What is 1949?
{{Year nav|1949}} {{Year in various calendars|1949}} '''1949''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMXLIX]]) was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1949th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1949}}. == Events == * [[January 20]] – [[Harry S. Truman]] proposes [[Point Four program]] to help world's less developed areas. * [[February 22]] – Grady the Cow, a 1,200-pound cow gets stuck inside a silo on a farm in [[Yukon, Oklahoma]] and garners national media attention. * [[April 4]] – Twelve nations sign the [[North Atlantic Treaty]] establishing the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organisation]] (NATO). * [[April 18]] - [[Ireland Act 1949]] comes into effect and ceased being in the [[British Commonwealth]]. * [[May 11]] – [[Siam]] changes its name to [[Thailand]]. * [[September 21]] – The German Federal Republic ([[West Germany]]) established. * [[October 1]] – The founding of the [[People's Republic of China]] is announced by [[Mao Zedong]]. * [[October 7]] – The German Democratic Republic ([[East Germany]]) is established. * [[December 27]] – [[Indonesia]]'s independence is recognised by the [[Netherlands]]. == Births == * [[January 7]] - [[Aderval Arvani]], Brazilian volleyball player * [[January 12]] – [[Murakami Haruki]], Japanese writer * [[January 12]] – [[Ottmar Hitzfeld]], German football manager * [[February 5]] – [[Kurt Beck]], German politician * [[February 22]] – [[Niki Lauda]], Austrian racecar driver * [[February 24]] – [[John Belushi]], American actor (d. [[1982]]) * [[March 28]] - [[Kevin Lloyd]], British actor (d. [[1998]]) * [[April 7]] - [[Wells Kelly]], American singer-songwriter and musician ([[Orleans (band)|Orleans]]) (d. [[1984]]) * [[April 11]] – [[Bernd Eichinger]], German movie producer * [[April 19]] – [[Joachim Sauer]], husband of German chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] * [[April 20]] – [[Jessica Lange]], American actress * [[May 9]] – [[Billy Joel]], American singer * [[May 13]] – [[Zoe Wanamaker]], a