A Look Back At
Born in 1949
What Was Life Like in 1949?
Who Was in Charge?
President
Harry S. Truman
What Things Cost
Gas (per gallon)
$0.27
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Average House
$5,700
Weekly Wage
$52
Events of 1949 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1949 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 25 – The first Emmy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
- March 24 – The 21st Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Robert Montgomery, is held at the Academy Theater in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
- April 4 – The North Atlantic Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., creating the NATO defense alliance.
- April 7 – Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, starring Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza, opens on Broadway and goes on to become R&H's second longest-running musical. It becomes an instant classic of the musical theatre. The score's biggest hit is the song Some Enchanted Evening.
- May 1 – Albert Einstein publishes Why Socialism? in the first edition of the Monthly Review.
- August 10 – The National Military Establishment (formerly the Department of War) is renamed the Department of Defense.
- August 16 – Office of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff created.
- October 5 – Walt Disney Productions' eleventh feature film, The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, is released.