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The following events occurred in August 1949:

August 1, 1949 (Monday)

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August 2, 1949 (Tuesday)

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  • Britain, France and the United States issued separate statements rejecting the USSR's charge of July 19 that the North Atlantic Treaty was a violation of the Italian peace treaty. US Secretary of State Dean Acheson said that "Italy is left quite free by the provisions of the peace treaty to join with other states in a collective defense arrangement."[2]

August 3, 1949 (Wednesday)

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August 4, 1949 (Thursday)

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August 5, 1949 (Friday)

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August 6, 1949 (Saturday)

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August 7, 1949 (Sunday)

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August 8, 1949 (Monday)

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August 9, 1949 (Tuesday)

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August 10, 1949 (Wednesday)

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August 11, 1949 (Thursday)

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August 12, 1949 (Friday)

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  • The Fourth Geneva Convention was adopted, which included humanitarian protections for civilians in a war zone.[15]
  • Moscow radio read a bulletin describing Yugoslavia as an "enemy of the Soviet Union" and charging the Tito government of "merging itself to an even greater extent with imperialist circles against the Soviet Union and entering into blocs with them."[16]
  • The Constituent Assembly of India adopted a measure conferring citizenship on Indians living abroad if they, their parents or grandparents were born in India. About 3 million people living abroad were made eligible for Indian citizenship under the new rules.[17]
  • Big Ben was slowed down by 4½ minutes when a flock of starlings perched on its minute hand.[18]
  • Born: Fernando Collor de Mello, 32nd President of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Mark Essex, mass murderer, in Emporia, Kansas (d. 1973); Mark Knopfler, guitarist and lead singer of the rock band Dire Straits, in Glasgow, Scotland
  • Died: Al Shean, 81, German-born comedian and vaudeville performer

August 13, 1949 (Saturday)

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August 14, 1949 (Sunday)

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August 15, 1949 (Monday)

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August 16, 1949 (Tuesday)

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  • The Vatican clarified a point of confusion among Roman Catholics by issuing a declaration that permitted marriages between Communists and Catholics, but only by treating them as "mixed" marriages between Catholics and non-Catholics. Participants would be required to sign a written declaration that all their children would be baptized and brought up Catholic, and Mass was not to celebrated.[21]
  • Born: Barbara Goodson, voice actress, in Brooklyn, New York
  • Died: Ramón Briones Luco, 76, Chilean lawyer and politician; Margaret Mitchell, 48, American author (Gone with the Wind); Otto Steinbrinck, 60, German U-boat commander and industrialist; Tom Wintringham, 51, British soldier, military historian, author and Marxist politician

August 17, 1949 (Wednesday)

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August 18, 1949 (Thursday)

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  • The Soviet Union sent Yugoslavia a note threatening to "resort to other more effective measures" unless the Tito government ceased the alleged mistreatment of Soviet citizens in Yugoslavia.[24]
  • The US Senate confirmed Attorney General Tom C. Clark as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by a vote of 73 to 8.[25]
  • Kemi Bloody Thursday: two protesters die in the scuffle between the police and the strikers' protest procession in Kemi, Finland.[26]
  • Died: Paul Mares, 49, American jazz cornet and trumpet player

August 19, 1949 (Friday)

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August 20, 1949 (Saturday)

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August 21, 1949 (Sunday)

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August 22, 1949 (Monday)

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August 23, 1949 (Tuesday)

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August 24, 1949 (Wednesday)

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August 25, 1949 (Thursday)

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  • Judge Harold Medina refused to declare a mistrial in the Smith Act trial despite defense contentions that juror Russell Janney, author of The Miracle of the Bells, discussed the case out-of-court and had answered falsely about having an anti-Communist bias during the jury selection process.[34]
  • RCA reported the development of a color television which could be adapted to existing black-and-white receivers through the use of a converter.[35]
  • Born: Martin Amis, novelist, in Oxford, England (d. 2023); Gene Simmons, musician, entrepreneur and founding member of the rock band Kiss, as Chaim Witz in Tirat Carmel, Haifa, Israel
  • Died: Will Henry Stevens, 67, American painter and naturalist

August 26, 1949 (Friday)

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  • The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld the restoration of American citizenship to three Japanese-American women who had renounced it while being held in internment camps during the war but, according to them, did not do so of their own free will. The court characterized conditions in the camps as "unnessarily cruel and inhuman treatment."[36]
  • The US submarine Cochino sustained an explosion in its battery room and sank during training maneuvers north of Hammerfest, Norway. One crew member perished, and six aboard a sister vessel were swept overboard and drowned during rescue operations in heavy seas.[37]
  • Born: Leon Redbone, singer-songwriter, on Cyprus (d. 2019)

August 27, 1949 (Saturday)

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August 28, 1949 (Sunday)

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August 29, 1949 (Monday)

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August 30, 1949 (Tuesday)

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August 31, 1949 (Wednesday)

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References

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  1. ^ "Gov. Dever Signs Bill Barring Reds In Jobs". The New York Times. August 2, 1949. p. 8.
  2. ^ "U. S. Rejects Note By Russia On Italy". The New York Times. August 3, 1949. p. 3.
  3. ^ "Indies Cease-Fire Goes Into Effect". The New York Times. August 4, 1949. p. 12.
  4. ^ "Dutch Ratify The Pact". The New York Times. August 4, 1949. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Don Jaime de Bourbon Weds". The New York Times. August 4, 1949. p. 21.
  6. ^ Cortesi, Arnaldo (August 5, 1949). "Italy, Yugoslavia Sign Trade Accord". The New York Times. p. 4.
  7. ^ "Bergman to Seek Divorce". The New York Times. August 5, 1949. p. 22.
  8. ^ "Taylor Named By U. S. To Succeed Howley". The New York Times. August 7, 1949. p. 20.
  9. ^ "British Jet Flies 12 Hours, Sets Endurance Record". The New York Times. August 8, 1949. p. 6.
  10. ^ Warren, Lansing (August 9, 1949). "Council Of Europe Adds 3 Members". The New York Times. p. 1.
  11. ^ "Jimmy Stewart Wed In Hollywood Church". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 10, 1949. p. 1.
  12. ^ Leviero, Anthony (August 11, 1949). "Truman Signs Security Bill Reorgazing Armed Forces". The New York Times. p. 1.
  13. ^ "4 War Rules Backed By 60-Nation Parley". The New York Times. August 12, 1949. p. 4.
  14. ^ "Australian Miners To Go Back Monday". The New York Times. August 12, 1949. p. 2.
  15. ^ "Geneva Conventions of 12 August, 1949 and Protocols Additional to the Conventions". UN Documents. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  16. ^ "Yugoslavia Called An 'Enemy' by Russia". The New York Times. August 12, 1949. p. 1.
  17. ^ "India's Constitution Defines Citizenship". The New York Times. August 13, 1949. p. 4.
  18. ^ "Starlings Bar Broadcast Of the Big Ben Chimes". The New York Times. August 12, 1949. p. 3.
  19. ^ "August 13, 1949". PlaneCrashInfo. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  20. ^ "Air-Sea Rescue Off Ireland Saves 49 of 58 on Airliner". The New York Times. August 16, 1949. p. 1.
  21. ^ Cortesi, Arnaldo (August 17, 1949). "Vatican Sanctions Some Red Nuptials". The New York Times. p. 14.
  22. ^ "Israelis Re-Inter Herzl Atop a Jerusalem Hill". The New York Times. August 18, 1949. p. 15.
  23. ^ Heller, Aron (December 5, 2007). "Herzl's Grandson Buried in Jerusalem". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  24. ^ Salisbury, Harrison E. (August 21, 1949). "Soviet Warns Tito Of Stronger Steps To Aid Nationals". The New York Times. p. 1.
  25. ^ Wood, Lewis (August 19, 1949). "Clark Confirmed By Senate, 73 To 8". The New York Times. p. 1.
  26. ^ "Kemin lakosta puoli vuosisataa" (in Finnish). Palkkatyöläinen. 7 September 1999. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  27. ^ "Peru Breaks With Cuba". The New York Times. August 20, 1949. p. 4.
  28. ^ Brinkley, Bill (August 20, 1949). "Priest Frees Mt. Rainier Boy Reported Held in Devil's Grip". The Washington Post. p. 1.
  29. ^ "Catholic Paper Reports Priest Freed 'Possessed' Boy of Devil". The Baltimore Sun. August 20, 1949. p. 20.
  30. ^ Cianfarra, Camille M. (August 22, 1949). "Bones of Saint Peter Found Under Altar, Vatican Believes". The New York Times. p. 1.
  31. ^ Handler, M. S. (August 24, 1949). "Belgrade Asserts Its Independence In Rebuking Russia". The New York Times. p. 1.
  32. ^ "Klans of 6 States Merge in National Group; Masked Delegates Vote to Ban All Masking". The New York Times. August 24, 1949. p. 16.
  33. ^ Leviero, Anthony (August 25, 1949). "West's Alliance Put in Force; Truman Declares Peace Aim". The New York Times. p. 1.
  34. ^ Porter, Russell (August 26, 1949). "Reds' Mistrial Plea Denied; Jury Tampering Is Studied". The New York Times. pp. 1, 11.
  35. ^ Gould, Jack (August 26, 1949). "New Video In Color Protects All Sets". The New York Times. p. 1.
  36. ^ "Nisei Citizenship Upheld On Appeal". The New York Times. August 27, 1949. p. 5.
  37. ^ "U.S. Submarine Sunk By Blast In Arcitic; 7 Die, 6 As Rescuers". The New York Times. August 27, 1949. pp. 1, 26.
  38. ^ "Robeson Concert Balked By Melee". The New York Times. August 28, 1949. p. 1.
  39. ^ Sedgwick, A. C. (August 29, 1949). "Greek Drive Takes Peak Of Grammos". The New York Times. p. 1.
  40. ^ Sands, Kelly, ed. (1 March 2021). "NASA Glenn's Historical Timeline". NASA History. NASA. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  41. ^ "Capetown Expands Segregation". The New York Times. August 31, 1949. p. 7.
  42. ^ "Italy To Indemnify Greece Under Pact". The New York Times. August 31, 1949. p. 8.
  43. ^ "Greece And Italy Sign Accord On '47 Treaty". The New York Times. September 1, 1949. p. 6.
  44. ^ "Six of G. A. R. to Meet". The New York Times. August 28, 1949. p. 52.
  45. ^ Cierzniak, Libby (November 16, 2013). "Indianapolis Collected: The Last of the Civil War Soldiers". Historic Indianapolis. Retrieved June 4, 2018.