WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 1949
Find out what all happened May to October 1949

Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space. (14. June 1949)

The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong. (1. October 1949)

Arsène Wenger (Arsenal FC Manager and earlier soccer player) was borned in Strasbourg, France. (22. October 1949)

The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd. (24. June 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. (1. July 1949)

Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco. (9. May 1949)

The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin. (12. May 1949)

The celebrities Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members. (8. June 1949)

The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty. (21. July 1949)

The treaty creating NATO goes into effect. (24. August 1949)

The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration. (5. May 1949)

The Berlin Airlift ends. (30. September 1949)

Israel joins the United Nations. (11. May 1949)

Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters. (25. June 1949)

The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana. (5. August 1949)

In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000. (5. August 1949)

The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid. (24. October 1949)

The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash at the Superga hill at the edge of Turin, Italy. (4. May 1949)

The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China. (29. September 1949)

WERD, the 1st black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta, Georgia. (3. October 1949)