West Germany founded
September 7, 1949
The Federal Republic of Germany came into being out of the American, British, and French occupation zones, with its capital in the sleepy Rhine town of Bonn. Konrad Adenauer, a former mayor of Cologne the Nazis had jailed, became the first chancellor. The Soviet zone answered by creating the German Democratic Republic a month later.
In context
Also in 1949 (6 other events on record)
- Mao proclaims the People's Republic · East Asia · Politics
- Soviets test an atom bomb · Central Asia · War
- NATO founded · North America · Politics
- Orwell publishes Nineteen Eighty-Four · Europe · Culture
- Arab-Israeli Armistice agreements · Middle East · Politics
- First Emmy Awards · North America · Culture
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Politics
Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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