Mao Zedong declared the establishment of the People's Republic of China.
Berlin airlift ends.
A new flag was chosen for the People's Republic of China.
The iconic Hollywoodland sign was changed to just Hollywood as we know it today.
Hindi became the official language of India.
Soviet Union Tests its First Atomic Bomb.
NATO is Established.
Adi Dassler founded Adidas with a vision to improve athletic performance.
The Ambato earthquake destroyed fifty towns in Ecuador and killed over 6,000 people.
The US launched the first monkey into space aboard a V2 sounding rocket.
George Orwell publishes Nineteen Eighty-Four.
The Federal Republic of Germany is established.
The first British-made jet bomber, the English Electric Canberra, made its first test flight.
The Council of Europe is founded.
Ireland becomes an independent republic.
NATO is formed.
Riots broke out in Iceland when the Icelandic parliament decided to join NATO.
The term 'Big Bang' was coined by Fred Hoyle in a radio interview.
The Soviet Union begins deporting some 90,000 Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians to some of Russia's most inhospitable areas.
Mildred Gillard became the first woman in US history to be convicted of treason.
Automatic street lights first appeared in New Milford, Connecticut, US.
American poet Ezra Pound won the first annual Bollingen Prize for his poetry.
The Knesset, Israel's parliament, convened for the first time.
War of the World's played on the radio, and residents in Quito, Ecuador, believed they were being attacked by Martians.
The first-ever daytime soap opera, These Are My Children, aired on NBC.
The first-ever Emmy Awards were presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles was covered in snow for the first time in recorded history.
The first-ever photograph of genes was taken.
Cinderella, the first full-length ballet by Frederick Ashton with music by Sergei Prokofiev, was first presented at Covent Garden, London, by Sadler's Wells Ballet.
UN General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In-N-Out Burger opened its first restaurant in Baldwin Park, Los Angeles, US.
Supreme Court ruled bans on interracial marriage unconstitutional.
Honda Motor Company is founded by Soichiro Honda.
Kim Il-sung Establishes North Korea.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) was founded with 147 churches from 44 countries.
A law was passed declaring that the 'Palestinian Pound' could be used as legal tender in Palestine and Israel.
King George VI officially opened the 11th modern-day Olympic Games at the Wembley Arena in London, UK.
South Korea elected Syngman Rhee as their first president.
The Berlin Blockade begins.
The LP record is introduced.
Manchester Mark I computer became the first stored computer to run a program at a lab at Manchester University, UK.
NBC started ''Toast Of The Town" on the Ed Sullivan Show.
Egypt, Syria, Transjordan and Iraq invade Israel.
Israel declared independence from the British administration.
The United Nations formed the World Health Organization (WHO).
Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan.
The UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France signed the Treaty of Brussels.
Cleveland, Ohio, recorded its coldest March temperature at a bone-chilling -5°F.
Czechoslovakia becomes a communist state following a coup d'etat.
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) proclaims independence within the British Commonwealth.
