Editing 1949

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== Events ==
* January 1 - A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir.
* February 12 - [[Muslim Brotherhood]] founder [[Hassan al-Banna]] is assassinated in Cairo during an operation ordered by King [[Farouk of Egypt]].
* March 10 - End of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
* March 25 to 28 - The [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] orders the mass deportation of kulaks from the Baltic states. This is known as '''[[Operation Priboi]]'''.
* June 30 - The [[Workers' Party of Korea]] is founded by [[Kim Il-sung]] to serve as the ruling political party of North Korea.
* July 2 - The State of Vietnam is declared in opposition to [[Ho Chi Minh]]'s North Vietnam. Former Emperor [[Bảo Đại]] is named Chief of State.
* August 5 - The [[1949 Menarsha synagogue attack]] takes place in Damascus, Syria, when several hand grenades are thrown into the synagogue, killing 12 people. The culprits were later revealed to be a gang of [[militant Islam]]ists operating in the area.
* September 6 - The Walk of Death: [[Howard Unruh]] commits a [[Mass Shooting|mass shooting]] in his neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey, killing 13 people. The massacre is the first officially recognized mass shooting in American history.
* October 1 - [[Mao Zedong]] declares the formation of the People's Republic of China.
* October 7 - The [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]] declares the formation of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), in opposition to the anti-communist Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany.)
* October 16 - End of the Greek Civil War.
* November 15 - [[Nathuram Godse]] is hanged for his role in [[Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi|assassinating Mahatma Gandhi]] at Ambala Central Jail in East Punjab, India.
* December - [[Adib Shishakli]] takes power in Syria following a ''coup d'état'' and establishes a military government.
* December 7 - [[Chiang Kai-shek]] orders the [[Kuomintang]] to formally withdraw from mainland China. They subsequently retreat to Taiwan. End of the Chinese Civil War.
* December 16 - [[Sukarno]] is elected president of the Republic of Indonesia.
* December 27 - End of the Indonesian War of Independence.

== Births ==
=== Villain births ===
* January 3 - [[Paul Fromm]]
* January 23 - [[George Trepal]]
* January 31 - [[Robert Berdella]]
* February 18 - [[Gary Ridgway]]
* March 23 - [[Vladimir Lazarević]]
* April 1 - [[Paul Manafort]]
* April 26 - [[Issei Sagawa]] & [[John Orr]]
* May 22 - [[Jesse Lee Peterson]]
* May 23 - [[Alan García]]
* June 11 - [[Ingrid Newkirk]]
* June 18 - [[Jarosław Kaczyński]]
* June 21 - [[Linda Kasabian]]
* July 7 - [[Suthep Thaugsuban]]
* July 15 - [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]]
* August 1 - [[Gulbuddin Hekmatyar]]
* August 23 - [[Leslie Van Houten]]
* September 4 - [[Michael McKevitt]]
* September 22 - [[Hamida Djandoubi]]
* October 14 - [[Fraser Anning]]
* October 21 - [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]
* October 24 - [[Robert Pickton]]
* October 29 - [[Abdullah Gül]]
* December 1 - [[Pablo Escobar]]
* December 19 - [[Steven Powell]]
* December 21 - [[Thomas Sankara]]
* December 25 - [[Nawaz Sharif]]

=== Victim births ===
* January 3 - Sylvia Likens
* April 6 - Gary Matson
* May 2 - James Byrd, Jr.

== Deaths ==
=== Villain deaths ===
* February 12 - [[Hassan al-Banna]]
* August 10 - [[John Haigh]]
* November 12 - [[Walter Buch]]
* November 15 - [[Nathuram Godse]]
=== Victim deaths ===
* June 26 - Kim Gu
* August 6 - Thelma Taylor