9 January: The Los Angeles area was hit with a massive snowstorm
20 January: The Council of Mutual Economic Assistance, the first ever Syndicalist International Economic organisation, was formed.
10 February: Arthur Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' premiers at Morosco Theatre, New York City, American Union State.
16 February: Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy, and Clyde Martin. American Citizens who fled to Hawaii during the 2nd American Civil War, published their book 'Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male' in English, Japanese, Mandarin, and German. It became an instant hit in Japan, garnering significant attention to Japanese sexual life.
25 February: Oswald Mosley, Chairman of the Union of Britain, would make his infamous 'Secret Speech' in front of a closed session of the British Parliament, in it. He decries the so-called 'reactionary' forces within the East, calling them 'Uncivilized' and 'Not yet fully developed societies', he also advocated for a more hawkish foreign policy. As details leak out, reaction from the various CPS states range from outrage to denunciation.
8 March: Zhang Zuolin made the so called 'Promises of 1949', a speech in front of the Legislative Yuan. He will resign in 1965, and public elections will be held 'as soon as possible'.
29 April: Boris Shumyatsky, President of the Russian Republic, tours the Kuban and Volga regions of the country, meeting with various community leaders and hearing out their grievances.
14 May: The
Bikini, a two-piece swimwear, was unveiled by Japanese Fashion Designer Aso Tarada, to the shocking reaction of the whole country. Conservatives are decrying the liberal design, while feminists detest the 'sexualized nature' of the swimwear.
23 May: Nereid, a moon in Neptune, was discovered by Dutch Scientist Gerard Kuiper
29 May: The
PC-1, an early computer, ran its first program within the halls of Tokyo University's Physics Department.
5 June: Orapin Chaiyakan was the first female elected into Siam's parliament.
22 June: Elizabeth Warren was born.
29 June: The South African Government begins banning Mixed-Race marriages, continuing their policy of Apartheid since 1943.
24 July: The Cumbra Vieja, a Volcano in the Canary Islands, erupts.
29 July: The
De-Havilland Comet, the world's first Jet-Powered Airline, makes it's first flight in England.
10 August: The Avro Canada
C102 Jetliner makes it's first flight, becoming the second Jet-Powered airline to take flight.
12 August: Jawa Pos, an Insulindian Newspaper, was created.
16 August: Yusof Bin Ishak, Prime Minister of the Malayan Federation and party leader for the Barisan Socialis Rakyat Malaya. Announces that regular elections will be held in 1952. Coinciding with the Japanese election year, main challengers primarily come from the United Malays National Organisation, a Conservative, Pro-Malay Political party.
25 August: Crete, an island controlled by Japan, was granted immediate independence in exchange for their membership within the Co-Prosperity sphere, the Japanese maintains an Airbase and Naval Station near Chania and Heraklion, their main Naval Station in Heraklion and Airbase near Chania.
6 September: 2nd American Civil War Veteran Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors near Camden, New Jersey with a P.08 Parabellum pistol. He became America's first single-episode mass murderer.
9 September: The
Albert Guay Affair, Joseph Albert Guay, a Canadian citizen, killed 23 people in a Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 108 near Sault-au-Cochon, Quebec.
17 September: Warner Bros released the Fast and the Furry-ous, marking the first debut of Wile E .Coyote and the Road Runner
26 September: Samuel Putnam publishes his new Translation of Don Quixote, it became instantly acclaimed.
10 October: Japanese Prime Minister, Tetsu Katayama, makes headlines as he started outlining his plans for a nationally organized medical system, if successful, Japan would theoretically become the first Non-Syndicalist country with Universal Healthcare.
20 October: China People's Insurance Company was founded, it employs a mix of both Chinese and exiled European employees.
23 October: Mitsubishi starts development for the first Japanese
Commercial Jet Plane, there is significant skepticism on whether or not it will succeed, but, considering the earlier launch of the De-Havilland Comet and Avro Canada C102 Jetliner, a response from Japan feels warranted.
1 November: Japan Airlines was founded, merging the various regional airlines of Japan and the
Japan Air Transport company into one unified whole.
7 November: Oil is discovered in the Caspian Sea.
18 November: The
Volkswagen Type 2 Panel Van was unveiled.
15 December: A typhoon hits a fishing fleet off Korea, killing several thousand.
20 December: Captured British Royal King Edward VIII has gone missing, later on, it would be confirmed that he escaped imprisonment in Canada.
25 December: Refugees from Europe, mostly former nobles, high ranking officials and other middle to high middle class Europeans in general, particularly those from Germany, Austria, Hungary, Illyria, The Balkans, and parts of Italy, began their journey eastward, in hopes to find refuge within the Co-Prosperity Sphere.
31 December: This is the first year in which no recorded Lynchings of African Americans have occured.