1949 - March - 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 - Bhagavan And Amma: Encyclopedia - Bhagavan And Amma
Shri Bhagavan was formerly known as 'Kalki’, or ‘Kalki Bhagavan’. He had never claimed to be Kalki himself, but he does acknowledg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - March 6: Encyclopedia Ii - March 6 - Deaths
March 6 - 1252 to 1899. 1252 - Saint Rose of Viterbo, Italian saint (b. 1235) 1490 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (b. 1458) 1531 - Pe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mount Etna: Encyclopedia Ii - Mount Etna - 1669 Eruption
Over the last 2000 years, activity at Etna has been generally effusive, with occasional explosive eruptions from the summit. Its most des...   » 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 - Doris Day: Encyclopedia Ii - Doris Day - Biography
Day was born Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff in Evanston, Ohio to German immigrants. The second of two children, she was named "Doris" afte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dumbo: Encyclopedia Ii - Dumbo - History
Dumbo - Production. The film was designed as a economical feature, to help generate income for the Disney studio after the financial fa...   » 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

Article - Psychic Mediums: Famous Psychic People
Famous Psychic People History is full of people with psychic gifts. Some have later proved to be fraudulent, but others have confounded...   » 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 - Charles Taylor: Encyclopedia Ii - Charles Taylor - Presidency And Civil War
In December 1989 Taylor launched an armed uprising from Côte d'Ivoire. His forces, known as the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPF...   » 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 - Israeli Arab: Encyclopedia Ii - Israeli Arab - Legal And Political Status
Arab Israelis are citizens of Israel with equal political rights. In 1948, Israel's Declaration of Independence called upon the Arab inha...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - Virginia Military Institute: Encyclopedia Ii - Virginia Military Institute - Student Life
The Virginia Military Institute is a unique military and educational experience. All Cadets are housed on campus in a large five story bu...   » 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 - Billy Joel: Encyclopedia Ii - Billy Joel - Marriages
Joel married his business manager, Elizabeth Weber, on May 20, 1971. The marriage ended in divorce on July 20, 1983. Joel went on to marr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aspirin: Encyclopedia Ii - Aspirin - Discovery
Hippocrates, a Greek physician, wrote in the 5th century BC about a bitter powder extracted from willow bark that could ease aches and pa...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - Lyndon B. Johnson: Encyclopedia Ii - Lyndon B. Johnson - Retirement Death And Honors
Under the 22nd Amendment, Johnson was still eligible for a second full term, having served less than two years of Kennedy's term. However...   » 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 - 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 - Chiang Ching-kuo: Encyclopedia Ii - Chiang Ching-kuo - Early Life
The son of Chiang Kai-shek and his first wife Mao Fumei, Chiang Ching-kuo was born in Fenghua, Zhejiang and had the nickname of Jinfeng (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - April 25: Encyclopedia - April 25
April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). There are 250 days remaining. April 25 - Events. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Irving Berlin: Encyclopedia Ii - Irving Berlin - Major Hits
Berlin was responsible for many Hollywood film scores including Top Hat (1935) and Holiday Inn (1942), which included White Christmas, on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ōu Main Line: Encyclopedia Ii - Ōu Main Line - Timeline
The Ōu North Line began in Aomori, the South Line in Fukushima, and the full line began operation in 1905. Ōu Main Line - Ōu North Li...   » 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 - Ta Kung Pao: Encyclopedia Ii - Ta Kung Pao - History
Ying Lianzi (英斂之) founded the newspaper in Tientsin (now Tianjin) on 17 June 1902 in order to, in Ying's own words, 'help China bec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vannevar Bush: Encyclopedia - Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 – June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known for his political role in the ...   » 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 - 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 - Tamil Nadu: Encyclopedia - Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, "Land of the Tamils") is a state at the southern tip of India. The bordering states/territories...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Military Use Of Children: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Use Of Children - Modern Developments
Children have been both participants in and victims of atrocities. The recruitment of children as soldiers is a practice that has survive...   » 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 - Hunan: Encyclopedia - Hunan
Hunan (Chinese: 湖南; Hanyu Pinyin: Húnán) is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kerala: Encyclopedia Ii - Kerala - Festivals
Keralites celebrate Onam, Eid-ul-Fitr, Christmas, Easter, Deepavali,Bakrid and Vishu. Kerala - Onam. Onam, associated with the legend o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guangxi: Encyclopedia - Guangxi
Guangxi (Zhuang: Gvangjsih; old orthography: Gvaŋзsiƅ; Simplified: 广西; Traditional: 廣西; Hanyu Pinyin: Guǎngxī; Wade-Giles: K...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of China: Encyclopedia - History Of China
China is one of the world's oldest continuous major civilizations, with written records dating back 3,500 years. Turtle shells with marki...   » 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 - 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 - Israeli Peace Camp: Encyclopedia Ii - Israeli Peace Camp - People
Israeli peace camp - Political leaders. Shimon Peres (head of the Israeli Labor Party) Yossi Beilin (head of Yachad) Yossi Sarid (form...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tianjin: Encyclopedia Ii - Tianjin - Transportation
Tianjin - Rail. There are several railway stations in the city, Tianjin Railway Station being the principal one. It was built in 1888, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Sui Dynasty: Reunification
The Sui Dynasty (隋朝) managed to reunite the country in 589 after almost 300 years of disjunction. The unification is the second short...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Margaret Mitchell: Encyclopedia Ii - Margaret Mitchell - Gone With The Wind
Mitchell is reported to have begun writing Gone with the Wind while bedridden and nursing a broken ankle. Her husband, John Marsh, brough...   » 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 - Czechoslovakia: Encyclopedia Ii - Czechoslovakia - History
Main article: History of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia arose in October 1918 as one of the succession states of Austria-Hungary at the en...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - Soap Opera: Encyclopedia Ii - Soap Opera - Soap Opera Characteristics
Soap opera - Plots and storylines. Most soaps follow the lives of a group of characters who live or work in a particular place. The sto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triad: Encyclopedia - Triad
Triad (Simplified: 三合会; Traditional: 三合會; Hanyu Pinyin: Sānhéhuì; literally "Triad Society") is a collective term that des...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triad: Encyclopedia Ii - Triad - History Of Triads
Triad - Precursor to triads—Tian Di Hui. The Triads were started as a resistance to the Manchu Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. In the 17...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eleanor Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Eleanor Roosevelt - Life After The White House
Following the death of her husband in 1945, Roosevelt continued to live on the Hyde Park Estate, in Val-Kill, the house that her husband ...   » 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 - 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 - History Of China: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of China - Jin The Sixteen Kingdoms And The Northern And Southern Dynasties
Though these three kingdoms were reunited temporarily in 280 by the (Western) Jin Dynasty (晉朝), the contemporary non-Han Chinese (Wu ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tianjin: Encyclopedia Ii - Tianjin - Demographics
At the end of 2004, the population of Tianjin Municipality was 10.24 million, of which 9.33 million were holders of Tianjin hukou (perman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mao Zedong: Encyclopedia Ii - Mao Zedong - Political Ideas
During his early political career, Mao developed his political thinking. His ideas have had a monumental impact on generations of Chinese...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hebei: Encyclopedia Ii - Hebei - Geography
Most of central and southern Hebei lies within the North China Plain. The province is bordered by the Yan Mountains (Yan Shan) in the nor...   » 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 - Aspirin: Encyclopedia Ii - Aspirin - How It Works
In a piece of research for which he was awarded both a Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1982 and a knighthood, John Robert Vane, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dumbo: Encyclopedia Ii - Dumbo - Story
The film takes place in a circus setting, ostensibly in present-day 1941, and begins with a formation of storks delivering newborn offspr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Big Bang: Encyclopedia Ii - Big Bang - Theoretical Underpinnings
As it stands today, the Big Bang is dependent on three assumptions: The universality of physical laws The cosmological principle The Cop...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Robin Hood: Encyclopedia Ii - Robin Hood - Possible Locations
In modern versions of the legend, Robin Hood is said to have taken up residence in the verdant Sherwood Forest in the county of Nottingha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Cleveland Ohio: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Cleveland Ohio - Early Years: 1796–1860
As one of thirty-six founders of the Connecticut Land Company, General Moses Cleaveland was selected as one of its seven directors and wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Los Angeles California: Encyclopedia Ii - Los Angeles California - Professional Sports
Los Angeles is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers , the Los Angeles Sparks, the Los Ang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Triad: Encyclopedia Ii - Triad - Triad Groups
Triad - The 14K Triad. Main articles: 14K Triad, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]]   » 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