What was going
on |
|
1949 |
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| March 15 | Clothes rationing in Great Britain ends |
| April 1 | Newfoundland becomes part of Canada |
| May 1 | Gas Industry nationalised |
| May 12 | Berlin blockade lifted |
| August 24 | North Atlantic Treaty comes into force |
| September 2 | Pauline Allen is born - The world will never recover |
| September 21 | General Mao Tse-Tung proclaims People's Republic of China |
| October 2 | Russia recognises newly-established Chinese People's Republic |
| December 27 | United States of Indonesia comes into being |