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===January===

{{Main|January 1949}}

* [[January 2]] – [[Luis Muñoz Marín]] becomes the first democratically elected [[Governor of Puerto Rico]].

* [[January 11]] – The first "networked" television broadcasts take place, as [[KDKA-TV]] in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], goes on the air, connecting east coast and mid-west programming in the [[United States]].

* [[January 16]] – [[Şemsettin Günaltay]] forms the new government of [[Turkey]]. It is the 18th government, last [[One-party state|single party]] government of the [[Republican People's Party]].

* [[January 17]] – The first [[Volkswagen Beetle|VW Type 1]] to arrive in the [[United States]], a 1948 model, is brought to [[New York City|New York]] by Dutch businessman [[Ben Pon Sr.|Ben Pon]]. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his travel expenses. Only two 1949 models are sold in America that year, convincing Volkswagen chairman [[Heinrich Nordhoff]] the car has no future in the U.S. (The Type 1 goes on to become an automotive phenomenon.)

* [[January 20]] – [[Harry S. Truman]] is [[Second inauguration of Harry S. Truman|sworn in]] for a full term, as [[President of the United States]].

* [[June 14]] – [[Albert II (monkey)|Albert II]], a [[rhesus macaque|rhesus monkey]], becomes the first [[primate]] to enter space, on U.S. [[Hermes project]] [[V-2 rocket]] ''Blossom IVB'', but is killed on impact at return.

* [[June 19]] – [[Glenn Dunaway]] wins the [[1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series inaugural race|inaugural]] [[NASCAR Cup Series]] race at [[Charlotte Speedway]], a 3/4 mile oval in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], but is disqualified due to illegal springs. [[Jim Roper]] is declared the official winner.

* [[June 29]] – [[Apartheid]]: The ''South African Citizenship Act'' suspends the granting of citizenship to [[Commonwealth of Nations]] immigrants after 5 years, and imposes a ban on [[interracial marriage|mixed marriage]]s.

 

* [[August 3]] – The [[Basketball Association of America]] and the [[National Basketball League (United States)|National Basketball League]] finalize the merger that will create the [[National Basketball Association]].

* [[August 5]] – In [[Ecuador]], the 6.8 {{M|l|link=y}} [[1949 Ambato earthquake|Ambato earthquake]] kills more than 5,000, and destroys a number of villages.

* [[August 10]] – the [[Avro Canada C102 Jetliner]] makes its first flight; it is the first jet airliner to fly in North America.

* [[August 12]] – The [[Fourth Geneva Convention]] is agreed to.

* [[January 28]] – [[Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)|Mike Moore]], 34th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. [[2020]])

* [[January 30]] – [[Peter Agre]], American biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]

 

===February===

[[File:Lauda at 1982 Dutch Grand Prix.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Niki Lauda]]]]

[[File:Simon Crean (1).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Simon Crean]]]]

* [[February 1]] – [[Joan Burton]], Irish politician

* [[February 2]]

** [[Ronnie Ray Smith]], American Olympic athlete (d. [[2013]])

** [[Michael W. Young]], American geneticist, chronobiologist and recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]

* [[March 30]] – [[Lene Lovich]], American singer

 

* [[April 18]]

** [[Antônio Fagundes]], Brazilian actor

* [[April 19]] – [[Sergey Nikolayevich Volkov]], Russian figure skater (d. [[1990]])

* [[April 20]]

* [[May 2]] – [[Alan Titchmarsh]], English gardener

* [[May 3]] – [[Leopoldo Luque]], Argentine soccer player (d. [[2021]])

* [[May 9]]

** [[Billy Joel]], American singer, songwriter and pianist

** [[Harry Turtledove]], American historian, novelist

** [[Papa Wemba]], Congolese [[soukous]] musician (d. [[2016]])

* [[June 16]] – [[Robbin Thompson]], American singer, songwriter (d. [[2015]])

* [[June 18]]

* [[June 23]] – [[Jon McLachlan]], New Zealand rugby union player

* [[June 25]]

** [[Lalith Kaluperuma]], Sri Lankan test cricketer and ODI cricketer

** [[Patrick Tambay]], French racing driver (d. [[2022]])

** [[Uwe Kliemann]], German football player and coach

** [[Norm Mitchell]], Australian rules footballer

 

===July===

** [[Tommy Handley]], British radio comedian (b. [[1892]])

** [[Tom Longboat]], Canadian Olympic runner (b. [[1887]])<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/tom-longboat Tom Longboat]</ref>

* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Nelson Doubleday]], American publisher (b. [[1889]])

* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Eduardo Barron]], Spanish engineer, pilot (b. [[1888]])

* [[May 22]]

** [[James Forrestal]], U.S. Secretary of Navy and Defense (b. [[1892]])

* [[May 23]] &ndash; [[Jan Frans De Boever]], Belgian painter (b. [[1872]])

* [[May 27]] &ndash; [[Robert Ripley]], American creator of ''[[Ripley's Believe It or Not!]]'' (b. [[1890]])

* [[June 8]]

** [[Naguib el-Rihani]], Egyptian actor (b. [[1889]])

* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Maria Cebotari]], Romanian soprano, actress (b. [[1910]])

* [[June 10]]

** [[Nils Östensson]], Swedish Olympic cross-country skier (b. [[1918]])

** [[Ada Baker]], Australian soprano, singing teacher and vaudeville star (b. [[1866]])

* [[July 26]] &ndash; [[Linda Arvidson]], American actress (b. [[1884]])

* [[July 27]] &ndash; [[Ellery Harding Clark]], American Olympic athlete (b. [[1874]])

[[File:Elena Arizmendi ca 1916.PNG|thumbnail|100px|[[Elena Arizmendi Mejía]]]]

[[File:Hazhir.jpg|thumbnail|100px|[[Abdolhossein Hazhir]]]]

* November &ndash; [[María Josepha Sophia de Iturbide]], head of the Imperial House of Mexico (b. [[1872]])

* [[November 3]]

** [[Prince Carlos of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]] (b. [[1870]])

** [[Ignatius Stelletskii]], Soviet archaeologist, historian and researcher (b. [[1878]])

* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Nathuram Godse]], assassin of [[Mohandas Gandhi]] (b. [[1910]]), and his accomplice, [[Narayan Apte]] (b. [[1911]])

* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[James Ensor]], Belgian painter (b. [[1860]])

* [[November 23]] &ndash; [[Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria]] (b. [[1859]])

* [[November 25]]