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Events:
January 4 - RMS Caronia of the Cunard Line departs Southampton for New York on her
maiden voyage.
January 5 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
January 11 - Los Angeles, California receives its first recorded snowfall.
January 25 - The first Emmy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
January 25 - In the first Israeli election, David Ben-Gurion becomes Prime Minister.
January 26 - Australian Citizenship comes into being.
February 8 - Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary is sentenced to life imprisonment for
treason against the Hungarian Communist government.
February 12 - The Vatican announces the excommunication of all persons involved in
the trial and conviction of Cardinal Mindszenty.
February 14 - The Knesset (Israeli parliament) first convenes.
February 19 - Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen
Foundation and Yale University.
March 2 - The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II lands in Fort Worth, Texas after
completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight.
March 3 - The Tucker automobile Corporation folds.
March 28 - United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal resigns suddenly.
April 1 - Newfoundland joins Canada.
April 1 - Southern Ireland leaves the Commonwealth and becomes the Republic of Ireland.
April 4 - NATO is formed.
April 18 - Eire formally became the Republic of Ireland.
June - EDSAC, the first stored-program computer, begins operation at Cambridge University.
May 9 - Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco.
May 11 - Israel is admitted to the U.N. as its 59th member.
May 11 - Siam changes its name to Thailand.
May 12 - Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its Blockade of Berlin.
May 20 - The AFSA (predecessor of the NSA) is established.
May 22 - After two months in Bethesda Naval Hospital, James Forrestal commits suicide,
under circumstances that seem suspicious to many.
May 23 - The Federal Republic of Germany is established.
August 5 - In Ecuador an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6000.
August 8 - Bhutan becomes independent.
August 29 - Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb.
September 6 - Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets
back to German control.
September 29 - First Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves
design for the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
September 29 - Mrs. Iva Toguri D'Aquino is found guilty of broadcasting for Japan
as "Tokyo Rose" during World War II.
October 1 - Birth of the People's Republic of China.
November 26 - The Indian Constituent Assembly adopts India's constitution.
December 27 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants Indonesia sovereignty.
The Fourth Geneva Convention is signed.
Year in topic:
1949 in
film:
February 10 - Death of a Salesman opens (Morosco Theatre in New York City).
All the King's Men.
Twelve O'Clock High.
Sands of Iwo Jima starring John Wayne.
1949 in
literature:
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell.
1949 in
sports:
March 1 - World heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis announces his
retirement from boxing.
A form of drag racing, using a hand-held stop watch for timing, begins on the
Bonneville Salt Flats.
Red Byron won the inaugural NASCAR Championship.
1949 in
television:
January 3 - Colgate Theatre premieres on NBC.
January 11 - A 2 hour special on all networks celebrates the linking of the eastern and
midwestern networks via coaxial cable.
January 17 - The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, airs.
January 31 - The first Emmy Awards are presented and broadcasted on
television from Los Angeles.
May - The first telethon, benefitting the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund, is hosted by
Milton Berle and lasts for 24 hours.
August 25 - RCA announces the development of a compatible color TV system.
December 29 - KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high
frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.
Births:
January 6 -
Martina Tannetje van den Houten.
January 8 -
Wolfgang Puck, celebrity chef.
January 10 -
George Foreman, boxer.
January 10 -
James Lapine, stage director.
January 10 -
Linda Lovelace, pornographic film actress (d. 2002).
January 11 -
Anne Marie van den Houten.
January 12 -
Wayne Wang, director.
January 13 -
Brandon Tartikoff, television executive (d. 1997).
January 14 -
Lawrence Kasdan, director, screenwriter.
January 17 -
Andy Kaufman, comedian (d. 1984).
January 18 -
Philippe Starck, French designer.
January 19 -
Robert Palmer, singer, guitarist.
January 20 -
Göran Persson, prime minister of Sweden.
January 24 -
John Belushi, actor (d. 1982).
January 28 -
Janneken van den Houten.
January 28 -
Johanna van den Houten.
January 29 -
Florentina Adriana van den Houten.
January 29 -
Cornelia van den Houten.
January 31 -
Ken Wilber, philosopher.
February 2 -
Brent Spiner, actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Independence Day).
February 11 -
Charlie Hargrett, rock guitarist.
February 18 -
Gary Ridgway, accused of being the Green River Killer.
February 19 -
Dan Bunten, software developer (d. 1998).
February 22 -
Niki Lauda, Formula One driver.
February 25 -
Joke van den Houten.
March 2 -
Eddie Money, singer.
March 13 -
Julia Migenes, soprano.
March 15 -
Cornelis Marinus Lokker.
March 16 -
Erik Estrada, actor.
March 16 -
Victor Garber, actor.
March 17 -
Krina Biever.
March 17 -
Patrick Duffy, actor.
March 21 -
Jan Kostense.
March 22 -
Fanny Ardant, actress.
March 23 -
Ric Ocasek, musician ("The Cars").
March 24 -
Nick Lowe, musician.
March 26 -
Patrick Süskind, writer (The Perfume).
March 30 -
Lene Lovich, singer.
March 31 -
Bethel Enproe Adam, second Angam Baby.
April 1 -
Gil Scott-Heron, musician, composer.
April 3 -
Richard Thompson, musician, songwriter.
April 7 -
John Oates, musician ("Hall and Oates").
April 16 -
Sandy Hawley, jockey.
May 9 -
Billy Joel, American musician.
May 18 -
Rick Wakeman, musician ("Yes"), composer.
May 18 -
Bill Wallace, musician The Guess Who, Winnipeg.
May 19 -
Adrianus Martinus (Ad) Cornelisse(n).
May 19 -
Archie Manning, American football quarterback.
May 26 -
Philip Michael Thomas, actor.
May 26 -
Hank Williams Jr., singer.
May 31 -
Tom Berenger, actor.
June 6 -
Izaak Leendert van den Houten.
June 13 -
Ann Druyan, science fiction writer.
June 18 -
André Jacobus de Booij.
June 21 -
Jane Urquhart, Canadian author.
July 15 -
Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden.
July 17 -
Charlie Steiner, sports anchor.
July 22 -
Alan Menken, composer.
August 7 -
Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze.
August 12 -
Mark Knopfler, musician.
August 15 -
Richard Deacon, sculptor.
August 23 -
Shelley Long, actress.
August 25 -
Martin Amis, novelist.
August 27 -
Robert Marinus van den Houten.
September 1 -
P.A. Sangma, Indian politician.
September 7 -
Lee McGeorge Durrell, author, television presenter, zookeeper.
September 7 -
Gloria Gaynor, singer.
September 17 -
Gerardus Jan van den Houten.
September 23 -
Bruce Springsteen, singer, songwriter.
September 27 -
Mike Schmidt, Baseball Hall of Famer.
October 1 -
Isaac Bonewits, author, occultist.
October 2 -
Lorraine Bracco, actress.
October 14 -
Ina van den Houten.
October 14 -
Daughter van den Houten.
November 5 -
Armin Shimerman, actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
November 6 -
Arturo Sandoval, Jazz performer.
November 24 -
Nicholas Richard Ainger, British politician.
November 24 -
Linda Tripp, figure in Lewinsky scandal.
December 3 -
John Akii-Bua, Ugandan hurdler.
December 4 -
Jeff Bridges, actor.
December 4 -
Pamela Stephenson, Comedienne, actress and singer.
December 7 -
Tom Waits, singer, composer, actor.
December 15 -
Don Johnson, actor (Miami Vice).
December 22 -
Maurice Gibb, musician (The Bee Gees) (d. 2003).
December 22 -
Robin Gibb, musician (The Bee Gees).
Deaths:
January 6 -
Victor Fleming, director.
January 11 -
Nelson Doubleday, U.S. book publisher.
January 14 -
Joaquín Turina, composer.
January 28 -
Jean-Pierre Wimille, race car driver.
February 4 -
Gerrit Moermond.
February 17 -
Barendina Jobse.
March 25 -
Jacob van Dam.
April 19 -
Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater.
May 9 -
Louis II of Monaco.
May 22 -
James Forrestal, US secretary of Navy, Defense.
June 10 -
Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author.
July 12 -
Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland.
July 18-
Vitezslav Novák, composer.
July 20 -
Dina van den Berge.
August 18 -
Paul Mares, jazz musician (b. 1900).
October 27 -
Marcel Cerdan, World Champion Boxer.
November 16 -
Bastiaan van den Houten.
November 24 -
Jakob Ringelberg.
December 1 -
Jacob van den Houten.
December 16 -
Sidney Olcott, pioneer film director.
December 28 -
Jack Lovelock, New Zealand athlete.
Gerbrand van den Houten.
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