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1949 Calendar

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•  January 2, 1949 – Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico
•  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 2, 1949 – The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut.
•  April 5, 1949 – Fireside Theater debuts on television.
•  April 18, 1949 – The aircraft carrier USS United States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
•  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.
•  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 27, 1949 – The first Plenary Session of the National People’s Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People’s Republic of China.

•  January 5, 1949 – George Brown, American drummer (Kool & The Gang)
•  March 3, 1949 – Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player
•  March 17, 1949 – Patrick Duffy, American actor
•  March 22, 1949 – Fanny Ardant, French actress
•  June 6, 1949 – Holly Near, American folk singer
•  August 8, 1949 – Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver
•  August 18, 1949 – Dennis Elliott, drummer, sculptor
•  September 1, 1949 – P.A. Sangma, Indian politician
•  October 1, 1949 – Isaac Bonewits, American author (d. 2010)
•  December 19, 1949 – Sebastian, Danish musician