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1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade.
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January 20 – Harry S. Truman proposes Point Four programto help world's less developed areas.February 22 – Grady the Cow, a 1,200-pound cow gets stuck inside a silo on a farm in Yukon, Oklahomaand garners national media attention.April 4 – Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation(NATO).April 18 - Ireland Act 1949 comes into effect and ceased being in the British Commonwealth.January 12 – Murakami Haruki, Japanese writerJanuary 12 – Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football managerFebruary 5 – Kurt Beck, German politicianFebruary 22 – Niki Lauda, Austrian racecar driverJanuary 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)The Aleph – Jorge Luis BorgesAlien Land – Willard W. SavoyThe Angry Wife – Pearl S. BuckBeneath The Sky – Alfred Q. JarretteMedia in category "1949 advertisements in the United States". The following 71 files are in this category, out of 71 total. 1939 - Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company - 2 Feb MC - Allentown PA.jpg 1,481 × 4,841; 1.28 MB.
January 19 – The Poe Toaster first appears at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe. January 20 – President Harry S. Truman begins his full term. Alben W. Barkley is sworn in as Vice President of the United States. January 25 – The first Emmy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
Anning, depicted with her dog. Mary Anning (21 May 1799 – 9 March 1847) was an English fossil collector and palaeontologist. She made discoveries of Jurassic marine fossil beds in the cliffs along the English Channel at Lyme Regis, which changed the scientific thinking about prehistoric life and the history of the Earth.
Help. From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1949. Topics specifically related to the year AD 1949. Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. 1949 by continent (3 C) / 1949 disestablishments (1 C, 8 P) 1949 establishments (3 C, 10 P) B. 1949 births (832 P)
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Calamity Jane and Sam Bass: George Sherman: Yvonne De Carlo, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart: Western: Universal: Canadian Pacific: Edwin L. Marin: Randolph Scott, Jane Wyatt, J. Carrol Naish
