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1949
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Events
January-February
March-April
May-June
- May 5 - The Council of Europe is founded by the signing of the Treaty of London.
- 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.
- May 11 - Israel joins United Nations
- 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.
- June - EDSAC, the first stored-program computer, begins operation at Cambridge University.
- June 2 - Transjordan becomes kingdom of Jordan
- June 6 - With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the Indian government, Mahabodhi Temple is restored to partial Buddhist control.
- June 8 - 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.
- June 29 - Last US troops withdraw from South Korea
- June 29 - Dock strike in the UK
- June 29 - Beginning of Apartheid - The South African Citizenship Act suspends the granting of citizenship to British Commonwealth immigrants after five years and imposes a ban on mixed marriages
August-September
October-December
unknown dates
Year in topic
Births
January-February
- January 8 - Wolfgang Puck, celebrity chef
- January 10 - George Foreman, boxer
- January 10 - James Lapine, stage director
- January 10 - Linda Lovelace, pornographic film actress (d. 2002)
- January 12 - Wayne Wang, director
- January 13 - Brandon Tartikoff, television executive (d. 1997)
- January 14 - Lawrence Kasdan, director, screenwriter
- January 17 - Andy Kaufman, comedian (d. 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 (d. 1982)
- January 31 - Ken Wilber, philosopher
- February 2 - Brent Spiner, actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Independence Day)
- February 11 - Charlie Hargrett, rock guitarist
- February 18 - Gary Ridgway, accused of being the Green River Killer
- February 19 - Dan Bunten, software developer (d. 1998)
- February 22 - Niki Lauda, Formula One driver
March-April
- March 2 - Eddie Money, singer
- March 6 - Shaukat Aziz, politician
- March 7 - Ghulam Nabi Azad, Indian politician
- March 13 - Julia Migenes, soprano
- March 16 - Erik Estrada, actor
- March 16 - Victor Garber, 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
- March 31 - Bethel Enproe Adam, second Angam Baby
- April 1 - Gil Scott-Heron, musician, composer
- April 3 - Richard Thompson, musician, songwriter
- April 7 - John Oates, musician ("Hall and Oates")
- April 16 - Sandy Hawley, jockey
May-August
- May 9 - Billy Joel, American musician
- May 18 - Rick Wakeman, musician ("Yes"), composer
- May 18 - Bill Wallace, musician The Guess Who, Winnipeg
- May 19 - Archie Manning, American football quarterback
- May 26 - Philip Michael Thomas, actor
- May 26 - Hank Williams Jr., singer
- May 31 - Tom Berenger, actor
- July 3 - Jan Smithers, actress (WKRP in Cincinnati)
- June 13 - Ann Druyan, science fiction writer
- June 21 - Jane Urquhart, Canadian author
- July 15 - Carl Bildt, former prime minister of Sweden
- July 17 - Charlie Steiner, sports anchor
- July 22 - Alan Menken, composer
- August 7 - Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze
- August 12 - Mark Knopfler, musician
- August 15 - Richard Deacon, sculptor
- August 23 - Shelley Long, actress
- August 25 - Martin Amis, novelist
September-December
- September 1 - P.A. Sangma, Indian politician
- September 7 - Lee McGeorge Durrell author, television presenter, zookeeper
- September 7 - Gloria Gaynor, singer
- September 23 - Bruce Springsteen, singer, songwriter
- September 27 - Mike Schmidt, Baseball Hall of Famer
- October 1 - Isaac Bonewits, author, occultist
- October 2 - Lorraine Bracco, actress
- October 20 - Valeri Borzov, Ukrainian athlete
- November 5 - Armin Shimerman, actor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
- November 6 - Arturo Sandoval, Jazz performer
- November 24 - Nicholas Richard Ainger, British politician
- November 24 - Linda Tripp, figure in Lewinsky scandal
- 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 11 - Donna Mills,US actress
- December 12 - Bill Nighy, actor
- December 15 - Don Johnson, actor (Miami Vice)
- December 22 - Maurice Gibb, musician (The Bee Gees) (d. 2003)
- December 22 - Robin Gibb, musician (The Bee Gees)
unknown date
Deaths
- January 6 - Victor Fleming, director
- January 11 - Nelson Doubleday, U.S. book publisher
- January 14 - Joaquín Turina, composer
- January 28 - Jean-Pierre Wimille, race car driver
- April 19 - Ulrich Salchow, Swedish figure skater
- May 9 - Louis II of Monaco
- May 22 - James Forrestal, US secretary of Navy, Defense
- June 10 - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author
- July 12 - Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland
- July 18- Vitezslav Novák, composer
- August 18 - Paul Mares, jazz musician (b. 1900)
- October 27 - Marcel Cerdan, World Champion Boxer
- December 16 - Sidney Olcott, pioneer film director
- December 28 - Jack Lovelock, New Zealand athlete
- Bhattacharya, K C
The Nobel Prize in 1949 was approx. $ 30,000
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