Timeline September 1949

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• 1882 – 1949 Fiorello La Guardia (1882-1949) Died 20 September 1949, aged 66 Fiorello La Guardia served as Mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945, overseeing major public works and reform of city government. New York's LaGuardia Airport was named in his honor.
• 1883 – 1949 José Clemente Orozco (1883-1949) Died 7 September 1949, aged 65 José Clemente Orozco was a Mexican painter renowned for his large-scale murals depicting social and political themes. Alongside Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros, he was a leading figure of the Mexican Mural Renaissance.
• 1890 – 1949 Frank Morgan (1890-1949) American actor, the Wizard in The Wizard of Oz.
• 1949 Frank Morgan dies in Beverly Hills Frank Morgan dies aged 59.
• 1949 – present Bruce Springsteen Singer-songwriter, The Boss American rock singer-songwriter from New Jersey whose songs about working-class life made him one of the best-selling artists of all time.
• 1949 Bruce Springsteen born in Long Branch, New Jersey Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen Grows up in Freehold, New Jersey.
• 1949 – present Pedro Almodóvar Film Director Academy Award-winning director who popularized the colorful and transgressive "Movida" aesthetic.