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    1949 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 writer
    January 12 – Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football manager
    February 5 – Kurt Beck, German politician
    February 22 – Niki Lauda, Austrian racecar driver
    January 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 Borges
    Alien Land – Willard W. Savoy
    The Angry Wife – Pearl S. Buck
    Beneath The Sky – Alfred Q. Jarrette
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  3. 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.

  4. 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) 1949 books (2 P) D. 1949 deaths (47 P) S.

  5. Subcategories. This category has the following 35 subcategories, out of 35 total. 1949 by city ‎ (6 C) 1949 by continent ‎ (23 C) 1949 by country ‎ (171 C, 36 P) * 1949-related lists ‎ (2 C, 9 P) / 1949 beginnings ‎ (5 C) 1949 endings ‎ (3 C) A. 1949 archaeological discoveries ‎ (5 P) 1949 in the arts ‎ (10 C, 1 P) 1949 awards ‎ (3 C, 7 P) C.

  6. Anno Domini. Anno Domini ( Medieval Latin : "in the year of the lord"), shortened as AD or A.D., is used to refer to the years after the birth of Jesus. AD is also a shortening for Christian Era. [1] Similarly, Before Christ, shortened as BC or B.C., is used in the English language to refer to all years before the start of the time period Anno ...

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