24. Mar. 22, 1949. Democracies unite in North Atlantic Defen_Motion pictures, 1940-1949

Treaty: European members discuss Pact; Secretary Acheson says Treaty

is necessary; Italian Communists denounce Pact. New York: dope

seizure. Tyrone Power in England. Oak Ridge [home of atomic energy]

opened. $20,000,000 luxury Shamrock Hotel is opened in Houston.

President Truman is given an "Oscar" by the newsreels. Invitation

basketball [San Francisco vs. Loyola]. Motorcycle mud race.

25. Mar. 25, 1949. President talks on housing and rent control.

Communists here for international peace conference. Professor Counts

warns of Red infiltration. Churchill arrives in New York. Polish

seamen [jump ship to remain in U. S.] London riots [by British

fascists]. Variety Boys' Club is dedicated in Los Angeles. Evzones

of Greece to celebrate their independence in U. S.

26. Mar. 29, 1949. Feelings run high at Red-sponsored "peace" talks

in New York. Pope Pius thanks American people for their charity.

Greeks celebrate independence day with parade in New York. Royal

Evzones pay a call on President and Mrs. Truman. Royal Evzones visit

Chicago. Hollywood spotlight: Academy Award winners. Tornado sweeps

five states, taking terrific toll. Roller derby [Brooklyn]. Grand

National Steeplechase [Aintree, England]. Sweepstakes winners.

27. Apr. 1, 1949. Greece celebrates 128th anniversary of

independence. Bevin and Gromyko arrive at New York. Israeli war

heroes to tour U. S. Secretary Johnson says U. S. must remain

strong. "Fido" demonstration [at Los Angeles Airport] disperses fog

for aviation safety. B'nai B'rith honors Spyros P. Skouras in

Philadelphia. 9–year-old Italian prodigy [Roberto Bonzi] conducts

Paris orchestra. Intercity Golden Gloves [Madison Square Garden].

Water skiing [by Willa Worthington at Cypress Gardens, Fla.] New

Jersey handicap drive [to employ the physically handicapped].

28. Apr. 5, 1949. 12 nations sign Atlantic Pact in Washington.

Churchill declares atom bomb saves Europe from Reds. Cerdan-Terpin

fight [Empress Hall in London]. East-West basketball [Madison Square

Garden]. AAU [men's indoor swimming championships at Daytona Beach,

Fla.].

29. Apr. 8, 1949. Army Day parade [Washington, D. C.] UN assembly

meets. Bank fugitive [Richard Crowe] caught. Hope diamond sold.

Rome: Pope Pius XII celebrates his golden anniversary. London: the

lights go on again in England. College professor [George Keller]

makes a hobby of training "killers" [tiger, lion, jaguar, panther].

Fashions for tall girls. Pee Wee Golf [Tournament at Dubsdread

Country Club in Orlando, Fla.]

30. Apr. 12, 1949, U. S. parades power here and abroad on Army Day:

New York, Trieste, Germany. California: girl killed in well.

Florida: chiefs of staff meet. Greece: King Paul and Queen Frederica

[celebrate the opening of the Canal of Corinth]. New York: the Big

Top comes to the big town. Golf: Masters Tournament [Augusta, Ga.]

Navy kids boxing [Annapolis]. Kid swimmer [23 month old Dennis

McShane].

31. Apr. 15, 1949. U. S. Northwest hit by worst earthquake. Delaware

Bay: tankerfreighter crash. South Carolina: women marines. Italy:

Way of the Cross re-enacted. Chaim Weizmann arrives [in U. S.]

Dwight Taylor, boy scientist. Acrobatic dog. California rodeo.

32. Apr. 19, 1949. The nation observes Easter: Hollywood Bowl; New

York City. Nation ponders strangeness of "crying statue." U. S.

answers Russia's Atlantic Pact blast. Dr. Bunche returns from

Palestine. Missouri River shortened for flood control. Dancing

champions crowned in Paris. Bill Barris and Dick Riedel break

endurance record [of 726 hours in the air]. President Truman opens

the baseball season.

33. Apr. 22, 1949. The President has a busy day in Washington.

Chinese Red troops cross the Yangtz on way to Nanking. Doolittle's

raiders, who bombed Tokyo, mark anniversary. Deep sea fishermen go

after big tarpon in Mexican meet. Eire: new Irish republic

proclaimed. Germany: anti-Red parade ends in riot. Japan: Nipponese

take to square dancing. Egyptian fair. Circus entertains crippled

children of Warm Springs.

34. Apr. 26, 1949. Communist advance to south imperils Nationalist

China. London: Commonwealth premiers [received by King George], New

York: war orphans [arrive from Europe]. Puerto Rico sugar crop.

Washington: Dr. and Mrs. Weizmann and Mr. and Mrs. Truman. Mother of

eight seeks new husband. Brother and sister do stunts outside 13th

floor window. Speed skating [at Colorado Springs]. Hell drivers [at

Los Angeles Coliseum].

35. Apr. 29, 1949. Victory for airlift; Reds move to end Berlin

blockade. Washington: Secretary Royall resigns. California:

endurance fliers [land after six weeks in the sky]. New York:

Christopher Society awards. Hollywood: Richard Widmark hand imprint

in cement. Texas: Mrs. E. A. Gillis, mother of year. Greece: King

Paul and Queen Frederica visit Kalavrita. Egypt excavates buried

treasure of ancient kings. Swimming-diving, National AAU meet.

Shooting rapids on McKenzie River.

36. May 3, 1949. Last of evacuees flee Shanghai as the Reds close

in. New York: Loyalty Day parade. Virginia: Queen Shenandoah crowned

at Apple Blossom fete. Berlin: new gambling casino opens.

Washington, D. C.: Georgetown University president [Hunter Guthrie].

Aviation: Able Mable, a Martin bomber. Track meet: the Penn Relays.

AAU gymnasts [Chicago]. Ski clowns at Cypress Gardens.

37. May 6, 1949. Russia agrees to end Berlin blockade: New York; Big

Four meeting; Berlin, barge canal dispute; at Grafenwöhr, Gen. Clay

bids good-bye to his troops. New York Jews hail Israel's first

anniversary. Mme. Pandit is India's first ambassador to U. S.

Colonel Demarest. The incident of Leo Durocher. Sydney horse show.

Motorcycle hill climbers [East Lewiston, Idaho].

38. May 10, 1949. Triplets expected, quadruplets born, parents

pleased. Secretary of Defense [Johnson] praises men of Berlin

airlift. Surrounded Shanghai barricades itself against Reds.

Princess Margaret vacations in Italy. Variety Club honors Herbert

Hoover. Hollywood Park track destroyed by fire. The Kentucky Derby.

39. May 12, 1949. Israel becomes 59th member of United Nations.

Berlin hails end of Red blockade. Shanghai witnesses public

execution of Chinese Reds. Washington: bond wagon christened. New

York: Dr. Bunche honored. Quantico: Marine maneuvers. Memphis:

Cotton Carnival. Canadian Golden Gloves. Girls baseball training

[West Baden, Ind.]

40. May 17, 1949. Blasts and fire damage N. Y.-N. J. Holland Tunnel.

Blockade of Berlin is lifted. Truman honors "women of achievement"

[voted by the Women's Press Club of Washington]. "I Am an American

Day" [Central Park, New York City], Barkley salutes Israel. "It

Happens Every Spring" premiere. Aviation: Truculent Turtle flight.

Goodall golf [New Rochelle, N. Y.]. The Preakness.

41. May 20, 1949. General Clay comes home from Berlin. Truman opens

"Opportunity" Bond drive. Another Roosevelt enters politics

[Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.]. Pope Pius proclaims new saint [Jeanne

de Lestonnac]. President Dutra of Brazil arrives in U. S. "It

Happens Every Spring" premiere [at Ann Arbor, Mich.]. Barkley

salutes Israel [at Madison Square Garden]. U. S. Air Force tests

inflated building for radar work. Water sports: Florida introduces

the skim boat [at Cypress Gardens]; Wellesley Sophs win crew race.

42. May 24, 1949. Foreign ministers of the "Big Four" meet in Paris.

Rioting in Berlin over rail strike against the Reds. Floods,

tornadoes strike in central and western U. S. Mechanical crib

[automatic "night nurse" rocks the cradle]. New jet fighter F–90

[ground-tested at Burbank, Calif.]. Giant flying boat [at Alameda,

Calif.] Tulip time in Holland, Mich. Water festival [Saginaw, Mich.,

has new water system]. Sports: P.A.L. boxing [tournament]; Mr.

America [contest]; Los Angeles relays [at Coliseum].

43. May 27, 1949. "Big Four" discuss German problems at Paris

meeting. The nation pays final tribute to Secretary Forrestal.

Airborne maneuvers at Fort Bragg, N. C. Greek Queen visits war

orphan camps. Canada starts big spring log drive. South Sea preacher

arrives [Seventh Day Adventist missionary]. Oysters do grow on trees

down in Puerto Rico. First outdoor art fair held at Columbus [Ohio].

Sports: Navy boxing [at Alameda, Calif.]; girl water skier [Willa

Worthington].

44. May 31, 1949. Atomic Energy Commission is investigated. A.F.L.

holds union industries show in Cleveland. Rita Hayworth weds Aly

Khan in France. Latest in trailers for vacation [trailer display at

Crystal Lake, Ill.]. High temperature test for supersonic pilots.

Winston Churchill in Glasgow.

45. June 3, 1949. Eisenhower awards Columbia degrees to old comrades

[Generals Lucius Clay and Omar Bradley]. England frees Eisler. Alger

Hiss on trial. Hirohito visits Nagasaki. Annapolis color girl. The

wedding of Rita and Aly. Terrific spills at Indianapolis 500–mile

race.

46. June 7, 1949. Marshall honored by 16 countries of ECA plan.

Annapolis graduation. Moscow parade. Tokyo stock exchange is

re-opened. Photographers beauty queen. Celebrities golf [Bob Hope,

Bing Crosby, and government officials]. English Derby. Sweepstakes

winner.

47. June 10, 1949. West Point graduation. California: How not to fly

[stunt aviator Sammy Mason]. Virginia: Navy hell week [for

demolition teams]. Kentucky: Trappist monks centennial. Berlin

railroad strike. Nagasaki [celebrates 400th anniversary of

introduction of Christianity to Japan by] St. Francis Xavier. Summer

skiing. Tuna fishing.

48. June 14, 1949. President Truman attends reunion of war buddies.

Will Rogers Memorial Hospital [taken over by Variety Clubs]. New

rescue boat [tried by Coast Guard]. Beautiful blonde contest. Milk

festival [Harvard, Ill.] London: trooping of colors. France: French

stunt flying. Australian storm. U. S. Open Golf. Belmont Stakes.

49. June 17, 1949. Trieste voters prefer Italy over Reds. Hitler's

yacht. Stratosphere balloons. Ku Klux Klan on the march. Fan

fashions. Wrestler learns about bear hugs the hard way. St. Louis

chimps prove monkeys "ain't so cwazy."

50. June 21, 1949. Chambers vs. Hiss in dramatic New York Red spy

trial. Paris: De Gaulle at General Le Clerc ceremonies. South Africa

gold mining. London gets all dressed up for Ascot racing. Girl

channel swimmer [Shirley May France] Dynamite man [Leo Simon].

51. June 24, 1949. Big Four come to terms; German-Austrian decisions

made at Paris talks. New York: 1 pound portable iron lung.

Indo-China: Ex-Emperor Bao Dai. Colorado: Governors' conference.

Boxing: Charles-Walcott fight. Wimbledon tennis. Indian canoe race.

52. June 28, 1949. The heat is on [scenes of people on the Eastern

Seaboard seeking relief from the heat]. New Jersey: oil refinery

fire. Flash flood at St. Petersburg, W. Va. Governor Warren weds.

Masonic parade, Florala, Ala. Seattle: tractor-type landing gear.

Marines summer training at Little Creek, Va. Wales: quad families.

Miss Atlantic City. Equipoise Mile at Arlington Park, Chicago. New

Zealand skiing.

53. July 1, 1949. Washington: counterfeiters seized. English

channel: Princess Astrid sinks. Ceremony of the walking towers at

Nola, Italy. New York: PAL outing for orphans. Santa Monica: St.

John's hospital [breaks ground for new wing]. 74–year-old man held

on charges of swindling women. Fashions for coeds. Rapids boat race

on Arkansas River. Water ski capers.

54. July 5, 1949. Judith Coplon found guilty in spy trial. Irene

Dunne honored with the Catholic Laetare medal. Chinese war orphan

[arrives in New York]. Australian floods. Wimbledon tennis. Night

water skiing.

55. July 8, 1949. Western Union Fleet maneuvers [British, French,

Dutch, and Belgian ships]. General Patton memorial statue [Tilly,

France]. Jap war prisoners return from Russia. U. S. Navy displays

Douglas Skyraider. California co-ed wins beauty crown as "Miss

Chinatown." Central City hails opening of Gala 1949 festival.

Wimbledon tennis. Henley regatta. Summer ski jump [Lake Placid].

56. July 12, 1949. Hiss trial ends. Snyder in London. Mrs. Perle

Mesta sworn in [as Minister to Luxembourg]. Senator Johnson [speaks]

on movie taxes. Strange stone-age race discovered in New Guinea.

Battery to Coney swim [by Shirley May France]. Night trotting

[Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, L. I.] Dog soccer.

57. July 15, 1949. Two air disasters cause fearful loss of life in

India and California. The President says U. S. can prevent a

depression. Bathing suit fashions. All Star baseball [Ebbets Field,

Brooklyn].

58. July 19, 1949. President Truman signs housing bill, opening new

era. West Virginia: chiefs of staff meeting. Connecticut: Navy

rescue bell. Virginia: Navy ROTC training. London: 2,500–pound dud

bomb near hospital. Munich: studio fire. England's bonnie Prince

Charles at 8 months.

59. July 22, 1949. Truman at Shriners Diamond Jubilee [in Chicago].

Seattle plane crash. Ile de France [returns to the tourist trade].

Chicago glue plant fire. Switzerland: Czech tennis players [Vladimir

Cernik and Jaroslav Drobny]. Washington: Jackie Robinson [testifies

before the Un-American Activities Committee]. "You're My Everything"

premiere [in Hollywood]. Science: Seat ejector bail out [tested at

San Rafael, Calif.]; Cosmic ray rockets [tested by the Navy].

60. July 26, 1949. Atlantic Treaty signed by Truman; arms fight

looms. 50,000th D.P. arrives [in Boston]. Anniversary: Israel "V"

Day [celebrated in Tel Aviv]. The blue Danube [is re-opened to

travel]. Earl of Harewood [is engaged to Marion Stein]. Clifton Webb

in Rome. Frog jumping jamboree [at Boys' Club, in Worcester, Mass.]

Paris swimming meet [in Tourelle Pool]. [Coaltown wins] Arlington

Handicap.

61. July 29, 1949. Australian flood ruin [outside Sydney]. Ile de

France arrives [in New York]. Hirohito sees swim meet [in Tokyo].

Log drive in Idaho [on the Clearwater River]. Grandmother beauty

contest [in Chicago]. Amputees baseball [at New York's Polo

Grounds]. Lesnevich-Charles training [in New Jersey]. Del Mar racing

[Bolero wins the Inaugural Handicap]. International motorbike race

in Vienna. Summer ski jump [at Guilford, N. H.]

62. Aug. 2, 1949. Acheson denies arms to Europe will start war.

Churchill in Italy. New Viking "invasion" [on the Kentish coast].

New Jersey: freak mid-air crash. Canada: rain maker [Donald Johnston

comes to the aid of farmers]. New York: tall girl beauty contest.

Water sports: snowbird yachts [in New Port Harbor, Calif.];

two-year-old diver [Dennis McShane]; water ski show [in Cypress

Gardens].

63. Aug. 5, 1949. Marshall advises a strong front against Russia.

Truman meets [American Legion] Boys' Forum. [Douglas] Fairbanks and

CARE. Nation pays tribute to Herbert Hoover on 75th birthday.

Shirley May France [prepares to swim the English Channel]. Mr. Ideal

Man [Sonny Myers]. Cheer leaders' school [Sam Houston College, in

Texas].

64. Aug. 9, 1949. Pin-point bombing supplies Alpine observatories

[with necessary provisions]. R.O.T.C. cadets [at Fort Eustis, Va.]

Indian "landlords" [receive annual payment from Canadian

government]. Tallest man [Clifford Thompson]. Aviation science [jet

planes tested]. French horse show [in Paris]. New Zealand deep sea

fishing. Aqua glamour [diving exhibition by Olympic performer, Helen

Crlenkovich, in Hollywood]. World premiere of "Slattery's

Hurricane," in Miami, Fla.

65. Aug. 12, 1949. Earthquake devastates many towns in Ecuador.

Forest fire in Montana. Philippine President [Elpidio Quirino] in

Washington. President Truman signs National Security Bill. U. S.

Coast Guard celebrates its 159th anniversary. Sports: Tam-O'Shanter

golf [Lloyd Mangrum wins first prize]; the Hambletonian [is won by

Miss Tilly].

66. Aug. 16, 1949. Vice President Alben Barkley is honored by his

home town, Paducah, Ky. Berlin kids' holiday. Aviation: Overhead

cable used as runway [near Baltimore]; Operation Foil [joint

American-British bombers test England's defenses]; carrier-based jet

fighters [tested]. Sports: All-star football [in Chicago]; Soap-box

Derby [at Akron, Ohio]; Junior Rodeo [at Post, Texas].

67. Aug. 19, 1949. Twelve nations discuss age-old plan for a united

Europe. Helicopter maneuvers [at Quantico, Va.] Bradley, Collins [at

swearing-in ceremony]; Johnson [attends meeting of Armed Forces

Policy Council]. Mayor O'Dwyer [attends inauguration of Harry Brandt

as president of the Independent Theatre Owners Association]. Miss

America [Bebe Shopp on the French Riviera]. New Yorkers see movie

premiere in the clouds. Sports: Tournament of Saracens [in Arezzo,

Italy]; Sheriff's Rodeo [in the Los Angeles Coliseum].

68. Aug. 23, 1949. Gar Wood's boat [the twin-hulled Venturi].

Disabled vets convention [in Cleveland]. Motion Picture Appreciation

Week [celebrated in Little Rock, Ark.] Fortifications in Swiss Alps

[revealed as Switzerland celebrates its 658th year as an independent

nation]. Amphibious maneuvers [at Little Creek, Va.]. Bernarr

MacFadden [at Dansville, N. Y.]. National A.A.U. Swimming [Meet at

Memorial Coliseum Pool, Los Angeles]. Connie Mack honored [in New

York]. Baseball Congress [Semi-Pro Tournament at Wichita, Kan.].

69. Aug. 26, 1949. Forest fires in France. Ecuador 'quake

reconstruction. President Truman signs North Atlantic treaty. Tom

Clark sworn in as Supreme Court Justice. Harold McGrath sworn in as

Attorney General. Asbury Park baby parade. Campbell's speedboat

[Bluebird aims to surpass record]. National Doubles tennis finals.

Auto race in Britain. Women's AAU swimming [San Antonio, Texas].

70. Aug. 30, 1949. Truman addresses American Legion in Philadelphia.

Terrific hurricane rips Florida with 162–mile winds. [Paul Hoffman]

head of ECA tours Europe. F.D.R.'s great grandchild [Nicholas Delano

Seagraves]. Firemen of Italy [give demonstration of climbing

perpendicular buildings]. Davis Cup singles. Little League baseball

[Hammonton, N. J., vs. Pensacola, Fla.]

71. Sept. 2, 1949. Washington five-percent hearing. Legionaires on

parade [Philadelphia]. $4,000,000 grocery fire in San Francisco.

Coast Guard wins battle over polio in epic of the sea. Skating

spectacle of the 1950 Ice Capades. Women swimmers in three-mile test

[Clemonton Lake Park, N. J.]. New York Giants train at Saranac Lake.

Helldrivers [Middleboro, Mass.]

72. Sept. 6, 1949. New Legion Commander [George Craig, of Indiana].

GAR's final encampment [at Indianapolis]. F. D. Roosevelt, Jr.,

takes a bride. Greek King sees successful assault on guerrillas.

Naples fiesta. Football training. Vacation schooner.

73. Sept. 9, 1949. International economics [discussed at State

Department in Washington]. President Truman on tour [to the

Allegheny County Fair]. Fatal crash marks National Air Races at

Cleveland. Miss America, spectacle of beauty. If you see double,

blame it on this twin convention [Huntington Beach, Calif.]. Labor

Day parade at Princeton, Indiana. National tennis. Canadian 15 mile

swim. Shirley May France [English Channel swimmer].

74. Sept. 13, 1949. Tacoma rebuilds ill-fated bridge "Gallopin'

Gertie." Supersonic jet speed features British air show. Mrs.

America; Miss America. Brother-sister diving act [Kathy and Bubber

Tongay]. Table tennis wizardry.

75. Sept. 16, 1949. New German President [Theodor Heuss]. Hapsburg

wedding. Theatre men hear [Charles] Sawyer. Rocket probes cosmic

ray. Boilermakers get new home [Kansas City]. Variety Club hat

auction. Harvest Moon Ball. Science is K.O.'d in wild-punching

Australian bout.

76. Sept. 20, 1949. Canadian steamer burns at dock; 200 killed and

injured. New Supreme Court Justice [Sherman Minton]. Greek Premier

[Tsaldaris] arrives for UN. Secretary Johnson lauds movies. Theatres

of Texas collect $170,000 for polio fund. Swimming family [Mercers

swim from Manhattan to Coney Island]. Roller Derby. Polo

championship. Football training [Univ. of Miami].

77. Sept. 23, 1949. Romulo elected president as UN Assembly opens.

Barkley on U. S. reclamation. Labor parade in Athens. Sweater girl

of 1949. Introducing "Satan's Angel," veteran paradog. Weight

lifting in Paris. Yacht racing [Ocean City, N. J.]. Danish gymnasts.

78. Sept. 27, 1949. Does Russia possess the atom bomb? President

Truman announces that an "atomic explosion" occurred in Soviet

Union. It's still swim time in California. Los Angeles: University

of Southern California defeats Navy. South Bend: Notre Dame trims

Indiana.

79. Sept. 30, 1949. Truman signs trade bill. Greek Holy Cross

celebration [Asbury Park, N. J.] Report from film council [made by

George Murphy]. Kansas honors Randolph Scott. Navy sea-air

exercises. Pennsylvania Week. Fashions in velvet. Rodeo at Madison

Square Garden. Army-Davidson football. Yogi acrobatics.

80. Oct. 4, 1949. Steel strike. [George] Marshall new Red Cross

head. Truman at Boyle dinner in Kansas City. New York: veterans

yield souvenir guns. London: Harewood-Stein wedding. Tyler, Texas,

rose festival. Tank maneuvers at Fort Bragg. Yanks and Dodgers win

pennants. Dartmouth-Penn football. Tulane-Georgia Tech football.

Pennsylvania Week.

81. Oct. 7, 1949. UN building flag raising. Truman on Community

Chest drive. Child of the year [Natalie Wood]. First jetliner in

America. Truman sees paratroops at Ft. Bragg. Queen of the mermaids

[at Weekiwachee Springs, Fla.] The World Series.

82. Oct. 11, 1949. Yankees win World Series. North Atlantic defense

parley. Operation Bulldog [airmen test England's ability to repel an

air attack]. Spellman visits Pope Pius. Football highlights:

Southern California-Ohio State; Texas-Oklahoma; Army-Michigan.

83. Oct. 14, 1949. The Navy fires its broadside during Capital

hearing. Washington: [Premier] Nehru [of India] arrives. Arizona:

endurance flyers. Minnesota: Irving Brown talks [on popularity of

American films abroad]. All Golden Horse Show [at Springfield, Mo.]

Princess Elizabeth's horse. Prison rodeo [Texas State Prison].

84. Oct. 18, 1949. Eleven top U. S. Reds guilty after record trial.

[Premier] Nehru before U. S. Congress. Jeanne Crain in cement [at

Grauman's Chinese Theatre]. Holy Name Holy Hour. The pigskin parade:

Notre Dame-Tulane; Yale-Cornell; California-Southern California.

85. Oct. 21, 1949. Navy-Air Force feud reaches climax at Congress

hearing. Fireworks attend UN Council vote on Yugoslavia. Lumber ship

afire at sea. Nehru honored at Columbia University. MacArthur host

to General Collins. Lowell Thomas arrives [in New York]. Mr. Canada.

All girl rodeo [Corpus Christi, Tex.]. Texas-Arkansas football.

86. Oct. 25, 1949. Truman attends UN cornerstone rite in New York.

U. S. communists start five-year prison terms. Nehru at Wellesley.

Barkley hailed at Florida University. 2000–year-old scrolls found

[Book of Isaiah presented at a ceremony at the Library of Congress].

Football highlights: Penn 28, Navy 7; Michigan 14, Minnesota 7.

24. Mar. 22, 1949. Democracies unite in North Atlantic Defense