1949
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[edit] Events
- Apartheid adopted in South Africa.[1]
- NATO formed.[2]
- Ireland gains full independence except for six northern counties.[3]
- End of Chinese civil war: Mao Tse-tung established Communist control of China and Chiang Kai-Shek fled to Formosa.[4]
- Germany divided into east and west states.[5]
- British-controlled Newfoundland turned over to Canada.[6]
