Historical Events In 1949

Sep 04   Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook) in the year 1949.  

Sep 05   On this day in history 63rd US Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61)  

Sep 06   In the year 1949 howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes  

Sep 08   On this day in history richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85  

Sep 10   On this day in history "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" closes at Broadway NYC after 76 perfs  

Sep 11   On this day in history henri Rabaud, French composer/conductor (L'ete), dies at 75  

Sep 12   Theodor Heuss elected 1st pres/Conrad Adenauer 1st PM of German FR in the year 1949.  

Sep 13   In the year 1949 ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC  

Sep 13   The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is established in New York City on this day in history.  

Sep 15   The Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV in the year 1949.  

Sep 16   KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

Sep 17   Steamer "Noronic" burns at pier killing 128 (Toronto Canada) in the year 1949.  

Sep 18   In the year 1949 frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59  

Sep 19   The birth of Twiggy, English model and actress on this day in history.  

Sep 19   Twiggy, British actress/model born on this day in history.  

Sep 20   On this day in history dutch Guilder devalued 30.3%  

Sep 20   Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

Sep 21   On this day in history china's Communist leaders officially declare the country as The People's Republic of China.  

Sep 21   Chinese Communist leaders proclaims People's Republic of China on this day in history.  

Sep 21   Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation in the year 1949.  

Sep 21   In the year 1949 people's Republic of China proclaimed  

Sep 22   Sam Wood, US communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66 in the year 1949.  

Sep 22   In the year 1949 uSSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb  

Sep 22   USSR detonates its first atomic bomb in the year 1949.  

Sep 23   Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation in the year 1949.  

Sep 24   On this day in history pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88  

Sep 25   4th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs on this day in history.  

Sep 30   Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights on this day in history.  

Oct 01   In the year 1949 military Sea Transportation Service activated.  

Oct 01   People's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung in the year 1949.  

Oct 01   Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on the island of Formosa in the year 1949.  

Oct 01   In the year 1949 the People's Republic of China created  

Oct 02   St Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3 in the year 1949.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1949 birth of chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home)  

Jan 02   Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965) was born in the year 1949.  

Jan 04   Mick Mills, British(?) soccer player was born in the year 1949.  

Jan 05   George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1949 birth of michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of richard Horowitz, composer  

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of john Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure)  

Jan 01   In the year 1949 malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63  

Jan 09   On this day in history amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75  

Jan 10   Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865) died in the year 1949.  

Jan 14   Joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66 in the year 1949.  

Jan 15   On this day in history death of black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie)  

Jan 20   Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Jan 22   William Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891) died in the year 1949.  

Jan 25   In the year 1949 emil Axman, composer, dies at 61