1949 34604 226030173 2008-07-16T14:48:32Z NuclearWarfare 5697725 clean up using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{year nav|1949}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1949 ([[Roman numerals|MCMXLIX]]) was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. {{C20YearTOC|1949||Fields Medalists|World population}} == Events of 1949 == === January === [[Image:VW Standard,Bj1950 2005-09-17 .jpg|thumb|90px|right| [[January 17]]: [[Volkswagen Beetle|Beetle]] in [[U.S.]]]] * [[January 2]] - [[Luis Muñoz Marín]] becomes the first democratically elected [[Governor of Puerto Rico]]. * [[January 4]] - ''[[RMS Caronia]]'' of the [[Cunard Line]] departs [[Southampton]] for [[New York]] on her maiden voyage. ** [[January 4]] - [[February 22]] - Series of winter storms in [[Nebraska]], [[Wyoming]], [[South Dakota]], [[Utah]], [[Colorado]] and [[Nevada]] - winds of up to 72 mph - tens of thousands of cattle and sheep perish. * [[January 5]] - U.S. President [[Harry S. Truman]] unveils his [[Fair Deal]] program. * [[January 11]] - [[Los Angeles, California]] receives its first recorded [[snow]]fall. * [[January 11]] - [[KDKA-TV]], Becomes the first local, on-air television station. * [[January 17]] - The first [[Volkswagen Beetle]] to arrive in the [[United States]], a [[1948]] model, is brought over to [[New York]] by Dutch businessman Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his travel expenses. Only two 1949 models will be sold in America that year, convincing Volkswagen chairman [[Heinrich Nordhoff]] that the car has no future in the U.S. (The [[Volkswagen Beetle|VW Beetle]] goes on to become the greatest automobile phenomenon in American history.) * [[January 19]] - First recorded date of The [[Poe Toaster]] to appear at the grave of [[Edgar Allan Poe]] * [[January 20]] - [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] begins his full term. <!-- Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:David Ben Gurion.JPG|thumb|120px|right| [[January 25]] -->: * [[January 25]] **Forces from the [[Communist Party of China]] enter [[Beijing]]. **The first [[Emmy Award]]s are presented at the [[Hollywood Athletic Club]]. **In the first [[Israel]]i election, [[David Ben-Gurion]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Israel|Prime Minister]]. * [[January 26]] - [[Australia]]n Citizenship comes into being. {{-}}<!-- split, for future images above --> ===February=== * [[February 1]] - [[Rationing]] of clothes ends in Britain. * [[Carmona|Antonio Carmona]] is re-elected [[president of Portugal]] for lack of an opposing candidate. * [[February 19]] - [[Ezra Pound]] is awarded the first [[Bollingen Prize|Bollingen Prize in poetry]] by the [[Bollingen Foundation]] and [[Yale University]]. * [[February 22]] - [[Grady the Cow]], a 1,200-pound cow gets stuck inside a silo on a farm in [[Yukon, Oklahoma]] and garners national media attention. ===March=== * [[March 1]] **World heavyweight boxing champion [[Joe Louis]] retires **Indonesia seizes [[Yogyakarta]] from the Dutch. * [[March 2]] - The [[B-50 Superfortress]] ''[[Lucky Lady II]]'' under Captain '''James Gallagher''' lands in [[Fort Worth, Texas]] after completing the first non-stop around-the-world [[fixed-wing aircraft|airplane]] flight. It was refueled in flight four times. * [[March 17]] - Grand opening of the [[Shamrock Hotel]] in [[Houston, Texas]], owned by oil tycoon [[Glenn McCarthy]]. * [[March 20]] - The [[Chicago, Burlington & Quincy]], [[Denver & Rio Grande Western]] and [[Western Pacific Railroad|Western Pacific]] railroads inaugurate the ''[[California Zephyr]]'' passenger train between [[Chicago]] and [[Oakland, California]] as the first long distance train to feature Vista Dome cars as regular equipment. * [[March 25]] - The extensive deportation campaign was conducted in [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[Lithuania]]. The Soviet authorities deported more than 92,000 people from Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union. * [[March 26]] - The first half of [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s opera ''[[Aida]]'', conducted by legendary conductor [[Arturo Toscanini]], and performed in concert (i.e. no scenery or costumes), is telecast by [[NBC]], live from [[Studio 8H]] at [[Rockefeller Center]]. The second half will be telecast a week later. This will be the only complete [[opera]] that Toscanini will ever conduct on [[television]]. * [[March 28]] - [[United States Secretary of Defense]] [[James Forrestal]] resigns suddenly. * [[March 29]] - [[21st Academy Awards]] ceremony * [[March 31]] - The former British colony of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] joins [[Canada]] as its 10th province. ===April=== * [[April 1]] **[[Éire]] leaves the [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]] and becomes the [[Republic of Ireland]]. **The [[Tokyo Stock Exchange]] is founded. * [[April 4]] - The [[North Atlantic Treaty]] is signed in [[Washington, DC]], creating the [[NATO]] defense alliance. * [[April 7]] - [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'', starring [[Mary Martin]] and [[Ezio Pinza]], opens on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and goes on to become R&H's second longest-running [[Musical theatre|musical]]. It becomes an instant classic of the [[musical theatre]]. The score's biggest hit is the song ''Some Enchanted Evening''. * [[April 14]] - The day the [[N'Ko]] alphabet is held to have been completed by [[Solomana Kante]]. * [[April 18]] - [[Éire]] formally became the [[Republic of Ireland]]. * [[April 20]] - [[Royal Navy]] [[frigate]] ''[[HMS Amethyst (U16)]]'' goes up the [[Yangtze River]] to evacuate [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]] refugees escaping the advance of the Mao's communist forces. Under heavy fire it runs aground off [[Rose Island]]. After an aborted rescue attempt on [[April 26]] it anchors 10 miles upstream. Negotiations with the communist forces to let the ship leave drag on for weeks * [[April 23]] - Chinese communist troops take [[Nanking]] * [[April 28]] ** [[India]] issues the [[London Declaration]], enabling it (and, thereafter, any other nation) to remain in the British Commonwealth despite becoming a republic, creating the position of '[[Head of the Commonwealth]]', and renaming the organisation as the '[[Commonwealth of Nations]]'. ** Former [[First Lady of the Philippines|Philippine First Lady]] [[Aurora Quezon]], 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her [[Manuel Quezon|late husband]]; her daughter and 10 others are also killed. * [[April 29]] - The ''News Review'' reveals that neither [[Selhurst College]] nor its headmaster [[H. Rochester Sneath]] exist. ===May=== * [[May 1]] - [[Nereid]], a moon of [[Neptune]], is discovered by [[Gerard P. Kuiper]]. * [[May 5]] - The [[Council of Europe]] is founded by the signing of the [[Treaty of London]]. * [[May 9]] - [[Rainier III, Prince of Monaco|Rainier III of Monaco]] becomes Prince of [[Monaco]], upon the death of his maternal grandfather [[Louis II, Prince of Monaco|Louis II]]. * [[May 11]] **[[Israel]] is admitted to the [[U.N.]] as its 59th member. **Siam officially changes its name to [[Thailand]], a name in use since 1939. * [[May 12]] - [[Cold War]]: The [[Soviet Union]] lifts its [[Berlin Airlift|Blockade of Berlin]]. * [[May 20]] **The [[AFSA]] (predecessor of the [[National Security Agency|NSA]]) is established. **[[Kuomintang]] regime declare [[Taiwan]] is under the [[martial law]]. * [[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. * [[EDSAC]], the first stored-program computer, begins operation at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]]. ===June=== * [[June 2]] - [[Transjordan]] becomes kingdom of [[Jordan]] * [[June 6]] - With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the [[India]]n government, [[Mahabodhi Temple]] is restored to partial [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] control. * [[June 8]] **[[Second Red Scare|Red Scare]]: Such celebrities as [[Helen Keller]], [[Dorothy Parker]], [[Danny Kaye]], [[Fredric March]], [[John Garfield]], [[Paul Muni]] and [[Edward G. Robinson]] are named in an [[FBI]] report as [[Communist Party]] members. **[[George Orwell]]'s book ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' is published. *[[June 19]] - [[Glenn Dunnaway]] wins the inaugural [[NASCAR]] race at [[Charlotte Speedway]], a 3/4 mile oval in [[Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]], but is disqualified due to illegal springs. [[Jim Roper]] is declared the official winner. *[[June 24]] - First [[Television Westerns|Television Western]], [[Hopalong Cassidy]], airs on [[NBC]]. * [[June 29]] **Last US troops withdraw from [[South Korea]] **Dock strike in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] **Beginning of [[Apartheid]] - The ''[[South Africa]]n Citizenship Act'' suspends the granting of citizenship to [[Commonwealth of Nations|British Commonwealth]] immigrants after five years and imposes a ban on [[mixed marriage]]s ===July=== * [[July 20]] - [[Israel]] and [[Syria]] sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war. * [[July 27]] - Initial flight of the [[de Havilland Comet]], the first jet-powered airliner. * [[July 31]] - Captain Kerans of the ''[[HMS Amethyst (U16)|HMS Amethyst]]'' decides to make a break after nightfall under heavy fire from the [[Chinese People's Liberation Army]] both sides of the [[Yangtze River]] and successfully rejoins the fleet at [[Wusong|Woosung]] the next day. ===August=== * [[August 5]] - 6.75 [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]] [[earthquake]] in [[Ecuador]] kills 6000 and destroys 50 towns. * [[August 8]] - [[Bhutan]] becomes independent *[[August 12]] - The [[Fourth Geneva Convention]] is agreed. * [[August 14]] **Gang of [[Salvatore Giuliano]] explodes mines under police barracks outside [[Palermo]], [[Sicily]] **[[Military coup]] in [[Syria]] ousts the president * [[August 21]] - [[Deportivo Saprissa]] enters [[Costa Rica]] - soccer's first division. * [[August 22]] - The [[1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake|Queen Charlotte earthquake]], Canada's largest earthquake since the [[1700 Cascadia earthquake]] * [[August 28]] - Last surviving veterans of the [[United States Civil War]] meet in [[Indianapolis]] - all six * [[August 29]] **First meeting of the [[Council of Europe]] **[[Soviet Union]] tests its first [[atomic bomb]], code named "Joe 1." Its design imitated the American plutonium bomb that was dropped on [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]] in [[1945]]. ===September=== {{Month3|9|3|0}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[September 5]] - A former sharpshooter in World War II, Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in Camden, New Jersey with a souvenir Luger to become America's first single-episode mass murderer. * [[September 6]] - [[Allies|Allied]] military authorities relinquish control of former [[Nazi Germany]] assets back to [[Germany|German]] control. * [[September 7]] - [[Federal Republic of Germany]] officially founded. [[Konrad Adenauer]] is the first federal chancellor. * [[September 9]] **[[Albert Guay affair]]: dynamite bomb destroys [[Canadian Pacific Airlines]] [[Douglas DC-3]] in [[Quebec]]. **Notorious [[World War II]] veteran [[Edwin Alonzo Boyd]] commits his first career [[bank]] robbery in [[Toronto]] * [[September 13]] - [[Soviet Union]] vetoes [[United Nations]] membership of [[Ceylon]], [[Finland]], [[Iceland]], [[Italy]], [[Jordan]] and [[Portugal]]. * [[September 17]] - Canadian steamship [[SS Noronic]] burns in [[Toronto]] Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives. * [[September 19]] - The [[United Kingdom]] government devalued the [[pound sterling]] from [[United States dollar|$]]4.03 to $2.80. This led to many other currencies being devalued. * [[September 24]] - [[Laszlo Rajk]], ex-foreign minister of [[Hungary]], is sentenced to death. * [[September 29]] **First Plenary Session of the [[National People's Congress]] approves design for the [[Flag of the People's Republic of China]]. **Mrs. Iva Toguri D'Aquino is found guilty of broadcasting for [[Japan]] as "[[Tokyo Rose]]" during [[World War II]]. *September - [[Mervyn's]] reveal their first logo, used until [[1994]]. ===October=== [[Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg|thumb|130px|[[October 1]]: [[People's Republic of China]] founded.]] * [[October 1]] - Birth of the [[People's Republic of China]]. * [[October 7]] - Democratic Republic of Germany [[DDR]] established officially * [[October 13]] - Severe [[flood]]ing in [[Guatemala]] * [[October 16]] - [[Civil war]] ends in [[Greece]] - communist troops surrender * [[October 17]] - Chinese communist troops take [[Canton, China]] * [[October 27]] - Chinese communist troops fail to take [[Kinmen]] in the [[Battle of Kuningtou]]. Communist advance towards [[Taiwan]] is halted. * [[October 27]] - An airliner flying from [[Paris]] to [[New York]] crashes in the [[Azores]] island of [[São Miguel]]. Among the victims are violinist [[Ginette Neveu]] and boxer [[Marcel Cerdan]]. ===November=== [[Image:Cyclone Catarina from the ISS on March 26 2004.JPG|thumb|125px|[[December 15]]: [[Typhoon]] at [[Korea]].]] [[Image:Soekarno.jpg|thumb|80px|[[December 16|Dec. 16]]: [[Sukarno]], first President of [[Indonesia]].]] * [[November 15]] - [[Nathuram Godse]] and [[Narayan Apte]] executed for assassinating [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. * [[November 24]] - Opening day at the ski resort [[Squaw Valley]] California. * [[November 26]] - The [[Indian Constituent Assembly]] adopts [[India]]'s constitution. [http://lawmin.nic.in/coi.htm] ===December=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[December 8]] - The government of [[Republic of China]] finish their evacuation to [[Taiwan]]. * [[December 10]]- Robert Gordon (Bob) Menzies elected. * [[December 14]] - [[Traicho Kostov]], ex-vice prime minister of [[Bulgaria]], is sentenced to death. * [[December 15]] - [[Typhoon]] strikes fishing fleet off [[Korea]] - several thousand reported dead. * [[December 16]] - [[Sukarno]] elected president of Republic of [[Indonesia]]. * [[December 17]] - [[Myanmar|Burma]] recognizes [[People's Republic of China]]. * [[December 27]] - Queen [[Juliana of the Netherlands]] grants [[Indonesia]] sovereignty. * [[December 30]] - [[India]] recognizes [[People's Republic of China]]. ===Undated=== * ''[[Pamir (ship)|Pamir]]'' is the last ''commercial'' [[sailing ship]] to sail round [[Cape Horn]]. * The [[Malta Labour Party]] is founded. * The [[Vatican City|Vatican]] announces that bones uncovered in its subterranean [[catacombs]] could be the apostle [[Saint Peter|Peter]]: 19 years later, [[Pope Paul VI]] announces confirmation that the bones belonged to this first [[saint]].<ref>"Year by Year 1949" -- [[History Channel International]].</ref> * The first 20mm [[M61 Vulcan]] [[Gatling gun]] prototypes are completed. * [[Samuel Putnam]] publishes his new translation of ''[[Don Quixote]]'', the first in what we would consider modern English. It is instantly acclaimed and, in 2007, is still in print. ===Ongoing=== * [[Marshall Plan]] * [[First Indochina War]] ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Shōwa]] 24}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 2]] - [[Christopher Durang]], American playwright *[[January 3]] - [[Sylvia Likens]], American murder victim (d. [[1965]]) *[[January 7]] - [[Steven Williams]], American actor *[[January 7]] - [[Chavo Guerrero]], American wrestler. *[[January 8]] - [[Wolfgang Puck]], Austrian chef *[[January 10]] **[[George Foreman]], American boxer **[[James Lapine]], American stage director and librettist **[[Linda Lovelace]], American actress (d. [[2002]]) *[[January 11]] - [[Kalev Ots]], Estonian statesman *[[January 12]] **[[Haruki Murakami]], Japanese author **[[Michael W. Vannier]], American radiologist **[[Wayne Wang]], Hong Kong-born film director *[[January 13]] - [[Brandon Tartikoff]], American television executive (d. [[1997]]) *[[January 14]] **[[Nadezhda Ilyina]], Soviet athlete **[[Lawrence Kasdan]], American director and screenwriter **[[Mary Robison]], American writer *[[January 17]] - [[Andy Kaufman]], American comedian (d. [[1984]]) *[[January 18]] - [[Philippe Starck]], French designer *[[January 19]] **[[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]], English musician (d. [[2003]]) **[[Dennis Taylor]], Irish snooker player *[[January 20]] - [[Göran Persson]], former [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] *[[January 22]] - [[Steve Perry (musician)|Steve Perry]], former lead singer of Journey. From 1978 to 1998. *[[January 24]] - [[John Belushi]], American actor (d. [[1982]]) *[[January 28]] - [[Gregg Popovich]], American basketball coach *[[January 30]] - [[Peter Agre]], American biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] *[[January 31]] - [[Johan Derksen]], Dutch footballer and sports journalist *[[January 31]] - [[Ken Wilber]], American philosopher *[[February 2]] - [[Brent Spiner]], American actor, [[Duncan Bannatyne]], Entrepreneur *[[February 3]] - [[Hennie Kuiper]], Dutch cyclist *[[February 9]] - [[Jim Sheridan]], Irish film director *[[February 10]] **[[Michael Weiss]], jazz pianist and composer **[[Maxime Le Forestier]], French singer **[[Harold Sylvester]], American actor *[[February 15]] - [[Ken Anderson (football player)|Ken Anderson]], NFL player *[[February 16]] - [[Lyn Paul]], English female singer *[[February 17]] - [[Dennis Green]], American [[American football|football]] coach *[[February 18]] - [[Gary Ridgway]], American serial killer *[[February 19]] - [[Dan Bunten]], American computer game designer (d. [[1998]]) *[[February 21]] - [[Ronnie Hellström]], Swedish footballer *[[February 22]] - [[Niki Lauda]], Austrian race car driver *[[February 25]] - [[Ric Flair]], American professional wrestler === March-April === * [[March 2]] ** [[Gates McFadden]], American actress ** [[Eddie Money]], American singer (or March 21) ** [[JPR Williams]], Welsh rugby player * [[March 3]] - [[Jesse Jefferson]], baseball player * [[March 6]] ** [[Shaukat Aziz]], [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] ** [[Martin Buchan]], Scottish footballer * [[March 7]] - [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]], Indian politician * [[March 9]] - [[Tapani Kansa]], Finnish singer * [[March 10]] - [[Larry Wall]], American computer programmer * [[March 12]] ** [[Bill Payne]], American musician ([[Little Feat]]) ** [[Natalia Kuchinskaya]], Soviet gymnast * [[March 13]] - [[Julia Migenes]], American soprano * [[March 14]] - [[Michael Stedman]], British World War I Historian and Author * [[March 16]] ** [[Erik Estrada]], Puerto Rican actor ** [[Victor Garber]], Canadian actor * [[March 17]] ** [[Patrick Duffy (actor)|Patrick Duffy]], American actor ** [[Pat Rice]], Irish footballer and football manager * [[March 18]] - [[Alex Higgins]], Irish snooker player * [[March 21]] - [[Eddie Money]], American singer * [[March 22]] - [[Fanny Ardant]], French actress * [[March 23]] - [[Ric Ocasek]], American musician ([[The Cars]]) * [[March 24]] - [[Nick Lowe]], English musician * [[March 26]] - [[Patrick Süskind]], German writer * [[March 29]] - [[Michael Brecker]], American jazz musician (d. [[2007]]) * [[March 30]] ** [[Marcia Ball]], American musician ** [[Lene Lovich]], American singer ** [[Naomi Sims]], American model and businesswoman ** [[Elijah Harper]], Canadian Aboriginal activist * [[April 1]] The Reserve Bank of India is established. ** [[Gérard Mestrallet]], French businessman ** [[Sammy Nelson]], Irish footballer ** [[Gil Scott-Heron]], American musician and composer * [[April 3]] - [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]], [[England|English]] musician and songwriter * [[April 6]] - [[Horst Ludwig Störmer]], German-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate * [[April 14]] - [[John Shea]], American actor * [[April 15]] - [[Alla Pugacheva]], Russian musical performer * [[April 16]] - [[Sandy Hawley]], Canadian jockey * [[April 18]] - [[Geoff Bodine]], American race car driver * [[April 21]] - [[Patti Lupone]]. American actress * [[April 24]] - [[Veronique Sanson]], French singer and songwriter * [[April 28]] - [[Bruno Kirby]], American actor (d. [[2006]]) === May-June === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[May 2]] - [[Alan Titchmarsh]], English gardener *[[May 4]] - [[John Force]], American race car driver *[[May 9]] - [[Billy Joel]], American musician *[[May 13]] - [[Zoë Wanamaker]], English-American actress *[[May 18]] **[[Rick Wakeman]], English musician and songwriter ([[Yes (band)|Yes]]) **[[Bill Wallace]], Canadian musician ([[The Guess Who]]) *[[May 19]] **[[Enrique Aguirre]], [[Gynecology|gynecologist]] who discovered cervical cancer **[[Archie Manning]], American football player *[[May 20]] - [[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]], Canadian actor and comedian *[[May 24]] - [[Tomaz Pisanski|Tomaž Pisanski]], Slovenian mathematician *[[May 25]] - [[Prahladananda Swami]], [[International Society for Krishna Consciousness|ISKCON]] religious leader *[[May 26]] **[[Philip Michael Thomas]], American actor **[[Hank Williams Jr.]], American singer *[[May 29]] - [[Francis Rossi]] English guitist/singer ([[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]) *[[May 31]] - [[Tom Berenger]], American actor *[[June 2]] - [[Heather Couper]], British astronomer *[[June 4]] - [[Mark B. Cohen]], Pennsylvania legislative leader *[[June 8]] - [[Emanuel Ax]], Polish-born pianist *[[June 11]] - [[Benjamin Vasserman]], Estonian artist *[[June 13]] - [[Ann Druyan]], American writer *[[June 14]] **[[Jimmy Lea]], English musician ([[Slade]]) **[[Harry Turtledove]], American historian and novelist *[[June 15]] - [[Jim Varney]], American actor (d. [[2000]]) *[[June 17]] - [[Andrei Fursenko]], Russian politician, scientist and businessman *[[June 18]] **[[Chris Van Allsburg]], American author and illustrator **[[Lech Kaczyński]], [[President of Poland]] **[[Jarosław Kaczyński]], [[Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland|Polish Prime Minister]] **[[Prince Lincoln Thompson]], Jamaican musician (d. [[1999]]) *[[June 21]] **[[John Agard]], British writer **[[Jane Urquhart]], Canadian author *[[June 22]] - [[Meryl Streep]], American Actress *[[June 27]] - [[Vera Wang]], American fashion designer ===July-August=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 2]] **[[David Eaton]], American Composer/Conductor/Producer *[[July 3]] **[[Jan Smithers]], American actress **[[Johnnie Wilder, Jr.]], American R&B singer ([[Heatwave]]) (d. [[2006]]) *[[July 7]] - [[Shelley Duvall]], American actress *[[July 11]] - [[Ingrid Newkirk]], president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) *[[July 11]] - [[Émerson Leão]], Brazilian footballer *[[July 15]] **[[Carl Bildt]], [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] **[[Trevor Horn]], British singer and producer *[[July 16]] - [[Dennis Young]], American Skier *[[July 17]] - [[Charlie Steiner]], American sportscaster *[[July 22]] - [[Alan Menken]], American composer *[[July 26]] - [[Roger Meddows-Taylor|Roger Taylor]], English musician ([[Queen (band)|Queen]]) *[[August 4]] - [[John Riggins]], American football player *[[August 6]] - [[Alan Campbell (pastor)|Alan Campbell]], Northern Irish clergyman *[[August 7]] - [[Walid Jumblatt]], leader of the Lebanese Druze *[[August 12]] - [[Mark Knopfler]], British guitarist ([[Dire Straits]]) *[[August 15]] - [[Richard Deacon (sculptor)|Richard Deacon]], Welsh sculptor *[[August 20]] - [[Philip Lynott]], Irish musician ([[Thin Lizzy]]) (d. [[1986]]) *[[August 22]] - [[Alfred Musema]], Rwandan businessperson and [[Rwandan genocide|geocidaire]] *[[August 23]] **[[Shelley Long]], American actress **[[Rick Springfield]], Australian singer and actor *[[August 25]] **[[Martin Amis]], English novelist **[[Gene Simmons]], American musician ([[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]) *[[August 27]] - [[Jeff Cook]], vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass, fiddle, banjo, and mandolin for [[Alabama]] *[[August 28]] - [[Svetislav Pešić]], Serbian basketball player and coach *[[August 31]] **[[Richard Gere]], American actor **[[H. David Politzer]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate ===September-October=== *[[September 1]] - [[P.A. Sangma]], Indian politician *[[September 3]] - [[Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria]] (d. [[2004]]) *[[September 7]] **[[Lee McGeorge Durrell]], American author, television presenter, and zookeeper **[[Gloria Gaynor]], American singer *[[September 9]] **[[Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono]], Current President of Indonesia. **[[Joe Theismann]], American football player *[[September 13]] - [[John W. Henry|John Henry]], American foreign exchange advisor, [[Boston Red Sox]] owner *[[September 14]] - [[Eikichi Yazawa]], Japanese singer *[[September 15]] - [[Joe Barton]], American politician *[[September 17]] - [[Cassandra Peterson]], American actress *[[September 18]] **[[Mo Mowlam]], British politician (d. [[2005]]) **[[Peter Shilton]], English goalkeeper *[[September 19]] - [[Twiggy|Twiggy Lawson]], English model *[[September 23]] - [[Bruce Springsteen]], American singer and songwriter *[[September 24]] - [[Pedro Almodóvar]], Spanish filmmaker *[[September 26]] - [[Jane Smiley]], American novelist *[[September 27]] - [[Mike Schmidt]], baseball player *[[October 1]] - [[Isaac Bonewits]], American author and occultist *[[October 4]] - [[Armand Assante]], American actor *[[October 7]] - [[Ronnie Mund]], American television personality *[[October 8]] - [[Sigourney Weaver]], American actress *[[October 12]] - [[Carlos the jackal]], Venezuelan-born mercenary *[[October 14]] **[[Katy Manning]], British actress **[[Katha Pollitt]], American writer *[[October 20]] - [[Valeri Borzov]], Ukrainian athlete *[[October 21]] - [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], [[Prime Minister of Israel]] *[[October 22]] **[[Stiv Bators]], American musician ([[The Dead Boys]]) (d. [[1990]]) **[[Arsene Wenger]], French football (soccer) manager *[[October 26]] - [[Antonio Carpio]], Filipino [[Supreme Court of the Philippines|Supreme Court]] jurist ===November-December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[November 2]] - [[Simon Augustini]], Albanian politician *[[November 3]] - [[Larry Holmes]], American World Heavyweight Boxing Champion *[[November 5]] **[[Armin Shimerman]], American actor **[[Jimmie Spheeris]], American [[singer-songwriter]] (d. [[1984]]) *[[November 6]] - [[Nigel Havers]], British Actor *[[November 7]] **[[Aiswarya]], Queen of Nepal (d. [[2001]]) **[[Judi Bari]], American environmental activist (d. [[1997]]) *[[November 19]] - [[Ahmad Rashad]], American sports host and commentator *[[November 15]] - [[David Rubinstein]], American pianist and composer *[[November 24]] - [[Nicholas Richard Ainger]], British politician *[[November 25]] - [[Kerry O'Keeffe|Kerry James O'Keeffe]], Australian cricketer and commentator *[[November 26]] - [[Juanin Clay]], American actress (d. [[1995]]) *[[November 28]] **[[Alexander Godunov]], Russian-born dancer and actor (d. [[1995]]) **[[Paul Shaffer]], Canadian-American musician *[[November 29]] **[[Jerry Lawler]], American professional wrestler and commentator **[[Stan Rogers]], Canadian musician (d. [[1983]]) **[[Garry Shandling]], American comedian <!--DECEMBER--> *[[December 1]] - [[Kurt Schmoke]], [[Dean]], [[Howard University|Howard Law School]], [[Mayor of Baltimore]] *[[December 3]] - [[John Akii-Bua]], Ugandan hurdler (d. [[1997]]) *[[December 4]] **[[Jeff Bridges]], American actor **[[Pamela Stephenson]], New Zealand-born comedienne, actress, and singer *[[December 7]] - [[Tom Waits]], American singer, composer, and actor *[[December 8]] - [[Mary Gordon]], American writer *[[December 11]] - [[Teri Garr]], American actress *[[December 12]] - [[Rajinikanth]], Indian actor *[[December 13]] **[[Robert Lindsay (actor)|Robert Lindsay]], English actor **[[Randy Owen]], lead vocals, rhythm guitar for [[Alabama]] **[[Tom Verlaine]], American singer/guitarist of [[Television (band)|Television]] *[[December 14]] - [[Bill Buckner]], baseball player *[[December 15]] - [[Don Johnson]], American actor *[[December 16]] - [[Billy Gibbons]], American guitarist ([[ZZ Top]]) *[[December 17]] - [[Paul Rodgers]], British singer ([[Free (band)|Free]]) *[[December 19]] - [[Sebastian (Danish musician)|Sebastian]], Danish musician *[[December 22]] **[[Maurice Gibb]], British musician ([[The Bee Gees]]) (d. [[2003]]) **[[Robin Gibb]], British musician ([[The Bee Gees]]) *[[December 24]] - [[Randy Neugebauer]], American politician *[[December 25]] **[[Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira]], Brazilian singer **[[Sissy Spacek]], American actress **[[Joe Louis Walker]], American musician *[[December 26]] - [[José Ramos-Horta]], [[President of East Timor|President]] of [[East Timor]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] *''unknown date'' - [[Brian Calvin Hartnell]], [[Zodiac killer]] survivor *''unknown date'' - [[Suthep Po-ngam]], Thai comedian, actor, film director and screenwriter. ==Deaths== *''See also [[:Category:1949 deaths]]'' ===January-June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 6]] - [[Victor Fleming]], American director (b. [[1883]]) *[[January 11]] - [[Nelson Doubleday]], American publisher (b. [[1889]]) *[[January 14]] - [[Joaquín Turina]], Spanish composer (b. [[1882]]) *[[January 28]] - [[Jean-Pierre Wimille]], French race car driver (b. [[1908]]) *[[February 12]] - [[Hassan al Banna|Imam Hassan al Banna]], Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (b. [[1906]]) *[[February 21]] - [[Tan Malaka]], Indonesian nationalist activist and communist leader (b. [[1894]]) *[[March 28]] - [[Grigoraş Dinicu]], Romanian composer (b. [[1889]]) *[[March 30]] **[[Friedrich Bergius]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1884]]) **[[Prince Harald of Denmark]] (b. [[1876]]) *[[April 18]] - [[Will Hay]], English comedian and actor (b. [[1888]]) *[[April 19]] - [[Ulrich Salchow]], Swedish figure skater (b. [[1877]]) *[[April 28]] - [[Aurora Quezon]], [[First Lady of the Philippines]] (shot) (b. [[1888]]) *[[May 6]] - [[Maurice Maeterlinck]], Belgian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1862]]) *[[May 9]] - [[Louis II, Prince of Monaco]] (b. [[1870]]) *[[May 22]] **[[James Forrestal]], U.S. Secretary of Navy and Defense (suicide) (b. [[1892]]) **[[Klaus Mann]], German writer (suicide) (b. [[1906]]) * [[May 27]] - [[Robert L. Ripley|Robert Ripley]] the creator of the famous [[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]] dies. *[[June 10]] - [[Sigrid Undset]], Norwegian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1882]]) *[[June 14]] - [[Russell Doubleday]], American author and publisher (b. [[1872]]) *[[June 19]] - [[Syed Zafarul Hasan]], Prominent Indian/Pakistani Muslim philosopher (b. [[1885]]) *[[June 25]] - [[Buck Freeman]], baseball player (b. [[1871]]) ===July-December=== <!-- DEATHS --> <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 9]] - [[Fritz Bennicke Hart]], English-born composer (b. [[1874]]) *[[July 12]] - [[Douglas Hyde]], first [[President of Ireland]] (b. [[1860]]) *[[July 18]] - [[Vítězslav Novák]], Czech composer (b. [[1870]]) *[[August 16]] - [[Margaret Mitchell]], American writer (b. [[1900]]) *[[August 17]] - [[Gregorio Perfecto]], Filipino jurist & politician (b. [[1891]]) *[[August 18]] - [[Paul Mares]], American musician (b. [[1900]]) *[[August 30]] - [[Arthur Fielder]], English cricketer (b. [[1877]]) *[[September 8]] - [[Richard Strauss]], German composer (b. [[1864]]) *[[September 13]] - [[August Krogh]], Danish zoophysiologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1874]]) *[[September 14]] - [[Gottfried Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen]], German Resistance figure (b. [[1901]]) *[[September 19]] **[[Will Cuppy]], American humorist (b. [[1884]]) **[[George Shiels]], Irish writer (b. [[1886]]) **[[Nikolaos Skalkottas]], Greek composer (b. [[1901]]) *[[October 27]] **[[Marcel Cerdan]], French boxer (plane crash) (b. [[1916]]) **[[Ginette Neveu]], French violinist (plane crash) (b. [[1919]]) *November - [[Maria Josepha Sophia de Iturbide]], head of Imperial House of Mexico (b. [[1872]]) *[[November 2]] - [[Jerome F. Donovan]], American politician (b. [[1872]]) *[[November 5]] - [[Abdolhossein Hazhir]], Prime Minister of Iran (b. [[1899]]) *[[December 6]] - [[Leadbelly]], American musician (b. [[1888]]) *[[December 11]] - [[Krishna Chandra Bhattacharya]], Indian philosopher (b. [[1875]]) *[[December 16]] - [[Sidney Olcott]], Canadian film director (b. [[1873]]) *[[December 28]] - [[Hervey Allen]], American author (b. [[1889]]) *[[December 28]] - [[Jack Lovelock]], New Zealand athlete (b. [[1910]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Yukawa Hideki]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[William Francis Giauque]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Walter Rudolf Hess]], [[Antonio Caetano De Abreu Freire Egas Moniz]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[William Faulkner]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[John Boyd Orr]] ==Notes== {{reflist|2}} {{commonscat}} ==External links== ==Table of contents== __TOC__ [[Category:1949| ]] [[af:1949]] [[am:1949 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1949]] [[an:1949]] [[frp:1949]] [[ast:1949]] [[av:1949]] [[az:1949]] [[bn:১৯৪৯]] [[zh-min-nan:1949 nî]] [[map-bms:1949]] [[be:1949]] [[be-x-old:1949]] [[bh:१९४९]] [[bs:1949]] [[br:1949]] [[bg:1949]] [[ca:1949]] [[cv:1949]] [[cs:1949]] [[co:1949]] [[cy:1949]] [[da:1949]] [[pdc:1949]] [[de:1949]] [[dv:1949]] [[et:1949]] [[el:1949]] [[es:1949]] [[eo:1949]] [[eu:1949]] [[fa:۱۹۴۹ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1949]] [[fr:1949]] [[fy:1949]] [[ga:1949]] [[gv:1949]] [[gd:1949]] [[gl:1949]] [[gan:1949年]] [[ko:1949년]] [[hy:1949]] [[hi:1949]] [[hif:1949]] [[hr:1949.]] [[io:1949]] [[ilo:1949]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৪৯]] [[id:1949]] [[ia:1949]] [[ie:1949]] [[os:1949]] [[is:1949]] [[it:1949]] [[he:1949]] [[jv:1949]] [[pam:1949]] [[kn:೧೯೪೯]] [[ka:1949]] [[csb:1949]] [[kk:1949]] [[kw:1949]] [[sw:1949]] [[ht:1949 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1949]] [[la:1949]] [[lb:1949]] [[lt:1949 m.]] [[lij:1949]] [[li:1949]] [[lmo:1949]] [[hu:1949]] [[mk:1949]] [[mi:1949]] [[mr:इ.स. १९४९]] [[ms:1949]] [[nah:1949]] [[nl:1949]] [[new:ई सं १९४९]] [[ja:1949年]] [[nap:1949]] [[no:1949]] [[nn:1949]] [[nrm:1949]] [[nov:1949]] [[oc:1949]] [[uz:1949]] [[pi:१९४९]] [[nds:1949]] [[pl:1949]] [[pt:1949]] [[ty:1949]] [[ksh:Joohr 1949]] [[ro:1949]] [[ru:1949 год]] [[se:1949]] [[sq:1949]] [[scn:1949]] [[simple:1949]] [[sk:1949]] [[sl:1949]] [[so:1949]] [[sr:1949]] [[sh:1949]] [[su:1949]] [[fi:1949]] [[sv:1949]] [[tl:1949]] [[ta:1949]] [[tt:1949]] [[te:1949]] [[tet:1949]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2492]] [[vi:1949]] [[tg:1949]] [[tr:1949]] [[tk:1949]] [[uk:1949]] [[vec:1949]] [[wa:1949]] [[vls:1949]] [[wuu:公元1949年]] [[yo:1949]] [[zh-yue:1949年]] [[cbk-zam:1949]] [[bat-smg:1949]] [[zh:1949年]]