Editing 1949 (section)

===June===
{{Main|June 1949}}
* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[Thailand]] elects [[Orapin Chaiyakan]], the first [[Thai female]] member of [[Thailand's Parliament]].
* [[June 6]] &ndash; With the passage of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act by the Indian government, [[Mahabodhi Temple]] is restored to partial [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] control.
* [[June 7]]&ndash;[[June 25|25]] &ndash; Dock workers strike in the United Kingdom.
* [[June 8]]
** [[Second Red Scare]] in the United States: Celebrities including [[Helen Keller]], [[Dorothy Parker]], [[Danny Kaye]], [[Fredric March]], [[John Garfield]], [[Paul Muni]] and [[Edward G. Robinson]] are named as [[Communist Party USA|Communist Party]] members in a [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] report.
** [[George Orwell]]'s [[dystopia]]n novel ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' is published in London.
* [[June 14]] &ndash; [[Albert II (monkey)|Albert II]], a [[rhesus macaque|rhesus monkey]] aboard U.S. [[Hermes project]] [[V-2 rocket]] ''Blossom IVB'', becomes the first [[primate]] to enter space. He is killed on impact at return.
* [[June 19]] &ndash; [[Glenn Dunaway]] wins the [[1949 NASCAR Strictly Stock Series inaugural race|inaugural]] [[NASCAR Cup Series]] race at [[Charlotte Speedway]], a 3/4 mile oval in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], but is disqualified due to illegal [[Car suspension|springs]]. [[Jim Roper]] is declared the official winner.
* [[June 24]] &ndash; The first [[Westerns on television|television western]], ''[[Hopalong Cassidy (TV series)|Hopalong Cassidy]]'', airs on [[NBC]] in the United States.
* [[June 29]] &ndash; [[Apartheid]]: The ''South African Citizenship Act'' suspends the granting of citizenship to [[Commonwealth of Nations]] immigrants after 5 years, and imposes a ban on [[interracial marriage|mixed marriage]]s.