Historical Events In 1949

Jul 06   Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs on this day in history.  

Jul 07   On this day in history "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway NYC for 76 perfs  

Jul 07   "Dragnet" premiers on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967 in the year 1949.  

Jul 08   In the year 1949 antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon  

Jul 08   Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants in the year 1949.  

Jul 09   On this day in history benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres  

Jul 09   Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1949.  

Jul 10   The first practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh on this day in history.  

Jul 12   16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn in the year 1949.  

Jul 12   LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin on this day in history.  

Jul 13   Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics in the year 1949.  

Jul 14   Frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies on this day in history.  

Jul 14   USSR explodes their 1st atom bomb on this day in history.  

Jul 15   On this day in history "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances  

Jul 15   In the year 1949 czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US  

Jul 19   Laos becomes associated state within French Union on this day in history.  

Jul 19   Laos independence in the year 1949.  

Jul 20   In the year 1949 israel's 19 month war of independence ends  

Jul 21   Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 on this day in history.  

Jul 21   In the year 1949 senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO)  

Jul 23   In the year 1949 test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days  

Jul 24   In the year 1949 inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5  

Jul 26   C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick on this day in history.  

Jul 26   On this day in history wCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting  

Jul 27   1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies on this day in history.  

Jul 27   In the year 1949 havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight  

Jul 29   On this day in history airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends  

Jul 30   In the year 1949 british warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff  

Jul 31   In the year 1949 lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman  

Jul 31   In the year 1949 lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman  

Aug 03   In the year 1949 republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire  

Aug 03   In the year 1949 the National Basketball Association was formed.  

Aug 04   NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association on this day in history.  

Aug 05   In the year 1949 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die  

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Mick Mills, British(?) soccer player was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of george Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1949.  

Jan 10   In the year 1949 death of erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865)  

Jan 14   Joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie) died in the year 1949.  

Jan 20   On this day in history josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87  

Jan 22   William Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891) died on this day in history.  

Jan 25   Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1949.