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1949 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade. Events. January. January 1 – A United ...
Jul 27, 2012 · What Happened in 1949 Important News and Events, Key Technology and Popular Culture. What happened in 1949 Major News Stories include Mao Tse Tung Proclaims The Communist People's Republic of China, Geneva Convention agreed, First Volkswagen Beetle The Peoples Car sold in US, Apartheid begins in South Africa, RCA Perfects a system for broadcasting color television.
Famous Divorces in 1949. May 31 American singer and actress Doris Day (27) divorces American saxophonist George Weidler (23) after 3 years of marriage. Jun 8 Actor Burgess Meredith (41) divorces actress Paulette Goddard (39) after 5 years of marriage. Sep 7 American actress Janet Leigh (22) divorces American sailor Stanley Reames after almost 4 ...
Jan 12 Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter. Jan 14 Black and Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die. Jan 15 Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin. Jan 16 KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast.
Jun 8, 2019 · January. January 4: This 1949 timeline begins with the ‘RNS Caronia’ of the Cunard Line departing Southampton for New York on her maiden voyage. January 15: In South Africa, three days of race rioting leave 105 people dead. January 19: Tributes from the Poe Toaster first appear at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe. January 20: One of the most important events that happened in 1949, Harry S ...
