WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO DECEMBER 1949
Find out what all happened May to December 1949

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

George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published. (8. June 1949)

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

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

Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters. (25. June 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 Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. (26. November 1949)

The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem. (13. December 1949)

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

Israel joins the United Nations. (11. May 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 Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York. (4. September 1949)

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

Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. (29. August 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 Berlin Airlift ends. (30. September 1949)

The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed. (23. May 1949)

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

Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first Thai female member of Thailand's Parliament. (5. June 1949)

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