 Photograph of segregational signs at a South-African train station. Image by
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Ronnie Dean Et Les Shamrocks1949 1949 Calendar year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade. 1949 January February March April May June July August September October November December From top to bottom, left to right: The North Atlantic Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., creating NATO as a Western defense alliance; Apartheid is formally instituted in South Africa, enforcing racial segregation; Mao Zedong proclaims the People's Republic of China, ending the Chinese Civil War and establishing communist rule; the Soviet Union… (Source: Wikipedia)
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