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Recession of 1949: November 1948 – October 1949 11 months 3 years 1 month 7.9% (October 1949) −1.7% The 1948 recession was a brief economic downturn; forecasters of the time expected much worse, perhaps influenced by the poor economy in their recent lifetimes. [62] The recession also followed a period of monetary tightening. [40] Recession ...
1949 – Tony Cragg, English sculptor; 1952 – Robert Clark, American author; 1952 – Bruce Robertson, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2023) 1952 – Tania Tsanaklidou, Greek singer and actress; 1953 – John Howard, English singer-songwriter and pianist; 1953 – Hal Ketchum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2020)
It is Disney's final package film to be released during the 1940s and the last the studio would produce until 1977's The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. October 9 – The New York Yankees defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers , 4 games to 1, to win their 12th World Series Title.
The recession of 1949 was a downturn in the United States lasting for 11 months. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research , the recession began in November 1948 and lasted until October 1949.
Weeks are generally referred to by the date of some day within that week (e.g., "the week of May 25"), rather than by a week number. Many holidays and observances are identified relative to the day of the week on which they are fixed, either from the beginning of the month (first, second, etc.) or end (last, and far more rarely penultimate and ...
As of Monday, Oct. 21, there are 10 days until Halloween. The holiday always falls on Oct. 31, and this year it’s on a Thursday. When do we change the clocks?
For Saturday, this ends up being equivalent to the week-date rule from ISO 8601 which ensures that the first week of the year contains four or more days (i.e. its majority) of that year, which includes the first Thursday and January 4. In this scenario, fiscal years would end on the following days: 2024 August 31; 2025 August 30; 2026 August 29
1960 – Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico, United States, at 102,800 feet (31,300 m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.