Historical Events In 1949

Sep 04   Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook) on this day in history.  

Sep 05   63rd US Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61) in the year 1949.  

Sep 06   Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes in the year 1949.  

Sep 08   Richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85 in the year 1949.  

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

Sep 11   Henri Rabaud, French composer/conductor (L'ete), dies at 75 in the year 1949.  

Sep 12   On this day in history theodor Heuss elected 1st pres/Conrad Adenauer 1st PM of German FR  

Sep 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1949 kABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting  

Sep 17   In the year 1949 steamer "Noronic" burns at pier killing 128 (Toronto Canada)  

Sep 18   Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Sep 19   In the year 1949 the birth of Twiggy, English model and actress  

Sep 19   In the year 1949 twiggy, British actress/model born  

Sep 20   Dutch Guilder devalued 30.3% in the year 1949.  

Sep 20   On this day in history nikolaos Skalkottas, composer, dies at 45  

Sep 21   In the year 1949 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 in the year 1949.  

Sep 21   In the year 1949 federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation  

Sep 21   People's Republic of China proclaimed in the year 1949.  

Sep 22   In the year 1949 sam Wood, US communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66  

Sep 22   USSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb in the year 1949.  

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   On this day in history truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation  

Sep 24   Pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88 in the year 1949.  

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

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   In the year 1949 people's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung  

Oct 01   On this day in history republic of China (Taiwan) forms on the island of Formosa  

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

Oct 02   On this day in history st Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)  

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 in the year 1949.  

Jan 05   In the year 1949 birth of george Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)  

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   John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure) was born in the year 1949.  

Jan 01   Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1949.  

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

Jan 20   Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 in the year 1949.  

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

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