20 February 1949Birth of Jimmy GreavesJimmy Greaves
Birth of Jimmy Greaves
Historical records for Great Britain in 1949, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Birth of Jimmy Greaves
Argues for a trade embargo with Eastern Europe
Hoyle used the expression Big Bang during a BBC radio discussion while criticizing finite-age cosmology.
Birth of David Paul Greenfield, later keyboard player with The Stranglers.
Popularises the phrase Big Bang while criticising cosmologies with an initial dense state.
Issues his draft manifesto for the Conservative Party, "The Right Road For Britain"
Supports the creation of NATO as a cornerstone of Western security policy
Signs the Treaty establishing the NATO alliance
Signs the Treaty establishing the NATO alliance
Signs the Treaty establishing the NATO alliance
Participation of the United States was thought necessary both to counter the military power of the USSR and to prevent the revival of nationalist militarism, so talks for a new military alliance results in the North Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington, D.C. on 4 April 1949. It included the five Treaty of Brussels states plus the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland
Public area gas boards take control of Britain's gas undertakings.
The Statute of the Council of Europe is signed in London by ten founding states, advancing the European cooperation Churchill had publicly advocated after the war.
Welcomes the creation of a Council of Europe consistent with his postwar campaign for closer European cooperation.
Sees ten European governments sign the London Statute establishing the Council of Europe with a Committee of Ministers and Consultative Assembly.
The lifting of restrictions ends the prolonged confrontation while Western air supply has kept the city functioning.
The Berlin blockade ends after 327 days
Birth of William Scott Bruford, later Yes drummer and progressive rock innovator.
Birth of Richard Christopher Wakeman, later Yes keyboard player and solo artist.
Publishes Nineteen Eighty-Four.
States that Nineteen Eighty-Four is not an attack on socialism or the Labour Party.
Birth of Alan White, later Yes drummer after earlier work with John Lennon.
Explains that Nineteen Eighty-Four is not an attack on democratic socialism.
Birth of Geezer Butler, later Black Sabbath bassist and lyricist.
Birth of Terence Michael Butler, later Black Sabbath bassist, lyricist and founding member.
Birth of Steve Peregrin Took, born Stephen Ross Porter
Birth of Hugh Alan Cornwell, later guitarist, vocalist and founding member of The Stranglers.
Cripps announces devaluation of sterling from 4.03 to 2.80 United States dollars.
Moves to University College Hospital in London.
Marries Sonia Brownell in hospital.
Death of John Robert Clynes
Appointed Lieutenant, 1st, on board the HMS Chequers
Secures power to introduce charges, though implementation is delayed.
Publication of "1984"
Taylor begins filming George Stevens A Place In The Sun. Before Conspirators 1949 release, a Time cover article called her "a jewel of great price, a true star sapphire", and the leader among Hollywoods next generation of stars
Agricultural Wages Act 1949 consolidates agricultural wage regulation
Healey supports Britain’s participation in NATO as a foundation of collective security in Western Europe.
Makes debut for Yorkshire against Cambridge University
Joins Chris Barbers Jazz Band
Civil Aviation Act 1949 amends organisation and regulation of civil aviation
Ends clothing rationing as wartime controls are progressively removed.
Coast Protection Act 1949 creates powers for coast protection authorities
Makes debut for Yorkshire against Cambridge University
The Industrial Charter is repeated in "The Right Road for Britain"
Finance Act 1949 sets taxation and revenue measures after devaluation pressures
Appointed Governor General of Sri Lanka
Churchill suffers from a major stroke
House of Commons Redistribution of Seats Act 1949 changes parliamentary constituency redistribution rules
Defends the government's housing record against criticism.
Moves to Second Division Hull City (managed by his boyhood hero Raich Carter) for a transfer fee of pounds 20,000
Ireland ceases to have Dominion status and leaves the Commonwealth; Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom unless its Parliament consents otherwise
Ireland Act 1949 recognises the Republic of Ireland and adjusts constitutional relations
Iron and Steel Act 1949 nationalises much of the iron and steel industry
Justices of the Peace Act 1949 reforms magistrates and justices of the peace administration
Starts in "Kind Hearts and Coronets", The Duke, The Banker, The Parson, The General, The Admiral, Young Ascoyne, Young Henry, Lady Agatha. Starts in "A Run for Your Money"
Directs Kind Hearts and Coronets
Plays the suave murderer Louis Mazzini in the British comedy classic, Kind Hearts and Coronets
Lands Tribunal Act 1949 creates the Lands Tribunal for compensation and valuation disputes
Legal Aid and Advice Act 1949 creates a modern legal aid and advice scheme
Appointed Captain of Leicester City
Publication of "Love in a Cold Climate"
Stars in Madame Bovary. Makes his first Hollywood film, Caught
Works on early software requirements needed to make the Manchester Mark I useful to mathematical programmers.
Helps obtain paper-tape equipment and assists with attaching it to the Manchester Mark I.
Michael Foot marries film-maker, author and feminist historian Jill Craigie
Michael Foot marries film-maker, author and feminist historian Jill Craigie
Marriage Act 1949 consolidates marriage law in England and Wales
Creates a secret group of ministers to approve subversion behind the Iron Curtain. Completes the plans for a World War III British state
National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 creates national parks and access rights machinery
National Theatre Act 1949 authorises public support for a national theatre project
Healey supports Labour's commitment to Atlantic security during the creation of NATO.
Faces higher than expected demand and rising NHS expenditure.
Confronts high demand for dental, optical and hospital services.
During Clement Attlee's government, a major recruitment drive begins in the West Indies to bring staff into the NHS.
The Labour Party Government is in office as this NHS milestone occurs: A major recruitment drive begins in the West Indies to bring staff into the NHS.
This NHS development occurs while Clement Attlee serves as Prime Minister: A major recruitment drive begins in the West Indies to bring staff into the NHS.
Nurses Act 1949 reforms nursing registration and professional regulation
Parliament Act 1949 reduces the House of Lords delaying power over public bills
Oversees patent law consolidation and amendment while serving at the Board of Trade.
Patents Act 1949 consolidates and amends patent law
FWA Footballer of the Year
Publishes a further scholarly work on Herodotus through Oxford's Clarendon Press.
Rations for clothing are abolished
Appointed President of the Royal Academy
Appears in Samson and Delilah
Publication of "The Concept of Mind"
Edits The God That Failed, a collection by writers disillusioned with communism.
Lessing moves to London with her youngest son in 1949 and her first novel, "The Grass Is Singing", is published
Stars in "The Heiress"
Shows the equivalence of major formulations of quantum electrodynamics and systematizes renormalized calculations involving electrons.
Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 regulates wireless telegraphy licensing and offences
Cullis's Wolverhampton Wanderers lift the cup after a 3-1 final success over Leicester City.
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