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Henry Kissinger
married
Ann Fleischer
on
2/6/1949
in
Harvard College
...
716081
Fawzia Fuad
married
Ismail Chirine
on
3/28/1949
...
713985
Laos
became independent from
France
on
7/19/1949
...
127558
Atomic clocks
invented
in
1949
...
359891
George de Mestral
married
Monique Panchaud de Bottens
in
1949
...
713547
Olof Palme
married
Jelena Rennerova
in
1949
...
713093
Oskar Schindler
moved to
Argentina
on
1/7/1949
...
714400
Alejo Carpentier
wrote
Kingdom of this World
in
1949
...
307928
Elizabeth Bowen
wrote
The Heat of the Day
in
1949
...
339445
George Orwell
wrote
Nineteen Eighty-Four
in
1949
...
310140
Nancy Mitford
wrote
Love in a Cold Climate
in
1949
...
308481
Nelson Algren
wrote
The Man with the Golden Arm
in
1949
...
339644
Victor Serge
wrote
The Case of Comrade Tulayev
in
1949
...
339124
Ernest Bevin
signed
North Atlantic Treaty
on
4/4/1949
in
Washington DC
...
744716
Burl Ives
released
The Return of the Wayfaring Stranger
in
1949
...
239874
Communist Party of China
won
Ili Rebellion
in
1949
...
9212
Doc Watson
had a child
Eddy Merle Watson
in
1949
...
713690
Egypt
lost
1948 Arab?Israeli War
in
1949
...
9214
Indonesia
won
Indonesian National Revolution
in
1949
...
9200
Iraq
lost
1948 Arab?Israeli War
in
1949
...
9201
Israel
won
1948 Arab?Israeli War
in
1949
...
9202
Kingdom of Greece
won
Greek Civil War
in
1949
...
9220
Lebanon
lost
1948 Arab?Israeli War
in
1949
...
9203
Netherlands
lost
Indonesian National Revolution
in
1949
...
9204
Part of World War II
ended
in
1949
...
9226
Syria
lost
1948 Arab?Israeli War
in
1949
...
9230
Truman
appointed
US Supreme Court Justice
in
1949
...
356845
Truman
appointed
US Supreme Court Justice
in
1949
...
356846
White Russian forces
won
Ili Rebellion
in
1949
...
9233
Robert Palmer
was born
on
1/19/1949
...
126407
Kalevi Aho
was born
on
3/9/1949
...
103255
Louis II
died
on
5/9/1949
...
239805
Rick Wakeman
was born
on
5/18/1949
...
124843
William Wallace
was born
on
5/18/1949
...
124845
Shelley Duvall
was born
on
7/7/1949
in
Houston
...
736370
Gloria Gaynor
was born
on
9/7/1949
...
99746
Richard Strauss
died
on
9/8/1949
...
239724
David Coverdale
was born
on
9/22/1949
...
135025
Bonnie Raitt
was born
on
11/8/1949
...
102472
Tom Waits
was born
on
12/7/1949
...
100306
Tom Waits
was born
on
12/8/1949
...
102655
?A Letter to Three Wives
won
Academy Award for Best Director
in
1949
...
279822
?Daybreak in Udi
won
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
in
1949
...
280016
?The Heiress?
won
Academy Award for Best Original Score
in
1949
...
280813
?Twelve OClock High
won
Academy Award for Best Sound
in
1949
...
282384
Airway
was established
in
1949
...
361159
All the Kings Men
won
Academy Award for Best Picture
in
1949
...
282127
All the Kings Men
won
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
in
1949
...
277093
All the Kings Men
won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
in
1949
...
283859
Broderick Crawford
won
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
in
1949
...
277094
Champion
won
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
in
1949
...
280763
Davis
closed
in
1949
...
361165
Dean Jagger
won
Academy award for Best Supporting Actor
in
1949
...
283315
Dinah Shore
released
Dinah Shore
in
1949
...
239875
Doris Day
released
Lights, Cameras, Action
in
1949
...
239868
Doris Day
released
Youre My Thrill
in
1949
...
239870
For Scent
won
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
in
1949
...
279049
Frankie Laine
released
Frankie Laine Favorites
in
1949
...
239872
Frankie Laine
released
Songs from the Heart
in
1949
...
239873
Frankie Laine
released
Frankie Laine
in
1949
...
239871
Glasspar
was established
in
1949
...
361167
Kurtis
was established
in
1949
...
361169
Mercedes McCambridge
won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
in
1949
...
283864
Paul Hindemith
composed
Horn Concerto
in
1949
...
239712
Pierre Boulez
composed
Livre Pour Quatuor
in
1949
...
239715
The Heiress
won
Academy Award for Best Actress
in
1949
...
277691
Tucker
closed
in
1949
...
361174
Twelve OClock High
won
Academy award for Best Supporting Actor
in
1949
...
283320
Harry Gerstad
won
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
on
1/1949
...
280414
Robert Pirosh
won
Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
on
1/1949
...
285484
Viet Minh
won
Battle of Cao Bang
on
10/1949
...
-101563
Archibald E. Olpp
died
in
1949
...
361150
Frank Murphy
died
in
1949
...
361166
George Orwell
married
Sonia Brownell
in
1949
...
1009525
Jelena Rennerova
received
doctorate degree in international law
in
1949
in
Charles University of Prague
...
1247765
Karan English
was born
in
1949
...
361156
Lubomyr Husar
moved to
United States
in
1949
...
752821
Mary Jo Kilroy
was born
in
1949
...
361160
Michael J. Kennedy
died
in
1949
...
361161
Michael J. Kopetski
was born
in
1949
...
361162
Mount Etna
erupted
in
1949
...
1021483
Robert Guillaume
studied in
Washington University in St. Louis
in
1949
...
1247627
Steve Kagen
was born
in
1949
...
361163
Stjepan Filipovic
was declared
National Hero of Yugoslavia
in
1949
...
749297
Walter G. Andrews
died
in
1949
...
361164
Wiley Blount Rutledge
died
in
1949
...
361176
William Darius Jamieson
died
in
1949
...
361168
William H. King
died
in
1949
...
361170
Adolf Dassler
created
Adidas
in
1949
following a split with his brother Rudolf
...
1324623
CBS
premiered
the Pillsbury Bake-Off
in
1949
an annual national cooking contest, as a special
...
2147487963
Curtis carson
was born
in
1949
...
1327852
Rudolf Dassler
established
Puma
in
1949
following a split with his brother
...
1324624
Adolf Dassler
registered
Adidas AG
on
8/18/1949
...
1324622
George H. W. Bush
had a child
Pauline Robinson Bush
on
12/20/1949
in
Compton, California, U.S.
...
1254341
Amadeo Pietro Giannini
died
in
1949
...
2147493345
Chinese Civil War
ended
in
1949
in
China
...
2147501166
Chinese Civil War
killed
an estimated 1.8 to 3.5 million people
in
1949
...
2147501218
Nationalist government
retreated to
Taiwan
in
1949
in
China
...
2147501165
Newfoundlanders
joined
Canada
in
1949
...
2147498528
Papua
unified with
New Guinea
in
1949
in
Territory of Papua and New Guinea
...
2147492816
PLA
captured
Zhangjiakou
in
1949
in
Chinese Civil War
but suffered heavy casualties
...
2147501212
PLA
captured
Tianjin
in
1949
in
Chinese Civil War
...
2147501213
The National Basketball Association
merged with
National Basketball League (NBL)
in
1949
in
NBA
...
2147494341
Walter Chandoha
got a new job as
a cat photographer
in
1949
...
2147494883
Walter Chandoha
published
images of a stray cat named Loco
in
1949
...
2147494884
20% of people
knew how to read and write
on
20/1949
in
China
...
2147501164
Chinese Communist Party
won
Pingjin Campaign
on
1/31/1949
in
China
conquest of northern China after 64 days of fighting
...
2147501211
Bernard Arnault
was born
Bernard Jean Etienne Arnault
on
3/1949
in
Roubaix
...
2147494533
Marie-Josephe Savinel
had a child
Bernard Arnault
on
3/1949
...
2147494534
Mao Zedong
initiated
Yangtze River Crossing Campaign
on
4/21/1949
in
Chinese Civil War
Despite Stalin's preference for a coalition government
...
2147501219
Chinese Communist Party
captured
Nanjing
on
4/23/1949
in
Chinese Civil War
the KMT capital
...
2147501220
Mao Zedong
proclaimed
People's Republic of China
on
10/1949
in
Tiananmen Square, Beijing
...
2147501163
Mao Zedong
proclaimed
People's Republic of China
on
10/1/1949
in
China
with its capital in Beijing
...
2147501214
Chiang Kai-shek
retreated
on
12/1949
in
Taiwan
...
2147501215
Chiang Kai-shek
declared
provisional capital of the Republic of China
on
12/1949
in
Taipei
...
2147501216
Chinese Communist Party
won
Chinese Civil War
on
12/1949
in
China
...
2147501217
KMT
retreated
on
12/7/1949
in
Taiwan
...
2147501221
Paul Newman
married
Jackie Witte
in
1949
...
2147493340