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1949 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2033. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1949 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1949

• January 3, 1949 – The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
• January 29, 1949 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.
• February 8, 1949 – Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary is sentenced for treason.
• February 14, 1949 – The Knesset (Israeli parliament) convenes for the first time.
• July 1, 1949 – The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin Royal Family.
• October 1, 1949 – The People’s Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
• October 14, 1949 – Chinese Civil War: Chinese Communist forces occupy the city of Guangzhou (Canton), in Guangdong, China.
• October 18, 1949 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 78 is adopted.
• November 2, 1949 – The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
• November 15, 1949 – Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.

Who Were Born On 1949?

• January 17, 1949 – Mick Taylor, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and The Rolling Stones)
• January 26, 1949 – Jonathan Carroll, American author
• February 5, 1949 – Kurt Beck, German politician
• February 21, 1949 – Jerry Harrison, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Talking Heads and The Modern Lovers)
• March 19, 1949 – Blase J. Cupich, American archbishop
• March 31, 1949 – Bert Massie, English activist
• April 1, 1949 – Sammy Nelson, Northern Irish footballer and coach
• June 12, 1949 – Jens Böhrnsen, German judge and politician, President of Germany
• August 23, 1949 – Rick Springfield, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Zoot)
• September 19, 1949 – Sayoko Yamaguchi, Japanese model and actress (d. 2007)