Historical Events In 1949
Friday, 19 April 2024
Feb 07 In the year 1949 joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)
Feb 08 In the year 1949 franco Leoni, composer, dies at 81
Feb 08 In the year 1949 hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison
Feb 09 Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.
Feb 10 The Arthur Miller play, Death of a Salesman, starring Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy and Mildred Dunnock, makes its Broadway debut on this day in history.
Feb 11 On this day in history willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title
Feb 12 In the year 1949 "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances
Feb 12 On this day in history "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 perfs
Feb 12 Canadian ice hockey team beats Denmark 47-0 in the year 1949.
Feb 12 Ottawa announces creation of a far northern radar chain later called the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line in the year 1949.
Feb 12 In the year 1949 panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio
Feb 12 In the year 1949 unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem
Feb 14 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel) in the year 1949.
Feb 14 On this day in history dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses
Feb 14 In the year 1949 first session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem
Feb 15 On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad
Feb 16 On this day in history house of Commons passes the Newfoundland Union Act by a vote of 140-47. Newfoundland officially joins Canada March 31, 1949
Feb 17 Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel in the year 1949.
Feb 18 Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71 in the year 1949.
Feb 19 On this day in history "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances
Feb 19 In the year 1949 auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83
Feb 19 Mass arrests of communists in India on this day in history.
Feb 20 1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks) in the year 1949.
Feb 21 Ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
Feb 22 Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies on this day in history.
Feb 24 On this day in history israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement
Feb 24 V-2/WAC-Corporal first rocket to outer space, White Sands NM, 400 km on this day in history.
Feb 25 On this day in history wAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)
Feb 26 USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight on this day in history.
Feb 26 On this day in history uSAF plane began first nonstop around-the-world flight
Feb 27 Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president on this day in history.
Feb 27 In the year 1949 chaim Weizmann becomes first Israeli President
Feb 28 On this day in history stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65
Mar 01 Heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis, "The Brown Bomber," retires after holding the title for more than 11 years in the year 1949.
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