WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO OCTOBER 1949
Find out what all happened June to October 1949

The celebrities Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members. (8. June 1949)

WERD, the 1st black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta, Georgia. (3. October 1949)

In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000. (5. August 1949)

The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War. (31. August 1949)

The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong. (1. October 1949)

U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense. (10. August 1949)

The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty. (21. July 1949)

Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war. (20. July 1949)

Eleven leaders of the American Communist Party are convicted, after a nine-month trial in a Federal District Court, of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. Federal Government. (14. October 1949)

Nikolaos Zachariadis, leader of the Communist Party of Greece, announces a "temporary cease-fire", effectively ending the Greek Civil War. (16. October 1949)

The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid. (24. October 1949)

The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed. (7. October 1949)

Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space. (14. June 1949)

The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China. (27. September 1949)

Chinese Civil War: Chinese Communist forces occupy the city of Guangzhou (Canton), in Guangdong, China. (14. October 1949)

Queen Charlotte earthquake: Canada's largest earthquake since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake (22. August 1949)

The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic are established. (16. October 1949)

Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner. (27. July 1949)

Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters. (25. June 1949)

Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control. (6. September 1949)