1949
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1949 (MCMXLIX) was a year started on Saturday.
Events
Catalan countries
February 17: Four members of the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC) shot in Barcelona. Rest of the world
January 1: The United Nations imposes a truce that ends the Indo-Pakistani war of 1947. As a result of this war occurs the isolation and division of Kashmir.
January 4: The Council of Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) is created
January 21: Chinese communist troops occupy the city of Beijing.
February 5: Iran dissolves the Tudeh Communist Party.
February 10 - Unionist Conservatives gain parliamentary majority in Ireland.
February 10 - Elia Kazan's play The Death of a Traveler, based on Arthur Miller's play, opens in the United States.
February 16 - UN talks on Berlin between US and USSR delegates begin.
April 1 - Eire leaves the British Commonwealth and becomes the Republic of Ireland.
April 4:
the Atlantic Pact is signed in Washington.
Creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, in English NATO.
April 23 - Chinese Communist troops occupy the city of Nanjing.
May 5 - Treaty of London signing the Statute of the Council of Europe.
May 9 - Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco after the death of his grandfather, Louis II.
July 19 - Laos becomes independent from France.
August 8 - Bhutan becomes independent from India.
September 17 - The animated short "Fast and Furry-eggs" premieres featuring the Coyote and the Road Runner from Warner Bros. Studios.
September 27 - The Netherlands formally recognizes Indonesia's independence.
October 1 - Mao Zedong establishes the People's Republic of China, becoming a communist state.
October 7 - Germany is divided into two states.
October 12 - Signing of the Geneva Conventions.
October 25 - London, England: The De Havilland Comet, the first jet aircraft intended for passenger transport, makes a test flight London -Tripoli (Libya) -London in 6 hours and 36 minutes, twice as fast as conventional aircraft.
October 31 - Chiang Kai-shek retreats from Taiwan.
November 8 - Costa Rica enters into force its current Constitution.
November 21 - New York: The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution stating that Libya would become independent from January 1, 1952.
Nobel Prize
Births
Catalan countries
January 1, Algemesí, Ribera Alta: Enric Lluch i Girbés, Valencian writer.
January 30, Istanbul: Lydia Azzopardi, dancer, choreographer, British nationalized costume designer, based in Catalonia.
March 18:
Valencia: Margarita Pin Arboledas, Valencian politician, has been a member of the Congress of Deputies.
Carlet, Ribera Alta: Eduard J. Verger, Valencian poet and translator.
March 24:
Portocolom: Gabriel Mestre Oliver, plastic artist and Mallorcan writer.
Barcelona: Joaquim Maria Puyal, PhD in linguistics and radio commentator.
April 6, Barcelona: Núria de Gispert i Català, President of the Parliament of Catalonia (2010 -15).
April 25, Cardedeu, Vallès Oriental: Agustí Asensio i Saurí, illustrator and illustrator of children's books.
May 9, Barcelona: Andreu Martín i Farrero, Catalan writer and screenwriter.
June 7, Vilassar de Dalt, Maresme: Toti Soler, guitarist and singer.
June 8, Catarroja: Toni Artis, Valencian singer.
June 15, Valencia: María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, Spanish politician, vice president of the government during the presidency of the socialist Rodríguez Zapatero.
June 29, Parets del Vallès, Vallès Oriental: Joan Clos i Matheu, politician, mayor of Barcelona, 1997, 2006) and Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade of Spain.
July 20, Barcelona: María del Carmen Gómez Muntané, musicologist specializing in medieval music and Fr.
