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Feb 9, 2010 · 1949. Soviets explode atomic bomb. At a remote test site at Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan, the USSR successfully detonates its first atomic bomb, code name “First Lightning.” In order to measure...
Cold War timeline: 1945 to 1949. This Cold War timeline contains important dates and events from 1945 to 1949. This period covers the aftermath of World War II and the formative years of the Cold War. It has been written and compiled by Alpha History authors.
Developed in 1949 for transmitting radar signals by Jack Harrington’s group at the Air Force Cambridge Research Center (AFCRC) near Boston, the modem modulates digital data into sounds, and demodulates received sounds into digital data. (MODulation + DEModulation = MODEM).
What does the year 1949 refer to in the Gregorian calendar? What was 1949 known for ? Balanced between the 1940s and 1950s, 1949 was just another year in the Truman presidence. At the beginning of this year, world leaders, presided over a global population estimated at just over 2.5 billion.
Abstract. The singular world historical event of 1949 was the victory of the Chinese communist revolution. Mao Zedong, then Chairman of the Central People’s Government, declared at the founding ceremony of the People’s Republic that ‘the Chinese people have stood up!’. Hu Feng, a leading literary critic, exclaimed that ‘time has begun!’.
Quick Facts from 1949. World Changing Event: On April 4, 1949, The North Atlantic Treaty was signed, making the United States closer to our European allies. Influential Songs include Some Enchanted Evening from the musical South Pacific and the now-controversial Baby It’s Cold Outside by various duos.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. Signing of the NATO Treaty. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.
