People's Republic of China founded
1949 · Event
Mao proclaims the PRC after Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War.
On these timelines: Master, China, Cold War
Around 1949
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Cold War (1947)
- Korean War (1950)
- D-Day (Operation Overlord) (1944)
- Pop music: the 1940s (1940)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
- United Nations founded (1945)
- Death of Hitler / Fall of Berlin (1945)