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See also:
1949_in_art
1949_in_aviation
1949_in_film
1949_in_literature
1949_in_music
1949_in_radio
1949_in_science
1949_in_sports
1949_in_television
Events
January-March
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-July
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.
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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-December
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.
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