The Year - 1949

The Family News..:

Marie was born to Marie (Nolan) & William Jennings on May 5 in Chicago.
Maria (Trotta) wife of Louis Farenga died on Oct. 5th. in Chicago.


The #1 Songs Were .....
"A" You're Adorable Perry Como
All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front TeethSpike Jones
Careless Hands Mel Torme
Cruising Down the RiverBlue Baron & Russ Morgan
Forever and EverRuss Morgan
I Can Dream, Can't I?Andrews Sisters
I've Got My Love To Keep Me WarmLes Brown
A Little Bird Told MeEvelyn Knight
Mule TrainFrankie Laine
My Darling, My DarlingJo Stafford and Gordon McRae
Powder Your Face With SunshineEvelyn Knight
Riders In the SkyVaughn Monroe
Slippin' AroundMargaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely
Some Enchanted EveningPerry Como
SomedayVaughn Monroe
That Lucky Old SunFrankie Laine
You're Breaking My HeartVic Damone


AT THE MOVIES....
All the King's Men (Robert Rossen Productions; Columbia) - ***** Best Motion Picture
Battleground (MGM)
The Heiress (Paramount)
A Letter to Three Wives (Twentieth Century-Fox)
Twelve O'Clock High (Twentieth Century-Fox)

Acacamy Awards..:
Broderick Crawford, All the King's Men - ***** Best Actor
Olivia de Havilland, The Heiress - ***** Best Actress
Dean Jagger, Twelve O'Clock High - ***** Supporting Actor
Mercedes McCambridge, All the King's Men - ***** Supporting Actress
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, A Letter to Three Wives - ***** Directing

Music Song - "Baby, It's Cold Outside," Neptune's Daughter, Frank Loesser, music and lyrics.
Short Subjects Cartoon - For Scent-imental Reasons (Merrie Melodies) (Warner Bros.)



IN THE NEWS . . . . .
Cease-fire in Palestine (Jan. 7).
Truman proposes Point Four Program to help world's less developed areas (Jan. 20).
Israel signs armistice with Egypt (Feb. 24).
Start of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)�treaty signed by 12 nations (April 4).
German Federal Republic (West Germany) established (Sept. 21).
Truman discloses Soviet Union has set off atomic explosion (Sept. 23).
Communist People's Republic of China formally proclaimed by Chairman Mao Zedong (Oct. 1).
South Africa institutionalizes apartheid.


Last updated on February 17, 2000