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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 19, 1949 – Cuba recognizes Israel.
• January 20, 1949 – Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
• 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 8, 1949 – Mildred Gillars (“Axis Sally”) is condemned to prison for treason.
• April 4, 1949 – Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
• April 23, 1949 – Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People’s Liberation Army Navy.
• 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.
• September 29, 1949 – The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People’s Republic of China.
• December 10, 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The People’s Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.

Who Were Born On 1949?

• February 22, 1949 – Olga Morozova, Russian tennis player and coach
• March 13, 1949 – Hiroshi Kazato, Japanese race car driver (d. 1974)
• March 17, 1949 – Stuart Rose, English businessman
• April 20, 1949 – Veronica Cartwright, English-American actress
• April 23, 1949 – Joyce DeWitt, American actress
• April 30, 1949 – Karl Meiler, German tennis player (d. 2014)
• July 6, 1949 – Noli de Castro, Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
• July 16, 1949 – Alan Fitzgerald, American guitarist and keyboardist (Montrose, Gamma and Alliance)
• August 12, 1949 – Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer and photographer
• October 20, 1949 – Gina Pareño, Filipino actress