WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO AUGUST 1949
Find out what all happened April to August 1949

The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana. (5. August 1949)

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

The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash at the Superga hill at the edge of Turin, Italy. (4. May 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)

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)

Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. (4. April 1949)

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

The treaty creating NATO goes into effect. (24. August 1949)

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

The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin. (12. May 1949)

The 26 counties of the Irish Free State become Ireland. (1. April 1949)

Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting. (1. April 1949)

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

Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada's largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake (22. August 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)

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 Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration. (5. May 1949)

Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco. (9. May 1949)

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