Editing 1949 (section)

===November===
{{Main|November 1949}}
* [[November 7]] &ndash; Oil is discovered beneath the [[Caspian Sea]], off the coast of the [[Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic]].
* [[November 12]] &ndash; The [[Volkswagen Type 2]] panel van is unveiled in [[Germany]].
* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[Nathuram Godse]] and [[Narayan Apte]] are executed for assassinating [[Mahatma Gandhi]].
* [[November 17]] &ndash; The second trial of [[Alger Hiss]] for perjury begins in [[New York (state)|New York]], again with [[Whittaker Chambers]] as principal witness.
* [[November 24]] &ndash; The ski resort in [[Squaw Valley, Placer County, California]] officially opens.
* [[November 26]] &ndash; The [[Indian Constituent Assembly]] adopts India's constitution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lawmin.nic.in/coi.htm|title=Constitution of India|access-date=2003-11-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031205192934/http://lawmin.nic.in/coi.htm|archive-date=2003-12-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[November 28]] &ndash; [[Winston Churchill]] makes a landmark speech in support of the idea of a European Union, at [[Kingsway Hall]], London - but does not see UK as part of it, "''The British Government have rightly stated that they cannot commit this country to entering any European Union without the agreement of the other members of the British Commonwealth"''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cvce.eu/en/obj/address_given_by_winston_churchill_london_28_november_1949-en-ce26cc27-30bc-4ec1-b0df-8a572f3dcc0e.html|title=Address given by Winston Churchill (London, 28 November 1949)|work=cvce.eu|access-date=2017-03-28}}</ref>
* [[November 30]] &ndash; [[1949 New Zealand general election]]: The [[New Zealand National Party]], led by [[Sidney Holland]] defeats the incumbent [[New Zealand Labour Party]], led by [[Peter Fraser]].