WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1949
Find out what all happened June to November 1949

The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed. (7. October 1949)

The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform. (7. November 1949)

Nikolaos Zachariadis, leader of the Communist Party of Greece, announces a "temporary cease-fire", effectively ending the Greek Civil War. (16. October 1949)

The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong. (1. October 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. (18. November 1949)

The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War. (31. August 1949)

The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. (26. November 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 first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd. (24. 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 Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives. (17. September 1949)

The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China. (27. September 1949)

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

Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada's largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake (22. August 1949)

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

Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war. (20. July 1949)

The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic are established. (16. October 1949)

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

Eleven leaders of the American Communist Party are convicted, after a nine-month trial in a Federal District Court, of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. Federal Government. (14. October 1949)