What Happened in 1949

Dec 8 1949

"On The Town" Is Released

On the Town is a 1949 movie musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and Roger Edens and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. It is an... Read more

Dec 10 1949

John Boyd Orr is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, CH, DSO, MC, FRS (23 September 1880 – 25 June 1971), also known as Sir John Boyd Orr from 1935 to 1949, was a... Read more

Dec 21 1949

The 'International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples' Is Created

In June 1948, however, the leader of the Soviet-Norwegian Friendship Society and Communist Party member, Christian Hilt, wrote a letter to Stalin... Read more