1949

19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s

Years: 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 - 1949 - 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954

Events

• April 4 - NATO is formed.
• October 1 - Birth of the Peoples Republic of China
• George Orwell releases his novel 1984.
• Newfoundland joins Canada

Births

• February 11 - [Charlie Hargrett]?, rock guitarist.
• October 1 - Isaac Bonewits, author, occultist.
• December 7 - Tom Waits, singer, composer, actor

Deaths

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [Hideki Yukawa]?
• Chemistry - [William Francis Giauque]?
• Medicine - [Walter Rudolf Hess]?, [Antonio Caetano De Abreu Freire Egas Moniz]?
• Literature - William Faulkner
• Peace - [Lord John Boyd Orr of Brechin]?