October 1949

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October 1: Mao Zedong Proclaims The Founding of The People's Republic of China.
October 7: The German Democratic Republic is Established.

The following events occurred in October 1949:

October 1, 1949 (Saturday)

Flag of China

October 2, 1949 (Sunday)

October 3, 1949 (Monday)

October 4, 1949 (Tuesday)

October 5, 1949 (Wednesday)

October 6, 1949 (Thursday)

October 7, 1949 (Friday)

October 8, 1949 (Saturday)

October 9, 1949 (Sunday)

October 10, 1949 (Monday)

October 11, 1949 (Tuesday)

  • Wilhelm Pieck became 1st State President of East Germany.
  • At the United Nations, Soviet diplomat Yakov Malik proposed that each of the 39 member countries release a full account of atomic bombs and other weapons they possessed. American delegate Warren Austin dismissed the idea as meaningless if there were no means of verification.

October 12, 1949 (Wednesday)

October 13, 1949 (Thursday)

  • Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru addressed both houses of US Congress with a speech assuring Americans that his country would not stay neutral "where freedom is menaced, or justice threatened," but stopped short of pledging military assistance.
  • The French National Assembly approved Socialist Jules Moch as the next prime minister of France by just one vote over the minimum required. 311 votes were cast in Moch's favour with 223 against; he needed 310.
  • Died: Michael J. O'Doherty, 75, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Manila

October 14, 1949 (Friday)

October 15, 1949 (Saturday)

  • Communist troops were reported to be in full control of Guangzhou.
  • President Truman nominated nineteen new federal judges, including Virgin Islands Governor William H. Hastie, the first African-American to be named to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
  • Died: Elmer Clifton, 59, American writer, film director and actor; Fritz Leiber, 67, American actor; László Rajk, 40, Hungarian Communist politician (executed)

October 16, 1949 (Sunday)

October 17, 1949 (Monday)

October 18, 1949 (Tuesday)

  • Communist Chinese forces captured the port city of Xiamen.
  • Exiled King Leopold III of Belgium agreed to a referendum on his return to Belgium, promising to remain in Switzerland if he received less than 55% support.

October 19, 1949 (Wednesday)

October 20, 1949 (Thursday)

October 21, 1949 (Friday)

October 22, 1949 (Saturday)

October 23, 1949 (Sunday)

October 24, 1949 (Monday)

October 25, 1949 (Tuesday)

  • The Battle of Guningtou began in the Chinese Civil War.
  • A British de Havilland Comet piloted by John Cunningham flew 2,980 miles from London to Tripoli and back in a record time of 6 hours 38 minutes.
  • In further testimony at his war crimes trial, Erich von Manstein said he could have held the Soviets to a stalemate on the Eastern Front if Hitler had not interfered with his plan.
  • The Puget Sound fishermen's strike of 1949 began to wind down after three weeks as some of the biggest packers agreed to give the strikers a wage increase.

October 26, 1949 (Wednesday)

October 27, 1949 (Thursday)

October 28, 1949 (Friday)

October 29, 1949 (Saturday)

October 30, 1949 (Sunday)

October 31, 1949 (Monday)


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