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1949 Calendar

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•  January 15, 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
•  January 17, 1949 – The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs.
•  January 29, 1949 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.
•  March 30, 1949 – A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
•  April 5, 1949 – Fireside Theater debuts on television.
•  May 11, 1949 – Israel joins the United Nations.
•  June 5, 1949 – Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first Thai female member of Thailand’s Parliament.
•  August 5, 1949 – The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana.
•  August 10, 1949 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.
•  December 13, 1949 – The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

•  January 5, 1949 – George Brown, American drummer (Kool & The Gang)
•  January 18, 1949 – Bill Keller, American newspaper editor
•  January 20, 1949 – Göran Persson, Prime Minister of Sweden (1996–2006)
•  March 14, 1949 – Michael Stedman, British World War I historian and author
•  March 21, 1949 – Eddie Money, American musician
•  April 25, 1949 – James Fenton, English poet
•  June 22, 1949 – Meryl Streep, American actress
•  August 12, 1949 – Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek politician
•  August 15, 1949 – Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor
•  December 14, 1949 – Cliff Williams, English bassist (AC/DC)