WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 1949
Find out what all happened July to December 1949

Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte are executed for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi. (15. November 1949)

The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia. (2. November 1949)

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

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

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

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

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

U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense. (10. August 1949)

The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. (26. November 1949)

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

Chinese Civil War: Chinese Communist forces occupy the city of Guangzhou (Canton), in Guangdong, China. (14. October 1949)

KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule. (29. December 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 United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is established to provide aid to Palestinian refugees who left their homes during the 1948 Palestinian exodus. (8. December 1949)

The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York. (4. September 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)

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

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

Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner. (27. July 1949)