1949 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1949?
- January 1, 1949 – United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
- January 3, 1949 – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
- January 25, 1949 – At the Hollywood Athletic Club the first Emmy Awards are presented.
- January 29, 1949 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.
- March 31, 1949 – The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
- April 1, 1949 – The Canadian government repeals Japanese Canadian internment after seven years.
- April 4, 1949 – Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
- April 17, 1949 – At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.
- May 12, 1949 – The western occupying powers approve the Basic Law for the new German state: the Federal Republic of Germany.
- June 25, 1949 – Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters.
- July 21, 1949 – The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
- August 3, 1949 – The National Basketball Association is founded in the United States.
- August 10, 1949 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.
- August 29, 1949 – Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
- September 4, 1949 – The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
- September 17, 1949 – The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
- September 27, 1949 – The first Plenary Session of the National People’s Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People’s Republic of China.
- October 14, 1949 – Chinese Civil War: Chinese Communist forces occupy the city of Guangzhou (Canton), in Guangdong, China.
- October 24, 1949 – The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
- December 10, 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The People’s Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
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