Historical Events In 1949

Sep 04   On this day in history marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook)  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 10   In the year 1949 "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" closes at Broadway NYC after 76 perfs  

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

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

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 in the year 1949.  

Sep 15   The Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV on this day in history.  

Sep 16   In the year 1949 kABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting  

Sep 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history the birth of Twiggy, English model and actress  

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

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

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

Sep 21   China's Communist leaders officially declare the country as The People's Republic of China in the year 1949.  

Sep 21   On this day in history chinese Communist leaders proclaims People's Republic of China  

Sep 21   On this day in history federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation  

Sep 21   People's Republic of China proclaimed on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 23   In the year 1949 indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant  

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 in the year 1949.  

Sep 30   In the year 1949 berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights  

Oct 01   Military Sea Transportation Service activated in the year 1949.  

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

Oct 01   In the year 1949 republic of China (Taiwan) forms on the island of Formosa  

Oct 01   The People's Republic of China created on this day in history.  

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

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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   On this day in history birth of sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)  

Jan 04   In the year 1949 birth of mick Mills, British(?) soccer player  

Jan 05   George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration) was born in the year 1949.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)  

Jan 06   Richard Horowitz, composer was born in the year 1949.  

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 in the year 1949.  

Jan 09   Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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   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 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.