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1949 Free History Poster Makes An Ideal Birthday or Christmas Gift
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This Printable 8 1/2 inch X 11 inch poster is suitable for placing in a picture frame or to hand out during Birthday Celebrations or as a Christmas Gift. The new Graphics also resize to Birthday / Christmas Card size and still look pretty good, so ideal to use as an unusual card idea.
Featured In This 1949 Poster / Print
A Range of What Things Cost , Popular Movies and Music, Born This Year
Important Events From The Year including the following The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is
established
The Federal Republic of Germany is officially founded
Indonesia gains its independence from the
Netherlands
The Berlin Airlift officially ends on May 12
The Communist Peoples Republic of China is
proclaimed under Mao Tse Tung
The Geneva Convention is agreed upon, providing
guidelines for the treatment of prisoners
RCA perfects a system for broadcasting color
television
The Emmy Awards for US Television are first
presented
George Orwells book 1984 is published
Newfoundland joins the Canada Confederation
De-Havilland Comet is tested as the first commercial
passenger jet
The Volkwagen Beetle is sold in the United States
The first Polaroid camera is sold for $89.95
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.75 hits Ecuador
and kills 6,000 people
45 rpm discs are introduced
This free print is available for all to use is created by The People History and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License ( I.E. Just include an Attribute to The People History When Using Online and Leave Our Copy write Notice Thanks ) The graphic includes news, pop culture, prices and more is also ideal for use when making a 1949 scrapbook for family, friends birthday, Christmas or Wedding Anniversary celebrations or for use with school reunion
