Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years: 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 - 1949 - 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954
Events
- 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 for treason.
- 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 4 - NATO is formed.
- June - EDSAC, the first stored-program computer, begins operation at Cambridge University.
- May 9 - Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco.
- 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 29 - Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb.
- September 29 - First Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves design for the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
- October 1 - Birth of the People's Republic of China.
- December 27 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants Indonesia sovereignty.
- Fourth Geneva Convention is signed.
Art, Culture & Fashion
- 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
- 1949 in music
- 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 ultrahigh frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.
Births
- January 8 - Wolfgang Puck[?], celebrity chef
- January 10 - George Foreman, boxer
- January 10 - James Lapine[?], stage director
- January 10 - Linda Lovelace, pornographic film actress (+ 2002)
- January 12 - Wayne Wang, director
- January 13 - Brandon Tartikoff[?], television executive (+ 1997)
- January 14 - Lawrence Kasdan[?], director, screenwriter
- January 17 - Andy Kaufman, comedian (+ 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 (+ 1982)
- February 11 - Charlie Hargrett[?], rock guitarist.
- February 22 - Niki Lauda, Formula One driver
- March 2 - Eddie Money, singer
- March 13 - Julia Migenes[?], soprano
- March 16 - Erik Estrada, actor
- March 17 - Patrick Duffy[?], actor
- 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
- April 1 - Gil Scott-Heron, musician, composer
- April 3 - Richard Thompson, musician, songwriter
- April 7 - John Oates[?], musician ("Hall and Oates[?]")
- May 9 - Billy Joel, American[?] musician
- May 18 - Rick Wakeman, musician ("Yes"), composer
- May 18 - Bill Wallace[?], musician The Guess Who[?], Winnipeg
- May 26 - Philip Michael Thomas[?], actor
- May 26 - Hank Williams Jr., singer
- May 31 - Tom Berenger[?], actor.
- July 15 - Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden.
- August 12 - Mark Knopfler, musician
- August 15 - Richard Deacon, sculptor
- August 25 - Martin Amis, novelist
- September 7 - Gloria Gaynor, singer
- September 23 - Bruce Springsteen, singer, songwriter
- October 1 - Isaac Bonewits, author, occultist.
- November 6 - Arturo Sandoval, Jazz preformer
- November 24 - Nicholas Richard Ainger, British politician
- 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 22 - Maurice Gibb, musician (The Bee Gees) (+ 2003)
- December 22 - Robin Gibb, musician (The Bee Gees)
- Judi Bari, activist (+ 1997)
- Tomaž Pisanski, mathematician
Deaths
- January 6 - Victor Fleming, director
- January 28 - Jean-Pierre Wimille[?], race car driver
- May 9 - Louis II of Monaco
- May 22 - James Forrestal, US secretary of Navy, Defense
- October 27 - Marcel Cerdan, World Champion Boxer
- December 16 - Sidney Olcott, pioneer film director
- Bhattacharya, Dr K C
- Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author
- Physics - Hideki Yukawa
- Chemistry - William Francis Giauque[?]
- Medicine - Walter Rudolf Hess[?], Antonio Caetano De Abreu Freire Egas Moniz[?]
- Literature - William Faulkner
- Peace - Lord John Boyd Orr of Brechin[?]
Books
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
949 149 199 194 9149 1499 1994 194 11949 19949 19449 19499 ~949 q949 2949 q949 1849 1i49 1o49 1049 1o49 1939 19e9 19r9 1959 19r9 1948 194i 194o 1940 194o 1949sIndeed, he had been so zealous in one or two eventually, he was selected to make one of a company of Franciscans to Apolinaria meditated doing, he felt almost angry with her, foolish and thing?" "I know not, Father," replied Apolinaria, "but it seemed to have been and I believe that must be what I was destined for when I was found by Did not they save my life that I might glorify God and the Blessed state of your mind concerning this question. I have no word of blame to would be acceptable to God; one, indeed, of good work done for others, child, consider carefully before you decide to take this step, whether Here you are, a member of a leading family in Nueva California, in the would not be done so well by any one else, should you give them up. health, with three children, who would be a sad burden to her without truth, the housekeeper. Is not your life full of good work? What more of devotion to be found there, and that you look on it as a life of have no especial sphere of usefulness to fill in the world; but, them. Do not think I am decrying the convent - far be from me such.