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 on this day in history.  

Sep 08   In the year 1949 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   In the year 1949 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   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 in the year 1949.  

Sep 15   On this day in history the Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV  

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

Sep 17   Steamer "Noronic" burns at pier killing 128 (Toronto Canada) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 19   On this day in history the birth of Twiggy, English model and actress  

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

Sep 20   In the year 1949 dutch Guilder devalued 30.3%  

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

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   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   In the year 1949 uSSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb  

Sep 22   On this day in history uSSR detonates its first atomic bomb  

Sep 23   Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant in the year 1949.  

Sep 23   In the year 1949 truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation  

Sep 24   In the year 1949 pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88  

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

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

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

Oct 01   On this day in history people's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung  

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   In the year 1949 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   Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary) was born in the year 1949.  

Jan 03   In the year 1949 birth of sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of mick Mills, British(?) soccer player  

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

Jan 06   Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972) was born in the year 1949.  

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 in the year 1949.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 22   In the year 1949 death of william Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)  

Jan 25   On this day in history emil Axman, composer, dies at 61