August 1949 Explained

The following events occurred in August 1949:

August 1, 1949 (Monday)

August 2, 1949 (Tuesday)

August 3, 1949 (Wednesday)

August 4, 1949 (Thursday)

August 5, 1949 (Friday)

A grenade attack on a synagogue in the Jewish quarter of Damascus, Syria claimed 12 lives.

August 6, 1949 (Saturday)

August 7, 1949 (Sunday)

Indonesian Republic forces briefly infiltrated the city of Surakarta. Though repulsed by the Dutch, the attack provided a morale boost for the Indonesians.

August 8, 1949 (Monday)

August 9, 1949 (Tuesday)

August 10, 1949 (Wednesday)

August 11, 1949 (Thursday)

August 12, 1949 (Friday)

August 13, 1949 (Saturday)

August 14, 1949 (Sunday)

August 15, 1949 (Monday)

August 16, 1949 (Tuesday)

August 17, 1949 (Wednesday)

A Tōhoku Main Line passenger train derailed and overturned, killing 3 people in an apparent case of sabotage.

August 18, 1949 (Thursday)

two protesters die in the scuffle between the police and the strikers' protest procession in Kemi, Finland.[26]

August 19, 1949 (Friday)

A Douglas DC-3 of British European Airways crashed on Saddleworth Moor in the South Pennines in Northern England, killing 24 of the 32 aboard.

The Maryland newspaper The Catholic Review published a story claiming that a priest had performed a successful exorcism on a 14-year old Mount Rainier boy earlier that year.[28] [29] Subsequent supernatural claims surrounding the events inspired elements of the 1971 William Peter Blatty novel The Exorcist and the 1973 film adaptation of the same name.

August 20, 1949 (Saturday)

August 21, 1949 (Sunday)

August 22, 1949 (Monday)

August 23, 1949 (Tuesday)

August 24, 1949 (Wednesday)

August 25, 1949 (Thursday)

August 26, 1949 (Friday)

August 27, 1949 (Saturday)

August 28, 1949 (Sunday)

August 29, 1949 (Monday)

August 30, 1949 (Tuesday)

August 31, 1949 (Wednesday)

Notes and References

  1. News: August 2, 1949 . Gov. Dever Signs Bill Barring Reds In Jobs . . 8 .
  2. News: August 3, 1949 . U. S. Rejects Note By Russia On Italy . . 3 .
  3. News: August 4, 1949 . Indies Cease-Fire Goes Into Effect . . 12 .
  4. News: August 4, 1949 . Dutch Ratify The Pact . . 5 .
  5. News: August 4, 1949 . Don Jaime de Bourbon Weds . . 21 .
  6. News: Cortesi . Arnaldo . August 5, 1949 . Italy, Yugoslavia Sign Trade Accord . . 4 .
  7. News: August 5, 1949 . Bergman to Seek Divorce . . 22 .
  8. News: August 7, 1949 . Taylor Named By U. S. To Succeed Howley . . 20 .
  9. News: August 8, 1949 . British Jet Flies 12 Hours, Sets Endurance Record . . 6.
  10. News: Warren . Lansing . August 9, 1949 . Council Of Europe Adds 3 Members . . 1 .
  11. News: August 10, 1949 . Jimmy Stewart Wed In Hollywood Church . . 1 .
  12. News: Leviero . Anthony . August 11, 1949 . Truman Signs Security Bill Reorgazing Armed Forces . . 1 .
  13. News: August 12, 1949 . 4 War Rules Backed By 60-Nation Parley . . 4 .
  14. News: August 12, 1949 . Australian Miners To Go Back Monday . . 2 .
  15. Web site: Geneva Conventions of 12 August, 1949 and Protocols Additional to the Conventions . UN Documents . June 4, 2018 .
  16. News: August 12, 1949 . Yugoslavia Called An 'Enemy' by Russia . . 1 .
  17. News: August 13, 1949 . India's Constitution Defines Citizenship . . 4 .
  18. News: August 12, 1949 . Starlings Bar Broadcast Of the Big Ben Chimes . . 3 .
  19. Web site: August 13, 1949 . PlaneCrashInfo . June 4, 2018 .
  20. News: August 16, 1949 . Air-Sea Rescue Off Ireland Saves 49 of 58 on Airliner . . 1 .
  21. News: Cortesi . Arnaldo . August 17, 1949 . Vatican Sanctions Some Red Nuptials . . 14 .
  22. News: August 18, 1949 . Israelis Re-Inter Herzl Atop a Jerusalem Hill . . 15 .
  23. Web site: Herzl's Grandson Buried in Jerusalem . Heller . Aron . December 5, 2007 . . June 4, 2018 .
  24. News: Salisbury . Harrison E. . August 21, 1949 . Soviet Warns Tito Of Stronger Steps To Aid Nationals . . 1 .
  25. News: Wood . Lewis . August 19, 1949 . Clark Confirmed By Senate, 73 To 8 . . 1 .
  26. Web site: Kemin lakosta puoli vuosisataa . Palkkatyöläinen . 7 September 1999 . fi . 11 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222436/http://www.palkkatyolainen.fi/pt99/p990907-p2.html . September 27, 2007 .
  27. News: August 20, 1949 . Peru Breaks With Cuba . . 4 .
  28. News: Brinkley . Bill . August 20, 1949 . Priest Frees Mt. Rainier Boy Reported Held in Devil's Grip . . 1 .
  29. News: August 20, 1949 . Catholic Paper Reports Priest Freed 'Possessed' Boy of Devil . . 20 .
  30. News: Cianfarra . Camille M. . August 22, 1949 . Bones of Saint Peter Found Under Altar, Vatican Believes . . 1 .
  31. News: Handler . M. S. . August 24, 1949 . Belgrade Asserts Its Independence In Rebuking Russia . . 1 .
  32. News: August 24, 1949 . Klans of 6 States Merge in National Group; Masked Delegates Vote to Ban All Masking . . 16 .
  33. News: Leviero . Anthony . August 25, 1949 . West's Alliance Put in Force; Truman Declares Peace Aim . . 1 .
  34. News: Porter . Russell . August 26, 1949 . Reds' Mistrial Plea Denied; Jury Tampering Is Studied . . 1, 11 .
  35. News: Gould . Jack . August 26, 1949 . New Video In Color Protects All Sets . . 1 .
  36. News: August 27, 1949 . Nisei Citizenship Upheld On Appeal . . 5 .
  37. News: August 27, 1949 . U.S. Submarine Sunk By Blast In Arcitic; 7 Die, 6 As Rescuers . . 1, 26 .
  38. News: August 28, 1949 . Robeson Concert Balked By Melee . . 1 .
  39. News: Sedgwick . A. C. . August 29, 1949 . Greek Drive Takes Peak Of Grammos . . 1 .
  40. Web site: NASA Glenn's Historical Timeline . NASA History . 1 March 2021 . . Sands . Kelly . 28 January 2023.
  41. News: August 31, 1949 . Capetown Expands Segregation . . 7 .
  42. News: August 31, 1949 . Italy To Indemnify Greece Under Pact . . 8 .
  43. News: September 1, 1949 . Greece And Italy Sign Accord On '47 Treaty . . 6 .
  44. News: August 28, 1949 . Six of G. A. R. to Meet . . 52 .
  45. Web site: Indianapolis Collected: The Last of the Civil War Soldiers . Cierzniak . Libby . November 16, 2013 . Historic Indianapolis . June 4, 2018 .