During that time, Götting came to hold a number of influential positions within the East German state: from 1949 to 1963, he served as the Chairman of the CDU faction in the People's Chamber ; from 1958 to 1963 as Deputy Prime Minister of the GDR ; and from 1963 to November 1989 Götting served as Deputy Chairman of the Council of State, a position equivalent in rank to the vice-presidency of the GDR.

Following World War II, Bonn was in the British zone of occupation, and in 1949 became the capital of West Germany.

Wills recalled the early days of what became known as Western swing music in a 1949 interview.

When it became clear that Li was unlikely to accept Mao's terms, the Communists issued an ultimatum in April 1949, warning that they would resume their attacks if Li did not agree within five days.

These theories were first applied in the 1920s by Chinese scholars such as Guo Moruo, and became orthodoxy in academic study after 1949.

Cable television first became available in the United States in 1948, with subscription services in 1949.

Following the partition of Ireland in 1922, it became the capital of the Irish Free State ( 1922 – 1949 ) and now is the capital of the Republic of Ireland.

In 1912 he became the head of the Department of Phonetics and was appointed to a chair in 1921, a post he held until his retirement in 1949.

Mountbatten arrives on board HMS Glasgow at Malta to assume command of the Mediterranean Fleet, 16 May 1952After India, Mountbatten served as commander of the 1st cruiser squadron in the Mediterranean Fleet and, having been granted the substantive rank of vice admiral on 22 June 1949, he became Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet in April 1950.

After the cessation of hostilities, the Israel-Egypt Armistice Agreement of 24 February 1949 established the separation line between Egyptian and Israeli forces, and established what became the present boundary between the Gaza Strip and Israel.

Moving to London in 1945, following the repeal of the Witchcraft Act of 1736 he became intent on propagating this religion, attracting media attention and writing about it in High Magic's Aid ( 1949 ), Witchcraft Today ( 1954 ) and The Meaning of Witchcraft ( 1959 ).

In 1949 the Soviets turned control of East Germany over to the Socialist Unity Party, headed by Wilhelm Pieck ( 1876 – 1960 ), who became president of the GDR and remained officially ' Number One ' until his death in 1960, while most executive authority was assumed by SED General Secretary Walter Ulbricht.

In 1949 the Soviet zone became the " Deutsche Demokratische Republik " – " DDR " (" German Democratic Republic " – " GDR ", simply often " East Germany "), under control of the German Communist Party.

Ulbricht became deputy prime minister in 1949 and secretary ( chief executive ) of the Socialist Unity ( Communist ) party in 1950.

After World War II, Hamburg was in the British Zone of Occupation and became a state of the then Federal Republic of Germany in 1949.

In 1949, Simon became a professor of administrations and chairman of the Department of Industrial Management at Carnegie Tech ( later to become Carnegie Mellon University ).

Following the declaration, Moetzet HaAm became the Provisional State Council, which acted as the legislative body for the new state until the first elections in January 1949.

Israel became a member of the United Nations on 11 May 1949.

The USSR continued to maintain diplomatic relations with Chiang's KMT regime until 1949 when it became clear Mao would win.

After the 1949 foundation of the People ’ s Republic of China, trading conditions for foreign companies under the new Communist regime became increasingly difficult.

Orton became interested in performing in the theatre around 1949 and joined a number of different dramatic societies, including the prestigious Leicester Dramatic Society.

After World War II Luxembourg abandoned its politics of neutrality, when it became a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( 1949 ) and the United Nations.

It was donated to the school by Arthur " Buddy " Gist, who met Davis in 1949 and became a close friend.

For higher education, the city has only one university, Umm al-Qura University, which was established in 1949 as a college and became a public university in 1979.

It became a part of Canada in 1949.

Institutional education steadily became more and more available and normative after Confederation in 1949.

The General Synod and the College of Bishops of Chung Hwa Sheng Kung Hui planned to publish a unified version for the use of all Anglican churches in China in 1949, which was the 400th anniversary of the first publishing of the Book of Common Prayer.

Kaye starred in 17 movies, notably The Kid from Brooklyn ( 1946 ), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ( 1947 ), The Inspector General ( 1949 ), Hans Christian Andersen ( 1952 ), and – perhaps his most accomplished performance – The Court Jester ( 1956 ).

Kaye starred in several movies with actress Virginia Mayo in the 1940s, and is well known for his roles in films such as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ( 1947 ), The Inspector General ( 1949 ), On the Riviera ( 1951 ) co-starring Gene Tierney, Knock on Wood ( 1954 ), White Christmas ( 1954, in a role originally intended for Fred Astaire, then Donald O ' Connor ), The Court Jester ( 1956 ), and Merry Andrew ( 1958 ).

On 21 November 1949 the UN General Assembly passed a resolution stating that Libya should become independent before 1 January 1952.

Mr. Eban's explanations and Israel's undertakings were noted in the text of General Assembly Resolution 273 ( III ) Admission of Israel to membership in the United Nations, 11 May 1949.

The organisation's first Director General was William Hallam Tuck, succeeded by J. Donald Kingsley on July 31, 1949.

Prime Minister Nehru talks with United Nations General Assembly President Romulo ( October 1949 ).

Under orders from the Kuomintang government of Chiang Kaishek, the Hui General Ma Bufang, Governor of Qinghai ( 1937 – 1949 ), repaired Yushu airport to prevent Tibetan separatists from seeking independence.

* 1949 – Richard Carmona, American physician and 17th Surgeon General of the United States

The Civil Aviation Administration of China ( CAAC ), also called the General Administration of Civil Aviation of China, was established as a government agency in 1949 to operate China's commercial air fleet.

Peru has been a member of the United Nations since 1949, and Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar served as UN Secretary General from 1981 to 1991.

In March 1949, the chief of staff, General Husni al-Za ' im, installed himself as president.

Despite many heated debates in the General Assembly, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was founded as a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly by Resolution 319 ( IV ) of the United Nations General Assembly of December 1949.

UNRWA was established following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War by the United Nations General Assembly under Resolution 302 ( IV ) of 8 December 1949.

Federal Standard 1037C, titled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms, is a United States Federal Standard issued by the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended.

The company's name was changed to Blackburn Aircraft Limited in 1939, and the company amalgamated with General Aircraft Limited in 1949 as Blackburn and General Aircraft Limited, reverting to Blackburn Aircraft Limited by 1958.

Oldsmobile was among the first of General Motors ' divisions to receive a true hardtop in 1949, and it was also among the first divisions ( along with Buick and Cadillac ) to receive a wraparound windshield, a trend that eventually all American makes would share at sometime between 1953 and 1964.

By 1949, the first international board governing trade, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) was established.

* Keith Dayton ( born 1949 ), US Army Lieutenant General

Since then, UNTSO has also supervised the General Armistice Agreements of 1949 and the observation of the ceasefire in the Suez Canal area and the Golan Heights following the Six-Day War of June 1967.

* General Henri Giraud 1949