What Happened in 1949
18 historical events, 46 notable births, and 7 notable deaths in 1949.
Major Events
January 1949
1949 — year
North Atlantic Treaty — treaty that forms the legal basis of, and is implemented by, the NATO
1949 South American Championship — football tournament
EuroBasket 1949 — 1949 edition of EuroBasket
Operation Priboi — code name for the Soviet mass deportation from the Baltic states on 25–28 March 1949
1949 in film — overview of the events of 1949 in film
6th Golden Globe Awards — 1949 film award ceremony, on the 16th of March in Los Angeles, California, United States of America, honoring achievements in 1948 filmmaking
1949 Cannes Film Festival — film festival edition
1949 Armistice Agreements — formal ceasefire which ended the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
August 1949
Fourth Geneva Convention — 1949 treaty
Second Geneva Convention — 1949 treaty
RDS-1 — type of nuclear weapon
Third Geneva Convention — 1949 treaty
1949 West German federal election — Federal elections held in West Germany on 14 August 1949
May 1949
Superga air disaster — aviation accident
March 1949
21st Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1948
December 1949
Khabarovsk War Crime Trials — war crimes trial held in December 1949
November 1949
Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference — 1949 Dutch recognition of Indonesian independence