Historical Events In 1949

Sep 04   Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook) in the year 1949.  

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

Sep 06   Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes on this day in history.  

Sep 08   Richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Sep 10   On this day in history "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 on this day in history.  

Sep 13   Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC on this day in history.  

Sep 13   The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is established in New York City on this day in history.  

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   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 in the year 1949.  

Sep 19   The birth of Twiggy, English model and actress in the year 1949.  

Sep 19   On this day in history twiggy, British actress/model born  

Sep 20   In the year 1949 dutch Guilder devalued 30.3%  

Sep 20   Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1949.  

Sep 21   On this day in history 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   On this day in history sam Wood, US communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66  

Sep 22   On this day in history uSSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb  

Sep 22   USSR detonates its first atomic bomb on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation on this day in history.  

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

Sep 25   4th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs in the year 1949.  

Sep 30   Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights in the year 1949.  

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   Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on the island of Formosa on this day in history.  

Oct 01   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1949.  

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

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

Jan 06   Richard Horowitz, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 10   On this day in history death of erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865)  

Jan 14   On this day in history joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66  

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   On this day in history death of william Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)  

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