1949 - February - Article Index

Article - Astrology: Dragons Throughout The Ages - Dragons Importance In Astrology.
Chinese astrologers refer to the Moon's Nodes as the Dragon's Head and Tail and give it tremendous attention as to the placement in the n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1949 In Baseball: Encyclopedia Ii - 1949 In Baseball - Champions
1949 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-1) All-Star Game, July 12 at Ebbets ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Ben-gurion: Encyclopedia - David Ben-gurion
David Ben-Gurion ▶ (help·info) (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973; Hebrew: דָּוִד בֶּן גּוּרִיּוֹן) was the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1945: Encyclopedia Ii - 1945 - Deaths
1945 - January. January 3 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877) January 22 - Else Lasker-Schuler, German poet (b. 1869) January 31...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - K. R. Narayanan: Encyclopedia Ii - K. R. Narayanan - Subsequent Life
After his retirement as President, K. R. Narayanan, along his wife Usha, lived his remaining years in a modest bungalow (34, Prithviraj R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1949: Encyclopedia - 1949
1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. 1949 - Events. January 2 - Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically el...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1998: Encyclopedia Ii - 1998 - Nobel Prizes
1998 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Amartya Sen ... See also:1998, 1998 - Events, 1998 - Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fujian: Encyclopedia Ii - Fujian - Quemoy And Matsu
After its defeat in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan. Since then, the communist government of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claude Elwood Shannon: Encyclopedia - Claude Elwood Shannon
Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001), an American electrical engineer and mathematician, has been called "the fat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1875: Encyclopedia Ii - 1875 - Events
1875 - January - April. January 12 - Kwang-su becomes emperor of China. February 27 - Newton Booth, 11th Governor of California resign...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1984: Encyclopedia Ii - 1984 - Events
1984 - January. January 1 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state. January 1 - AT&T is broken up into 24 independent units. Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joseph Mccarthy: Encyclopedia Ii - Joseph Mccarthy - The Army-mccarthy Hearings
Early in 1954, the Army accused McCarthy and his chief counsel, Roy Cohn, of pressuring the Army to give favorable treatment to another f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1990: Encyclopedia Ii - 1990 - Events
1990 - January. January 3 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 4 - over 300 people were k...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1977 In Baseball: Encyclopedia Ii - 1977 In Baseball - Champions
1977 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2); Reggie Jackson, MVP American...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andre Norton: Encyclopedia Ii - Andre Norton - Biography
The parents of Alice Mary Norton were Adalbert Freely Norton, owner of a rug company, and Bertha Stemm. She began writing at the Collinwo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhumibol Adulyadej: Encyclopedia - Bhumibol Adulyadej
King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great (Thai: ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; IPA: pʰu:mipʰon adunjadeːd) (born December 5, 192...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fidel Castro: Encyclopedia Ii - Fidel Castro - Religion
Castro is an atheist and has not been a practicing Roman Catholic since his childhood. Pope John XXIII excommunicated Castro on January 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genesis P-orridge: Encyclopedia Ii - Genesis P-orridge - Trouble In England
In February 1992 GP-O, the family, and various members of the TOPY entourage, had just come from Kathmandu, where they had distributed ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suez Crisis: Encyclopedia Ii - Suez Crisis - Background
The Suez Canal was opened in 1869, having been financed by France and the Egyptian government. In 1875, the British government bought out...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flying Car: Encyclopedia Ii - Flying Car - History
Flying car - Vision. It wasn't long after the Wright Brothers made their first successful flight that aviation pioneers began to imagin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guiding Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Guiding Light - Cast
Guiding Light - Current cast members. Scott Bailey (Sandy Foster) (2003-present) Neal Bledsoe (Quinn Matthews) (2005-present) Rob Bogu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Puyi: Encyclopedia Ii - Puyi - Biography
Puyi - Emperor of China 1908-1924. Chosen by Cixi on her deathbed, Puyi ascended to the throne at age 2 years 10 months in December 190...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bc Rail: Encyclopedia Ii - Bc Rail - Excursion Services
The railway's best-known excursion service was its Royal Hudson excursion service, which was the only regularly scheduled steam excursion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tank Landing Ship: Encyclopedia Ii - Tank Landing Ship - Production Lst 2
In three separate acts dated 6 February 1942, 26 May 1943, and 17 December 1943, Congress provided the authority for the construction of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alawite: Encyclopedia - Alawite
Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Legacy
Roosevelt's legacies to the U.S. were a greatly expanded role for government in the management of the economy (effectively ending the day...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - London Borough Of Croydon: Encyclopedia Ii - London Borough Of Croydon - Croydon Council
The council consists of 70 elected councillors across 24 wards. Since the 2002 local elections, the Labour Party has controlled the Counc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Donald Duck: Encyclopedia Ii - Donald Duck - Beyond Disney
Donald Duck is the only popular film and television cartoon character to appear as a mascot for the sports team of a major American unive...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2nd Prince Chun: Encyclopedia - 2nd Prince Chun
The 2nd Prince Chun (Chinese: 醇親王) (February 12, 1883 - February 3, 1951) was born Zaifeng (Chinese: 載灃; Wade-Giles: Tsai-feng)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elizabeth Taylor: Encyclopedia Ii - Elizabeth Taylor - Awards And Honours
Taylor received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1992. The following year, 1993, she received the AFI Life Achievement Award. And ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chen Yi Kuomintang: Encyclopedia - Chen Yi Kuomintang
Chen Yi (Chinese: 陳儀; Hanyu Pinyin: Chén Yí; Wade-Giles: Ch'en I; 1883 - June 18, 1950) was the Chief Executive and Garrison Comman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parliament Of The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Parliament Of The United Kingdom - History
In the medieval period there were three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, and these developed separate parliaments. The 1707 Act...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alban Berg: Encyclopedia - Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese Schoo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Geography Of Pakistan: Encyclopedia Ii - Geography Of Pakistan - Boundaries
Pakistan occupies a position of great geostrategic importance, bordered by Iran on the west, Afghanistan on the northwest, China on the n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Penis Removal: Encyclopedia Ii - Penis Removal - Involuntary Penis Removal Assault
There have been incidents in which men have been assaulted, usually by their girlfriends or wives, by having their penises severed. Loren...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wile E. Coyote And Road Runner: Encyclopedia - Wile E. Coyote And Road Runner
Wile E. Coyote (also known simply as "The Coyote") and the Road Runner are cartoon characters from a series of Looney Tunes and Merrie Me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joe Orton: Encyclopedia Ii - Joe Orton - Orton As Playwright
In the early 1960s Orton began to write plays. He wrote his last novel in 1961 (Head to Toe) and soon after had writing accepted. In 1963...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Albert Einstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Albert Einstein - Personality
Albert Einstein was much respected for his kind and friendly demeanor rooted in his pacifism. He was modest about his abilities, and had ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eniac: Encyclopedia Ii - Eniac - Description
ENIAC received a lot of press for its sheer size, but in some ways it was not the state-of-the-art of its era. Unlike Konrad Zuse's Z3 of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Puyi: Encyclopedia - Puyi
For the Chinese ethnic group, see Buyei. Puyi (Chinese:溥儀;) (February 7, 1906 - October 17, 1967) of the Manchu Aisin-Gioro ruling fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Winnipeg Manitoba: Encyclopedia Ii - Winnipeg Manitoba - Famous Winnipegers
Winnipeg Manitoba - Born in Winnipeg. Randy Bachman, musician, (The Guess Who) & Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) Ashleigh Banfield,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Rupee: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Rupee - Rupee Banknotes
History of the rupee - Early paper issues. Notes issued by the Bank of Bengal can be categorised in the following three series. Uniface...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Era Name: Encyclopedia - Chinese Era Name
A Chinese era name (traditional Chinese: 年號, simplified Chinese: 年号, pinyin: níanhào) is the era name, reign period, or regnal ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gore Vidal: Encyclopedia Ii - Gore Vidal - Biography
He was born Eugene Luther Vidal in West Point, New York, the son of Eugene Vidal and Nina Gore. His birth took place at the United States...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joseph Cotten: Encyclopedia Ii - Joseph Cotten - Biography And Career
Joseph Cotten - Early Life and Career. Born in Petersburg, Virginia, Cotten worked as an advertising agent after graduating from the Wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 In Baseball: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 In Baseball - Major League Baseball Final Standings
  * The asterisk denotes the club that won the Wild card for its respective league. ... See also:2003 in baseball, 2003 in baseba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Munich Air Disaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Munich Air Disaster - Cause
Captain James Thain, the pilot, tried to take off twice, but both attempts were aborted due to a problem with the engines. When a third t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marilyn Monroe: Encyclopedia Ii - Marilyn Monroe - Early Life
Although she would eventually become one of the most celebrated actors in film history, Monroe's beginnings were humble. She was born in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chiang Kai-shek: Encyclopedia - Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - James Dean: Encyclopedia Ii - James Dean - Acting Career
Dean began his acting career with a Pepsi-Cola television commercial followed by a stint as a stunt tester in the game show Beat the Cloc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gulag: Encyclopedia Ii - Gulag - History
From 1918 camp-type detention facilities were set up, as a reformed extension of earlier labour camps (katorgas), operated in Siberia as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oklahoma City: Encyclopedia Ii - Oklahoma City - Economy
Oklahoma City - Major Companies Headquartered in OKC. Tinker Air Force Base, SBC Oklahoma - Fortune 500 Sonic - Fortune 1000 OGE Energ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Dowager Cixi: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Dowager Cixi - Names
Cixi had different names at different stages of her life, which could be quite confusing. Moreover, most of her Western biographers, who ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Involuntary Settlements In The Soviet Union: Encyclopedia Ii - Involuntary Settlements In The Soviet Union - Exile Settlements
Exile settlements (ссыльное поселение, ssylnoye poselenie) were a kind of internal exile. The system of political and ad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joan Crawford: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Crawford - Marriages
In 1929 at the time she wed her first husband, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Crawford bought a mansion at 426 North Bristol Avenue in Brentwood,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bhumibol Adulyadej: Encyclopedia Ii - Bhumibol Adulyadej - Styles
His full ceremonial name is provided in the above section. Although often referred to as King Rama IX in English language translation, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - Early History
Portugal has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years, first by Neanderthals and then by homo sapiens. In the early first millennium BCE...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rainier Iii Prince Of Monaco: Encyclopedia Ii - Rainier Iii Prince Of Monaco - Titles
Rainier's official shortened title was His Serene Highness Rainier III, Sovereign Prince of Monaco; this does not include the many other ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noam Chomsky: Encyclopedia Ii - Noam Chomsky - Chomsky's Influence In Other Fields
Chomskyan models have been used as a theoretical basis in several other fields. The Chomsky hierarchy is often taught in fundamental comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Workers' Party Of Korea: Encyclopedia - Workers' Party Of Korea
The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK; Korean chosŏn'gŭl: 조선로동당; hanja: 朝鮮勞動黨; McCune-Reischauer: Chosŏn Rodong-dang; r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marilyn Monroe: Encyclopedia Ii - Marilyn Monroe - Early Life
Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926 in the charity ward of the Los Angeles County Hospital. Her registered name was Norma Jeane Morte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ifk Göteborg: Encyclopedia Ii - Ifk Göteborg - Supporters
Main article: Supporterklubben Änglarna Before the foundation of IFK Göteborg, the dominant club in the Gothenburg area was Örgryte IS...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guiding Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Guiding Light - History
The series was created by Irna Phillips, who based it on personal experiences. After giving birth to a still-born baby at age 19, she fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Penis Removal: Encyclopedia Ii - Penis Removal - Human Penis Removal In Medicine And Psychology
Some men have penile amputations, known as penectomies, for medical reasons. Cancer, for example, sometimes necessitates removal of all o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Dowager Cixi: Encyclopedia - Empress Dowager Cixi
The Empress Dowager Cixi (Chinese: 慈禧太后; Hanyu Pinyin: Cíxǐ; Wade-Giles: Tz'u-hsi) (November 29, 1835 –November 15, 1908), po...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meher Baba: Encyclopedia Ii - Meher Baba - Cosmology
His cosmology, which has echoes of Sufism and Vedanta, as well as Christian mysticism is summarized in the 1954 book, GOD SPEAKS, much of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conscription: Encyclopedia Ii - Conscription - Arguments For Conscription
Conscription - Valuable training. Some argue that peacetime conscription is an ideal tool for teaching a population basic, important sk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science Fiction On Television: Encyclopedia Ii - Science Fiction On Television - Japanese Television Science Fiction
Known for meticulous use of miniatures and hundreds of sci-fi themed anime, Japan has a long history of producing science fiction series ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1949: Encyclopedia Ii - 1949 - Events
1949 - January. January 2 - Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. January 4 - RMS Caroni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1949: Encyclopedia Ii - 1949 - Deaths
1949 - January. January 6 - Victor Fleming, American director (b. 1883) January 11 - Nelson Doubleday, American publisher (b. 1889) Ja...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1949: Encyclopedia Ii - 1949 - Births
1949 - January. January 2 - Christopher Durang, American playwright January 7 - Steven Williams, American actor January 8 - Wolfgang P...   » Read the article