Twelve Nations, One Promise: NATO Is Born
On April 4, 1949, twelve nations signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, pledging that an attack on one would be treated as an attack on all.
Tales from the year 1949
1984 Is Published — And Gives the World 'Big Brother'
On June 8, 1949, George Orwell's dystopian novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' was published in London, giving the English language 'Big Brother,' 'doublethink,' and a lasting warning about unchecked power.