The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
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The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
The treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization goes into effect.
Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at…
The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece into Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the…
Zeng Liansong's design is chosen as the flag of the People's Republic of China.
WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to…
The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
The Battle of Guningtou in the Taiwan Strait begins.
The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed
United Nations Security Council Resolution 47 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted
Arab–Israeli War: The port city of Haifa is captured by Jewish forces
The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress
Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution comes into effect
Arab–Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre occurs, a day prior to the Israeli Declaration of Independence
Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established
Israel is declared to be an independent state and a provisional government is established
Following the expiration of The British Mandate for Palestine, the Kingdom of Egypt, Transjordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq a