (21. July 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 western occupying powers approve the Basic Law for the new German state: the Federal Republic of Germany. (12. May 1949)

Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first Thai female member of Thailand's Parliament. (5. June 1949)

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

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

Israel joins the United Nations. (11. 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 Government of Canada repeals Japanese Canadian internment after seven years. (1. April 1949)

The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin Royal Family. (1. July 1949)