October 1949 Explained
The following events occurred in October 1949:
- WERD, the first radio station owned and operated by African-Americans, was established in Atlanta, Georgia.
- In conjunction with the next day's opening of a comic strip exhibition, fourteen comic strip artists including Ham Fisher, Milton Caniff, Alex Raymond and Rube Goldberg sketched US President Harry S. Truman as he stood on the terrace of the White House Rose Garden.[4] [5]
- Born: Lindsey Buckingham, musician best known as lead guitarist and co-vocalist of Fleetwood Mac, in Palo Alto, California
- Died: Midhat Frashëri, 69, Albanian diplomat, writer and politician
October 7, 1949 (Friday)
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.[15]
- 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.[18]
- 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.[19]
- 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.[23]
- 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.[24]
- Died: Elmer Clifton, 59, American writer, film director and actor; Fritz Leiber, 67, American actor; László Rajk, 40, Hungarian Communist politician (executed)
- Communist Chinese forces captured the port city of Xiamen.[31]
- 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.[32]
- Sentencing was handed down in the Smith Act trial of Communist Party leaders, with ten of the eleven defendants getting five years in prison. The eleventh, Robert G. Thompson, got only three years because of his distinguished war record. All were additionally fined $10,000.[37]
- German Field Marshal Erich von Manstein testified in his own defense for two-and-a-half hours at his war crimes trial in Hamburg, saying that Hitler "lacked in many respects the qualities to make him a good commander" and describing the Nazi persecution of the Jews and other groups as "very repulsive."[38]
- West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer claimed that the German Democratic Republic was illegal and that West Germany had "responsibility" for all Germans.[39]
- Born: Benjamin Netanyahu, 9th Prime Minister of Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel; LaTanya Richardson, actress and producer, in Atlanta, Georgia
- Died: Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena, 75, Colombian Roman Catholic nun
in Poland, an express train bound for Warsaw from Gdańsk derailed, killing 200.[40]
- 20 people were killed and another 40 injured in Cali, Colombia when a mob stormed a Liberal Party meeting.[41]
- West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer refused to recognize East Germany.
- Born: Stiv Bators, lead singer of punk rock band The Dead Boys, as Steven Bator in Youngstown, Ohio (d. 1990); Butch Goring, ice hockey player and coach, in Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, Canada; Arsène Wenger, footballer and manager, in Strasbourg, France
- Died: Craig Reynolds, 42, American actor
- 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.[45]
- 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.[46]
- 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.[47]
A Lockheed 749 Constellation of Air France crashed into a mountain on São Miguel Island in the Azores while trying to land at Santa Maria Airport. All 48 aboard were killed.
Notes and References
- News: Raskin . A. H. . October 1, 1949 . Parleys Collapse . . 1 .
- News: October 3, 1949 . Soviet Recognizes China Red Regime; Drops Chiang Link . . 1 .
- News: Briordy . William J. . October 3, 1949 . Yankees And Dodgers Win Pennants In Final Games; 68,055 Cheer In Stadium . . 1 .
- News: October 4, 1949 . Comic Strip Artists Make Model Out of Truman . . Chicago . 5 .
- Web site: President Harry S. Truman Poses With Completed Cartoon Portraits . . June 4, 2018 .
- News: October 4, 1949 . Comics Shown In Library Of Congress . . 2 .
- News: Barrett . George . October 6, 1949 . U.N. Flag Hoisted Over New Building . . 3 .
- News: October 6, 1949 . Tito Okays Chinese Reds . . 1 .
- News: Davies . Lawrence E. . October 7, 1949 . Tokyo Rose Sentenced to 10 Years And Fined $10,000 for Treason . . 1 .
- News: October 7, 1949 . Red China Sets Relations As Price of News Activity . . 10 .
- News: Warren . Lansing . October 7, 1949 . President Permits Queuille To Resign . . 6 .
- News: McLaughlin . Kathleen . October 8, 1949 . Soviet Zone Forms New German State As Rival To Bonn . . 1 .
- News: October 8, 1949 . West Berlin Asks Entry Into Bonn Government . . Toledo, Ohio . 2 .
- Book: Lowe, Sam . 2012 . Arizona Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff . Morris Book Publishing . 248 . 9780762783823 .
- News: October 12, 1949 . Reds Demand Nations Reveal A-Bomb Tally . . 1 .
- News: Bradley . John A. . October 13, 1949 . Control of Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Sold to Hilton Chain for $3,000,000 . . 1 .
- Web site: Randall Lee Kryn. 2019. ohioresidentdatabase.com. Ohio Secretary of State. November 19, 2022.
- News: Waggoner . Walter H. . October 14, 1949 . Nehru Bars Neutrality in Injustice; Talk Suggests India as Conciliator . . 1 .
- News: Shevlin . Maurice . October 14, 1949 . Socialist Moch OK'd As Premier in a Close Vote . . Chicago . 1 .
- News: Porter . Russell . October 15, 1949 . 11 Communists Convicted of Plot; Medina To Sentence Them Friday; 6 Of Counsel Jailed in Contempt . . 1 .
- News: October 15, 1949 . 30 Die in Guatemala Storm . . 6 .
- News: October 17, 1949 . Guatemala Storm Toll is 300 . . 13 .
- News: Durdin . Tillman . October 16, 1949 . Canton Is Placed Under Red Regime; Transition Calm . . 1 .
- News: Waggoner . Walter H. . October 16, 1949 . McGohey Is Named Federal Judge; Hastie First Negro in Appeals Court . . 1 .
- News: October 17, 1949 . 5-Month Walkout Is Ended At Singer . . 1 .
- Book: Ference . Gregory C. . 1994 . Chronology of 20th Century Eastern European History . Gale Research, Inc. . 173 . 0-8103-8879-0 . registration .
- News: Callender . Harold . October 18, 1949 . Moch Drops Reins; Fails On Cabinet . . 11 .
- Book: Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series: Volume 3, Part 1A, Number 2, Books July-December 1949 . Library of Congress . 333 .
- News: October 17, 1949 . Books Published Today . . 20 .
- News: 吴冬妮. 2021-11-02. 香港影人、新艺城创始人石天因病去世,曾主演《英雄本色2》. Chinese. The Beijing News. Sohu. Beijing. https://archive.today/20211103103243/https://www.sohu.com/a/498732508_114988. 2021-11-03. 2021-11-03.
- News: October 18, 1949 . Reds Seize Amoy; Canton Blockaded . . 1 .
- News: October 19, 1949 . King Leopold to Abdicate If Vote Falls Under 55% . . 15 .
- News: October 20, 1949 . Guatemalan Flood Toll Is 4,0000; Damage Is Placed at $40,000,000 . . 1, 7 .
- News: October 20, 1949 . U. S. Ends Trials of Japanese . . 14 .
- News: Warren . Lansing . October 21, 1949 . French Assembly Accepts Mayer, Liberal, as Premier . . 1 .
- News: October 21, 1949 . Seamen's Strike Off; Union Hits At Canada . . 49 .
- News: Porter . Russell . October 22, 1949 . 10 Top Communists Gets 5 Years, One Gets 3, All Are Fined $10,000; U. S. Indicts Amtorg, 5 Heads Held . . 1 .
- News: October 22, 1949 . Hitler a Poor General, Says Von Manstein . . Chicago . 8 .
- News: Middleton . Drew . October 22, 1949 . West Germans Bid For Voice In East . . 1 .
- Book: Leonard, Thomas M. . 1977 . Day By Day: The Forties . New York . Facts On File, Inc. . 934 . 0-87196-375-2 .
- News: October 21, 1949 . Pre-Election Fight In Colombia Kills 20 . . 3 .
- News: Warren . Lansing . October 24, 1949 . Bidault Is Named Premier As French Crisis Deepens . . 1 .
- News: Rosenthal . A. M. . October 25, 1949 . Lie Says Only U. N. Can Prevent War . . 9 .
- Book: 1950 . Yust . Walter . 1950 Britannica Book of the Year . Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. . 13 .
- News: October 26, 1949 . British Jet Airliner Averages 450 M.P.H. . . 5 .
- News: October 26, 1949 . Mannstein Says He Could Have Stopped Russia . . Chicago . 12 .
- Web site: Chapter 5 -Struggle, Strikes and Collapse . Waterfront Workers History Project . June 4, 2018 .
- Book: Longshore, David . 2008 . Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones . New York . Facts On File, Inc. . 258 . 9781438118796 .
- News: October 29, 1949 . Being Sworn In As The New Ambassador To Denmark . . 4 .
- News: October 30, 1949 . 600 Scotsmen Sign Demand for Self Rule . . Chicago . 1 .
- News: October 31, 1949 . German Reds End Subsidies . . 2 .
- News: Allard . Charles H. . November 1, 1949 . Bethlehem Walkout Settled; Allegheny Ludlum Strike On . . 2 .