February 1 » Fountains Valley, Pretoria, the oldest nature reserve in Africa, is proclaimed by President Paul Kruger.
March 22 » Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
Day of death November 8, 1949
The temperature on November 8, 1949 was between 2.1 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 14.7 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
February 14 » The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
May 20 » In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
September 21 » The People's Republic of China is proclaimed.
October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
November 26 » The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
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