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1949

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Year 1949 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.

Events of 1949

January

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 snowfall.
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 VW Beetle goes on to become the greatest automobile phenomenon in American history.
Andy Kaufman is born in New York
January 19 - First recorded date of The Poe Toaster to appear at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe
January 20 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman begins his full term.

December 2 - Boogie-Woogie King Albert Ammons dies of Alcohol Poisoning.
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 - 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 is the last commercial sailing ship to sail round Cape Horn.
The Malta Labour Party is founded.
The Vatican announces that bones uncovered in its subterranean catacombs could be the apostle Peter: 19 years later, Pope Paul VI announces confirmation that the bones belonged to this first saint.
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

Births

January-February

January 2 - Christopher Durang, American playwright
January 3 - Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)
January 7 - Steven Williams, American actor
January 7 - Chavo Guerrero, Professional 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

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, English musician (d. 2003)
Dennis Taylor, Irish snooker player

January 20 - Göran Persson, former Prime Minister of Sweden
January 22 - 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, NFL player
February 16 - Lyn Paul, English female singer
February 17 - Dennis Green, former National Football League Head Coach
February 17 - Engin Varol, Turkish artist
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 16

Erik Estrada, Puerto Rican actor
Victor Garber, Canadian actor

March 17

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, English musician and songwriter
April 4 - Maree Dawn Faravoni Italian Australian, soldier, cosmetician and mother
April 6 - Horst Ludwig Störmer, German-born physicist, 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

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)
Bill Wallace, Canadian musician (The Guess Who)

May 19

Enrique Aguirre, gynecologist who discovered cervical cancer
Archie Manning, American football player

May 20 - Dave Thomas, Canadian actor and comedian
May 24 - Tomaž Pisanski, Slovenian mathematician
May 25 - Prahladananda Swami, ISKCON religious leader
May 26

Philip Michael Thomas, American actor
Hank Williams Jr., American singer

May 29 - Francis Rossi English guitist/singer (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, 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

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 15

Carl Bildt, Prime Minister of Sweden
Trevor Horn, British singer and producer

July 17 - Charlie Steiner, American sportscaster
July 22 - Alan Menken, American composer
July 26 - Roger Taylor, English musician (Queen)
August 6 - 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, Welsh sculptor
August 20 - Philip Lynott, Irish musician (Thin Lizzy)
August 22 - Alfred Musema, Rwandan businessperson and geocidaire
August 23

Shelley Long, American actress
Rick Springfield, Australian singer and actor

August 25

Martin Amis, English novelist
Gene Simmons, American musician (Kiss)

August 26 - Malcolm McFee, British actor (Please Sir)
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 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 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 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

November-December

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 24 - Nicholas Richard Ainger, British politician
November 25 - 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)
November 29

Jerry Lawler, American professional wrestler and commentator
Stan Rogers, Canadian musician (d. 1983)
Garry Shandling, American comedian

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, English actor
Randy Owen, lead vocals, rhythm guitar for Alabama
Tom Verlaine, American singer/guitarist of 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)
December 19 - 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, 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 1949 deaths

January-June

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 - 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 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)
May 6 - Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian writer, 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 Ripley the creator of the famous Ripley's Believe It or Not! dies.
June 10 - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian writer, 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

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 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

Notes

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1949

Events of 1949

January

Undated

Ongoing

Births

January-February

March-April

May-June

July-August

September-October

November-December

Deaths

January-June

July-December

Nobel prizes

Notes

External links

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