1949

«	1949	»

The year 1949 (MCMXLIX) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by thirty-five years.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Non-Fiction

Events

April

• April 4 — NATO is formed as a counter to the Soviet Union.

Undated

• Ron Smith starts working in the comics industry.

Births

January

• January 24 — Rihoko Yoshida

April

• April 14 — Dave Gibbons
• April 25 — Nicholas Kendall

May

• May 6 — Yū Shimaka
• May 29 — Robert Axelrod

August

• August 1 — Steve Bulen
• August 30 — Chris Latta

October

• October 14 — Richard Newman

December

• December 12 — Takurō Kitagawa

Undated

• ?? — John Higgins