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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 5, 1949 – United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
• January 29, 1949 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Ox in Chinese astrology.
• February 17, 1949 – Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
• March 30, 1949 – A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
• August 5, 1949 – In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
• September 4, 1949 – The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
• September 29, 1949 – The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People’s Republic of China.
• September 30, 1949 – The Berlin Airlift ends.
• October 18, 1949 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 78 is adopted.
• November 18, 1949 – The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.

Who Were Born On 1949?

• January 10, 1949 – Fred Bronson, American journalist and author
• January 11, 1949 – Daryl Braithwaite, Australian singer-songwriter
• February 26, 1949 – Simon Crean, Australian politician, 14th Australian Minister for the Arts
• March 11, 1949 – Griselda Pollock, South African-English historian and academic
• March 26, 1949 – Rudi Koertzen, South African cricketer and umpire
• April 16, 1949 – Pirkko Saisio, Finnish actress and director
• May 5, 1949 – Eppie Bleeker, Dutch speed skater
• August 30, 1949 – Don Boudria, Canadian public servant and politician, 2nd Canadian Minister for International Cooperation
• September 21, 1949 – Henry Butler, American pianist and photographer
• December 14, 1949 – Bill Buckner, American baseball player and manager