1949

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From top to bottom, left to right: British astronomer Fred Hoyle coins the term Big Bang; the North Atlantic Treaty is signed, forming NATO; Police and protesters clash during the 1949 Kemi strike; EDSAC is the second electronic digital stored-program computer to go into regular service; The first Soviet atomic bomb, RDS-1, is made; Devastation after the Prüm explosion in Germany; Wreckage of an Avio Linee Italiane Fiat G.212 after the Superga air disaster; Mao Zedong proclaiming the foundation of the People's Republic of China.
1949 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1949
MCMXLIX
Ab urbe condita 2702
Armenian calendar 1398
ԹՎ ՌՅՂԸ
Assyrian calendar 6699
Baháʼí calendar 105–106
Balinese saka calendar 1870–1871
Bengali calendar 1355–1356
Berber calendar 2899
British Regnal year 13  Geo. 6   14  Geo. 6
Buddhist calendar 2493
Burmese calendar 1311
Byzantine calendar 7457–7458
Chinese calendar 戊子年 (Earth  Rat)
4646 or 4439
     to 
己丑年 (Earth  Ox)
4647 or 4440
Coptic calendar 1665–1666
Discordian calendar 3115
Ethiopian calendar 1941–1942
Hebrew calendar 5709–5710
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2005–2006
 - Shaka Samvat 1870–1871
 - Kali Yuga 5049–5050
Holocene calendar 11949
Igbo calendar 949–950
Iranian calendar 1327–1328
Islamic calendar 1368–1369
Japanese calendar Shōwa 24
(昭和24年)
Javanese calendar 1880–1881
Juche calendar 38
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4282
Minguo calendar ROC 38
民國38年
Nanakshahi calendar 481
Thai solar calendar 2492
Tibetan calendar 阳土鼠年
(male Earth-Rat)
2075 or 1694 or 922
     to 
阴土牛年
(female Earth-Ox)
2076 or 1695 or 923

1949 (MCMXLIX) 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.

Contents

Events

January

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January 17: Beetle in U.S.

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

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Konrad Adenauer.

October

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October 1: People's Republic of China is founded.
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October 7: The German Democratic Republic is Established.

November

December

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Dec. 16: Sukarno, first President of Indonesia
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Celebration of Joseph Stalin's 70th Birthday (December 21, 1949)

Date unknown

Births

Births
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January

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George Foreman
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Göran Persson
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John Belushi

February

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Brent Spiner
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Niki Lauda
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Simon Crean
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Ric Flair

March

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Alex Higgins
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Slavoj Žižek
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Margareta of Romania
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Michael W. Young

April

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Judith Resnik
Zygmunt Zimowski Zygmunt Zimowski.jpg
Zygmunt Zimowski
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Massimo D'Alema
Janet Agren Janet Agren 1975c.jpg
Janet Ågren
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Jessica Lange
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György Gedó
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António Guterres

May

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Billy Joel
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Alan García
Jim Broadbent Jim Broadbent 2012.jpg
Jim Broadbent
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Jeremy Corbyn
Tom Berenger Tom Berenger 2019.jpg
Tom Berenger

June

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Heather Couper
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Jarosław Kaczyński
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Ebi
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Lionel Richie
Meryl Streep Meryl Streep December 2018.jpg
Meryl Streep

July

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Noli de Castro
Shelley Duvall Shelley Duvall 1975.jpg
Shelley Duvall
Carl Bildt Carl Bildt under den politiska Almedalsveckan 2016.jpg
Carl Bildt
Kgalema Motlanthe Kgalema Motlanthe at the 12th AU Summit (cropped).jpg
Kgalema Motlanthe
Alan Menken Alan Menken 2013 (cropped).jpg
Alan Menken
Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin DOD 20050915.jpg
Thaksin Shinawatra
Jamil Mahuad JamilMahuad.jpg
Jamil Mahuad

August

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Mark Knopfler
Fernando Collor de Mello Fernando Collor no Senado em Posse presidencial - 2019.jpg
Fernando Collor de Mello
Beverly Burns Beverly Burns.jpg
Beverly Burns
Phil Lynott Thin lizzy 22041980 01 400.jpg
Phil Lynott
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Vicky Leandros
Richard Gere Richard Gere, December 2017.jpg
Richard Gere

September

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Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Roskilde Festival 2012.jpg
Bruce Springsteen

October

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Luis Sepúlveda
Sigourney Weaver Sigourney Weaver by Gage Skidmore 4.jpg
Sigourney Weaver
Owen Arthur Owen Arthur-2.jpg
Owen Arthur
Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin Netanyahu 2019 (cropped).jpg
Benjamin Netanyahu
Arsene Wenger Arsene Wenger JHayes (cropped).jpg
Arsène Wenger

November

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Pierre Buyoya
Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Raitt 2000.jpg
Bonnie Raitt

December

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Pablo Escobar
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Sebastián Piñera
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Jeff Bridges
Sissy Spacek Sissy Spacek by David Shankbone (cropped).jpg
Sissy Spacek

Date unknown

Deaths

January

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Gennaro Righelli
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Yoshijirō Umezu

February

March

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Sarojini Naidu
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Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia

April

May

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Prince Louis II of Monaco
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Damaskinos of Athens

June

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Themistoklis Sofoulis
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Sigrid Undset

July

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Georgi Dimitrov
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Douglas Hyde
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Ellery Harding Clark
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Nils Östensson

August

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Margaret Mitchell
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Uemura Shōen

September

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Richard Strauss
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Pandeli Evangjeli
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Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens

October

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Blessed Nykyta Budka
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Saint Laura Montoya
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Blessed Lorenzo Massa

November

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Elena Arizmendi Mejía
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Abdolhossein Hazhir
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Wakatsuki Reijirō

December

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Maria Ouspenskaya
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Lead Belly
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Antoni Ponikowski
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Jack Lovelock

Date unknown

Nobel Prizes

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