Explore 3967 historical events from 1940–1949.
Walter Francis Kuhn was an American painter and an organizer of the famous Armory Show of 1913, which was America's first large-scale introduction to European Modernism.
Walt Kuhn, American painter and academic (born 1877)
Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov was a Russian poet, playwright, Classicist, and senior literary and dramatic theorist of the Russian Symbolist movement. He was also a philosopher, tran…
Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright (born 1866)
Vítězslav Augustín Rudolf Novák was a Czech composer and academic teacher at the Prague Conservatory. Stylistically, he was part of the neo-romantic tradition, and his music is con…
Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer and educator (born 1870)
Francisco Javier Arana Castro was a Guatemalan military leader and one of the three members of the revolutionary junta that ruled Guatemala from 20 October 1944 to 15 March 1945 du…
Francisco Javier Arana, Guatemalan Army colonel and briefly Guatemalan head of state (born 1905)
Hugó Veigelsberg was a Hungarian editor and writer who usually published under the pen name Ignotus. He was known for the lyric individuality of his poems, stories, and sociologica…
Ignotus, Hungarian poet and author (born 1869)
Edward Lee Thorndike was an American psychologist who spent nearly his entire career at Teachers College, Columbia University. His work on comparative psychology and the learning p…
Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (born 1874)
Homer Burton Adkins was an American chemist who studied the hydrogenation of organic compounds. Adkins was regarded as top in his field and a world authority on the hydrogenation o…
Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (born 1892)
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel that was published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel Gone wit…
Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (born 1900)
Gregorio Milián Perfecto was a Filipino journalist, politician and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1945 to 1949. A controvers…
Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (born 1891)
Paul Mares, was an American early dixieland jazz cornet and trumpet player, and leader of the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.
Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1900)
Ragnhild Kaarbø was a Norwegian painter. Influenced by Fauvism, she painted expressionistic portraits. She was also influenced by Cubism, but as her cubistic paintings were critici…
Ragnhild Kaarbø, Norwegian painter (born 1889)
Helen Churchill Candee was an American author, journalist, interior decorator, feminist, and geographer. She is best remembered as a survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912,…
Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (born 1858)
The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 is an Act of the Oireachtas which declares that the description of Ireland is the Republic of Ireland, and vests in the president of Ireland the po…
The Republic of Ireland Act 1948 came into force, describing Ireland as a republic and ending its membership in the Comm
Lorenzo Abrogar Gamboa was a Filipino-American man who was excluded from Australia under the White Australia policy, despite having an Australian wife and children. His treatment s…
In response to the treatment of Lorenzo Gamboa under the White Australia policy, the Philippine House of Representatives
Rainier III was Prince of Monaco from 1949 to his death in 2005. Rainier ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost 56 years.
Rainier III became Prince of Monaco, beginning a 56-year reign, which would make him one of the longest ruling monarchs
Nineteen Eighty-Four is a dystopian speculative fiction novel by the English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final c…
Nineteen Eighty-Four, a dystopian political novel by the English writer George Orwell about life under a fictional total
Francisco Javier Arana Castro was a Guatemalan military leader and one of the three members of the revolutionary junta that ruled Guatemala from 20 October 1944 to 15 March 1945 du…
Francisco Javier Arana, the chief of the Guatemalan armed forces, was killed in a shootout with supporters of…
A jet airliner or jetliner is an airliner powered by jet engines. Airliners usually have two or four jet engines; three-engined designs were popular in the 1970s but became less co…
The world's first commercial jet airliner to reach production, the de Havilland Comet, had its maiden flight.
A magnitude 6.4 Ms earthquake struck Ecuador's Tungurahua Province southeast of its capital Ambato and killed 5,050 people on August 5, 1949. The nearby villages of Guano, Patate, …
An earthquake registering 6.4 Ms struck near Ambato, Ecuador, killing 5,050 people.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 47, adopted on 21 April 1948, concerns the resolution of the Kashmir conflict. After hearing arguments from both India and Pakistan, the …
United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer and conductor with French and American citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers o…
Igor Stravinsky conducts the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center
The Council of Europe is an international organisation which aims to uphold human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe. Founded in 1949, it is Europe's oldest intergover…
The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress
The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for fo…
The First Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China officially convenes in Nanking
Thomas Campbell Wasson was an American diplomat who was assassinated while serving as the Consul General for the United States in Jerusalem. He was also a member of the United Nati…
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