Timeline Monday 23 May 1949

Events on Monday 23 May 1949 4

• 1864 – 1949 Richard Strauss Late Romantic & modern composer German composer known for his tone poems — Also sprach Zarathustra, Till Eulenspiegel — and operas Salome, Der Rosenkavalier and Elektra.
• 1949 Federal Republic of Germany founded West Germany established The Federal Republic of Germany was founded in western occupied zones after World War II.
• 1949 Federal Republic of Germany founded West Germany formed from occupied zones The Basic Law was promulgated on 23 May 1949, establishing the Federal Republic of Germany from the American, British, and French occupation zones. Konrad Adenauer became its first Chancellor later that year, with Bonn as the provisional capital.
• 1949 Founding of the Two Germanies West and East The establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany (West) and the German Democratic Republic (East).