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1949 Historical Event(s)
January 2, 1949
– Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico
January 29, 1949
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.
April 4, 1949
– Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
April 17, 1949
– At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.
April 28, 1949
– Former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and 10 others are also killed.
July 20, 1949
– Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war.
August 3, 1949
– The National Basketball Association is founded in the United States.
August 29, 1949
– Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
September 6, 1949
– A former sharpshooter in World War II, Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in Camden, New Jersey, with a souvenir Luger to become the first U.S. single-episode mass murderer.
October 3, 1949
– WERD, the 1st black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta, Georgia.
Who Were Born On 1949?
January 7, 1949
– Anne Schedeen, American actress
January 15, 1949
– Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor
January 22, 1949
– Steve Perry, American singer and musician (Journey)
February 22, 1949
– Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player
March 30, 1949
– Ray Magliozzi, American radio personality
April 3, 1949
– Lyle Alzado, American football player (d. 1992)
August 6, 1949
– Clarence Richard Silva, American Catholic Bishop of Honolulu
August 25, 1949
– John Savage, American actor
September 10, 1949
– Bill O'Reilly, American television host, author, and political commentator
October 6, 1949
– Leslie Moonves, American businessman