MultiEducator · The 20th Century Almanac
HistoryCentral Est. 1996
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1949
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1949

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

Mao proclaimed the People's Republic of China, the Soviets detonated their first atomic bomb, and NATO was founded as Cold War lines hardened. West and East Germany formed as divided states, and All the King's Men won Best Picture.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
All the King's Men
Nobel · Literature
Faulkner
World Series
New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Se
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor
Broderick Crawford

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1949

Champions

NBAMinneapolis Lakers vs. Washington Capitols Series: 4-2
NCAA FootballNotre Dame Record: 10-0-0
Heisman TrophyLeon Hart, notre dame, E Points: 995
Stanley CupToronto Maple Leafs vs. Detroit Red Skins Series: 4-0 US Open Golf: Cary Middlecoff Score: 286 Course: Medinah CC Location: Medinah, IL
World SeriesNew York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Series: 4-1

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

  1. Jolson Sings Again
  2. Pinky
  3. I Was A Male War
  4. Bride
  5. The Snake Pit & Joan of Arc
  6. The Stratton Story
  7. Mr. Belevedere Goes to College
  8. Little Women
  9. Words of Music
  10. Neptune's Daughter

Academy Awards

Honoring 1949
Best Picture
All the King's Men
Best Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Letter to Three Wives
Best Actor
Broderick Crawford
All the King's Men
Best Actress
Olivia de Havilland
The Heiress

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
GIAUQUE, WILLIAM FRANCIS, U.S.A., University of California, Berkeley, CA, b. 1895, d. 1982: "for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics, particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures"
Literature
FAULKNER, WILLIAM, U.S.A., b. 1897, d. 1962: "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel"
Peace
Organizations
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was divided equally between: HESS, WALTER RUDOLF, Switzerland, Zurich University, b. 1881, d. 1973: "for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs"; an
Physics
YUKAWA, HIDEKI, Japan, Kyoto Imperial University and Columbia University, New York, NY, U.S.A., b. 1907, d. 1981: "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces"

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama
Arthur Miller ... "Death of a Salesman"
Fiction
James Gould Cozzens ... "Guard of Honor" Histoy: Roy Franklin Nichols ... "The Disruption of American Democracy" International Reporting: Price Day ... "Baltimore Sun" National Reporting: Charles P. Trussell ... "New York Times"
Public Service
"Nebraska State Journal"