Timeline June 1949

Events in June 1949 9

• 1882 – 1949 Sigrid Undset (1882-1949) Died 10 June 1949, aged 67 Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928, largely for her medieval trilogy Kristin Lavransdatter. She fled to the United States during the German occupation of Norway.
• 1949 French Open 1949 Men: Frank Parker · Women: Margaret Osborne duPont
• 1949 Simone de Beauvoir publishes The Second Sex Foundational text of modern feminist philosophy Simone de Beauvoir published Le Deuxième Sexe, a wide-ranging examination of the treatment of women throughout history. The book, with its argument that "one is not born, but rather becomes, a woman," became a founding text of second-wave feminism.
• 1949 George Orwell publishes Nineteen Eighty-Four Dystopian novel introduces Big Brother and Newspeak George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four was published by Secker & Warburg, depicting a totalitarian surveillance state under the rule of "Big Brother." Its vocabulary, including "doublethink" and "thoughtcrime," entered everyday language worldwide.
• 1949 – present Frank Beard ZZ Top Drummer American drummer and co-founding member of ZZ Top, the Texas blues-rock band that became one of the best-selling groups in rock history. Ironically the only member of the famously bearded band without a long beard, Beard anchored ZZ Top's sound for 57 years with a precise, tireless backbeat that drove hits from La Grange to Sharp Dressed Man. The band's 1983 album Eliminator sold over 10 million copies and was certified Diamond. ZZ Top were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.
• 1949 Frank Beard born in Frankston, Texas Born Frank Lee Beard in the small town of Frankston, Texas. Raised in Irving, near Dallas, where he took up the drums in high school.
• 1949 Hank Williams debuts at the Grand Ole Opry Six encores Called back for six encores on his first night.
• 1949 – 2017 John Wetton (1949-2017) Died 31 January 2017, aged 67 English bassist and vocalist known for his work with King Crimson, Uriah Heep, and as a founding member of the band Asia. He co-wrote the hit single "Heat of the Moment." He died of colon cancer.
• 1949 – 2010 Lech Kaczyński (1949-2010) Died 10 April 2010, aged 60 Kaczyński was President of Poland from 2005 until his death, previously serving as mayor of Warsaw. He was killed along with his wife and dozens of senior Polish officials when their aircraft crashed near Smolensk, Russia, en route to a memorial ceremony for the Katyn massacre. His death triggered a period of national mourning in Poland.