1949 in science

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The year 1949 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

Contents 1 Computer science 2 Meteorology 3 Awards 4 Births

Computer science

• June - EDSAC, the first stored-program computer, begins operation at Cambridge University.

Meteorology

• January 11 - Los Angeles, California receives its first recorded snowfall.

Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Yukawa Hideki
  • Chemistry - William Francis Giauque
  • Medicine - Walter Rudolf Hess, Antonio Caetano De Abreu Freire Egas Moniz

Births

• February 19 - Danielle Bunten Berry (d. 1998), a.k.a. Dan Bunten, software developer.
• April 5 - Judith Resnik (d. 1986), astronaut.
• May 24 - Tomaž Pisanski, mathematician