Timeline Tuesday 16 August 1949

Events on Tuesday 16 August 1949 1

• 1900 – 1949 Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) Died 16 August 1949, aged 48 Margaret Mitchell was the American author of Gone with the Wind, the only novel she published, which won the Pulitzer Prize and became one of the best-selling books ever written. She died in Atlanta after being struck by a car.