1949 in science

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

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 – 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