* Albert II, second monkey in space, died on impact following V2 flight June 14, 1949.

The Pentelic marble portrait head of Arcadius ( illustration ) was discovered in Istanbul close to the Forum Tauri, in June 1949, in excavating foundations for new buildings of the University at Beyazit.

* Capp, Al, Cosmopolitan Magazine ( June 1949 ) " I Don't Like Shmoos "

Ann Druyan ( born June 13, 1949 ) is an American author and producer specializing in productions about cosmology and popular science.

The Berlin airlift, conducted by the three western Allies, overcame this blockade by supplying food and other supplies to the city from 24 June 1948 to 11 May 1949.

Robert ( Bob ) M. Frankston ( born June 14, 1949 in Brooklyn New York ) is the co-creator with Dan Bricklin of the VisiCalc spreadsheet program and the co-founder of Software Arts, the company that developed it.

# Grumman F9F-2 Panther – 1949 – June 1950 ( first jet );

* Lionel B. Richie Jr. ( vocals, saxophone, drums and piano ) – born June 20, 1949, Tuskegee, Alabama.

Initial discussions began with a meeting with Montreal City Council on June 21, 1949.

In 1949 he left WNOX to join June Carter with Mother Maybelle & The Carter Sisters back on KWTO.

Xoxe was expelled from the party and on 13 June 1949 he was executed by a firing squad.

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.

In June 1949 Nineteen Eighty-Four was published to immediate critical and popular acclaim.

This was the Berlin Blockade, which lasted from 24 June 1948 to 12 May 1949.

A truce began on 11 June, but fighting resumed on 8 July and stopped again on 18 July, before restarting in mid-October and finally ending on 24 July 1949 with the signing of the armistice agreement with Syria.

John Akii-Bua ( December 3, 1949 – June 20, 1997 ) was a Ugandan hurdler and the first Olympic champion from his country.

On 12 June 1949, he organized these groups into a new political party: The Convention People's Party.

In the " Spotlight On The Suffolk Scene " article, of the Chronicle & Mercury in June 1949, it was noted that a great many houses were category five-derelict, and ready for demolition.

It opened at the Shubert Theatre on 2 November 1949 and ran for 247 performances, closing on 3 June 1950.

The withdrawal of most U. S. forces from South Korea in June 1949 left the southern government defended only by a weak and inexperienced South Korean army.

Normally used an entry level formula, it has grown into a stand alone series, with National, State and Club events and Championships. The first NASCAR " Strictly Stock " race ever was held at Charlotte Speedway, on June 19, 1949. Where a racing class requires that the cars raced be production vehicles only slightly adapted for racing, manufacturers typically produce a limited run of such vehicles for public sale so that they can legitimately race them in the class.

The term " rhythm and blues " was used by Billboard in its chart listings from June 1949 until August 1969, when its " Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles " chart was renamed as " Best Selling Soul Singles ".

Siam is an exonym that was used as the name of Thailand before 24 June 1939 and again from 8 September 1945 to 20 July 1949 ; see History of Thailand.

Demand for land reform in the South grew strong ; the land reform act was enacted in June 1949 whereby Koreans with large landholdings were obliged to divest most of their land.

The first popular science-fiction program on American television was the children's adventure serial Captain Video and His Video Rangers, which ran from June 1949 to April 1955.

In Henry & June, Henry Miller is shown watching the last scenes of the film and in voice-over narrates a letter to Anaïs Nin comparing her to Joan and himself to the " mad monk " character played by Antonin Artaud.

His movies have adapted novels of widely different types – from Milan Kundera ’ s The Unbearable Lightness of Being to Michael Crichton ’ s Rising Sun ; from Tom Wolfe ’ s heroic epic The Right Stuff to the erotic writings of Anaïs Nin ’ s Henry & June.

Her considerable resemblance to Anaïs Nin landed her the primary role in Henry & June ( 1990 ), in which she played the author.

Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin ( full title Henry and June: From A Journal of Love: the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin ( 1931 – 1932 )) is a 1986 book that is based upon material excerpted from the unpublished diaries of Anaïs Nin.

The book was later filmed as Henry & June, with Fred Ward as Miller, Uma Thurman as June, and Maria de Medeiros as Anaïs Nin.

It is loosely based on the book of the same name by the French author Anaïs Nin, and tells the story of Nin's relationship with Henry Miller and his wife, June.

It is a continuation of the diary entries first published in Henry and June: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin.

In 1931, June met writer Anaïs Nin, who quickly became obsessed with her and, just as Henry Miller did, used her as a biographical archetype in many of her subsequent writings.

* Anaïs Nin, Henry and June, from A Journal of Love: the Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931 – 1932

In June, 1937 Andrés Nin, the secretary of the anti-Stalinist Marxist POUM, was tortured and killed in an NKVD prison.

Andreu Nin i Pérez (; February 4, 1892, El Vendrell, Tarragona – June 20, 1937, near Madrid ) was a Spanish Catalan Communist revolutionary.

Some claim the Republican Government's secret police killed Nin on June 20, with the involvement of " Comandante Contreras " Vittorio Vidali, and Iosif Grigulevich.

Initially, Nin meant Sabina to be based on her friend June Miller, and wrote House of Incest with Sabina standing in for June.

However, as Nin seems to have held June as a role model and deliberately imitated her, the character borrowed traits from both women.

The relationship between Miller and Nin was the inspiration for Kaufman's film Henry and June.

Aramis Nin Ramírez (; born June 25, 1978 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ) is an Major League Baseball third baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers.

; June 17: Nin is arrested in Barcelona.

; June 21: Soviet agents assassinate the POUM leader Nin.

Khadja Nin ( born June 27, 1959 ) is a Burundian singer and musician.

When June leaves Nin becomes involved with Henry, and begins an uninhibited sexual and emotional affair with him, which prompts an intellectual and sensual awakening.