Page 11: Historical Events In 1949

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

Sep 06   Howard Unruh results in the deaths of 13 neighbors in 12 minutes.   

Sep 08   Richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85   

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

Sep 11   Henri Rabaud, French composer/conductor (L'ete), dies at 75   

Sep 12   Theodor Heuss elected 1st pres/Conrad Adenauer 1st PM of German FR.   

Sep 13   Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC   

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

Sep 15   The Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV.   

Sep 16   KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting   

Sep 17   Steamer "Noronic" burns at pier killing 128 (Toronto Canada)   

Sep 18   Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59   

Sep 19   Twiggy, British actress/model born.   

Sep 19   Twiggy, English model and actress is born   

Sep 20   Dutch Guilder devalued 30.3%   

Sep 20   Nikolaos Skalkottas, composer, dies at 45.   

Sep 21   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   

Sep 21   Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation.   

Sep 21   People's Republic of China proclaimed.   

Sep 22   Sam Wood, US communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66.   

Sep 22   USSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb.   

Sep 22   USSR detonates its inaugural atomic bomb.   

Sep 23   Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant   

Sep 23   Truman announces evidence of USSR's inaugural nuclear device detonation   

Sep 24   Pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88.   

Sep 25   4th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs   

Sep 30   Berlin Airlift ends after 277000 flights   

Oct 01   Military Sea Transportation Service activated.   

Oct 01   People's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung.   

Oct 01   Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on the island of Formosa   

Oct 01   The People's Republic of China created   

Oct 02   St Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3   

Oct 03   WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta.   

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Jan 02   Chick churchill: Wales, keyboardist (ten years after-i'm going home)   

Jan 02   Christopher durang: Montclair nj, playwright/actor (sister mary)   

Jan 03   Sylvia likens: American torture victim    

Jan 04   Mick mills: British(?) soccer player   

Jan 05   George brown: Rock drummer (kool & the gang-celebration)   

Jan 06   Michael boit: Nandi kenya, 800m runner (olympic-bronze-1972)   

Jan 06   Richard horowitz: Composer   

Jan 07   John christopher parry: Rocker (cure)   

Jan 01   Malcolm campbell: English cyclist (world speed-record),   

Jan 09   Amilcare zanella: Composer,   

Jan 10   Erich von drygalski: German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865)   

Jan 14   Joaquín turina: Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (rima),    

Jan 15   Black dahlia: Murder victim found in la (basis of the movie)   

Jan 20   Josephus t j cuypers: Architect (amsterdam stock exchange),   

Jan 22   William thomas walsh: American author (b. 1891)   

Jan 25   Emil axman: Composer,