What happened in 1949. Major News Stories include Mao Tse Tung Announces The Communist People's Republic of China, Geneva Convention agreed, First Volkswagen Beetle The Peoples Car offered in US, Racism starts in South Africa, RCA Improves a system for broadcasting color TV. 1949 - After several years of suffering through depression as well as World War 11, postwar prosperity is starting to get in progress with companies now able to provide automobiles, Tv's and also the other items demanded in a consumer society. The cars and trucks got bigger, the TELEVISION's grew, with some 6.2 million brand-new autos marketed in the United States and also nearly 10 million Televisions in American houses including a new type of TV programme appearing which we currently call Soap Operas China ended up being a communist nation and also Russia had the Nuke which boosted the stress in between East as well as West (The Cold War ). Digetsting the Tidbits On The Key Events and News of 1949 will leave you in the good knowledge that you have learnt something new that you were not aware of before and how the events of 1949 shaped the future years. Please visit: http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/