1949

1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1910s  1920s  1930s 1940s 1950s  1960s  1970s
Years: 1946 1947 194819491950 1951 1952

Events

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Movies released

New Books

  • The AlephJorge Luis Borges
  • Alien LandWillard W. Savoy
  • The Angry WifePearl S. Buck
  • Beneath The SkyAlfred Q. Jarrette
  • Beyond Earth's GatesC. L. Moore
  • Bright LeafFoster Fitzsimmons
  • CannibalJohn Hawkes
  • Crooked HouseAgatha Christie
  • The Dream MerchantsHarold Robbins
  • The EgyptianMika Waltari
  • Father of the BrideEdward Streeter
  • The Golden SequenceMartha E. Von Almedingen
  • The Heat of the DayElixabeth Bowen
  • King of the WindMarguerite Henry
  • Let Love Come LastTaylor Caldwell
  • Love in a Cold ClimateNancy Mitford
  • Male and FemaleMargaret Mead
  • The Man with the Golden ArmNelson Algren
  • Men of MaizeMiguel Angel Asturias
  • The Miracles of the Red Altar ClothHermann L. Hunter
  • Nineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell
  • Pride's CastleFrank Yerby
  • A Rage To LiveJohn O'Hara
  • The Second SexSimone de Beauvoir
  • To Hell and BackAudie Murphy
  • ShaneJack Schaefer
  • The Sheltering SkyPaul Bowles
  • A Town Like AliceNevil Shute
  • The TrialFranz Kafka
  • Trouble with HarryJack Story
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