1949
ID: 1615
Verschuer becomes corresponding member of American Society of Human Genetics (never prosecuted)
ID: 1615
1949
ID: 1616
James Bryant Conant acknowledges conversion to Prussian-style schooling was done as 'a coup de main'
ID: 1616
1949
ID: 1617
Max Otto: Businessmen pulled off philosophical revolution 'under everybody's nose'
ID: 1617
1949
ID: 1618
French senator Henri Longchambon proposes European Patent Office creation
ID: 1618
1949
ID: 1619
NATO forms; West Germany initially excluded but becomes focal point
ID: 1619
1949
ID: 1620
NATO founded with German strategic input through Gehlen networks
ID: 1620
1949
ID: 1621
Federal Republic of Germany established with Gehlen Organization as intelligence foundation
ID: 1621
1949
ID: 1622
Central Bank of the Philippines established - Gold reserves partially recovered from pre-war
ID: 1622
1949
ID: 1624
Claude Shannon demonstrates mathematical chess-playing program - First AI using algorithms
ID: 1624
1949
ID: 4244
IBM introduces Card-Programmed Electronic Calculator (CPC) - combines 604 with other units for complex calculations
ID: 4244
1949
ID: 4300
Jay Forrester and An Wang develop magnetic core memory at MIT - reliable random-access memory for computers
ID: 4300
1949
ID: 4409
Short Code developed for UNIVAC I - first high-level language, interpreted, very slow but easier than machine code
ID: 4409
1949
ID: 5607
German engineers begin developing numerical control concepts parallel to MIT work, focusing on programming languages
ID: 5607
1949
ID: 5654
Michigan reports first major skunk rabies epizootic in the Midwest
ID: 5654
1949
ID: 4299
May 1949
Maurice Wilkes completes EDSAC at Cambridge - first practical stored-program computer for regular use
ID: 4299
1949
ID: 1623
July 1949
Pope Pius XII's Decree Against Communism excommunicates Catholics who join Communist Parties
ID: 1623