1949

Events

 * Apartheid adopted in South Africa.
 * NATO formed.
 * Ireland gains full independence except for six northern counties.
 * End of Chinese civil war: Mao Tse-tung established Communist control of China and Chiang Kai-Shek fled to Formosa.
 * Germany divided into east and west states.
 * British-controlled Newfoundland turned over to Canada.