WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1949
Find out what all happened September to December 1949

Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control. (6. September 1949)

The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives. (17. September 1949)

KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule. (29. December 1949)

The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed. (7. October 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 Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem. (13. December 1949)

Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies. (27. December 1949)

The Berlin Airlift ends. (30. September 1949)

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

Chinese Civil War: The government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan. (7. December 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. (10. December 1949)

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

The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China. (29. September 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 Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. (26. November 1949)

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

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