Major Events
- Jan 5 US President Harry Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"
- Jan 25 First Israeli election won by David Ben-Gurion's Mapai party
- Apr 4 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed in Washington, D.C.
- May 2 Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman"
- May 23 Federal Republic of [West] Germany created out of the American, British and French occupation zones
- Jul 8 South Africa's Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act commences, prohibiting marriage or a sexual relationship between White people and people of other races [1]
- Jul 29 Moscow ends the blockade of West Berlin
- Aug 29 USSR performs its first nuclear test at Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR
- Sep 14 India's Constituent Assembly adopts Hindi as an official language. Celebrated today as Hindi Day.
- Sep 21 Chinese Communist leaders proclaim the People's Republic of China
- Oct 6 US President Harry Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)
- Nov 2 The Netherlands recognizes its former colony Indonesia as a sovereign state at conclusion of the Round Table Conference at the Hague, Netherlands
- Dec 27 Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants independence to Indonesia
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1949 in Film & TV
- Jan 31 1st US daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago)
- Jun 27 "Captain Video & His Video Rangers" debut on DUMONT-TV - Television's first sci-fi series
- Sep 2 "The Third Man", directed by Carol Reed, starring Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli and Orson Welles, is released in the United Kingdom (Academy Awards Best Cinematography 1950)
- Sep 15 "Lone Ranger" premieres on ABC-TV. Hi-yo, Silver! Away!
1949 in Music
- Feb 11 "Lovesick Blues" single released by Hank Williams (Cashbox "Best Hillbilly Record of the Year", Billboard Song of the Year 1949)
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Famous Weddings in 1949
- Jan 18 South African priest and politician Reverend Andries Treurnicht (27) weds Engela Dreyer in South Africa, until his death in 1993
- Jan 28 NFL coach Tom Landry (24) weds Alicia Wiggs at St John the Divine Church in Houston, Texas
- Feb 6 American diplomat Henry Kissinger (25) weds Ann Fleisher (23) in Washington Heights, Manhattan, NYC
Famous Divorces in 1949
- May 31 American singer and actress Doris Day (27) divorces American saxophonist George Weidler (23) after 3 years of marriage
- Jun 8 Actor Burgess Meredith (41) divorces actress Paulette Goddard (39) after 5 years of marriage
- Sep 7 American actress Janet Leigh (22) divorces American sailor Stanley Reames after almost 4 years of marriage
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