Page 11: Historical Events In 1949

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.   

Oct 04   American Contract Bridge League votes 58«% to keep blacks out   

Oct 04   Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75.   

Oct 05   WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting.   

Oct 06   Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years and $10000 fine.   

Oct 06   Pres Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)   

Oct 06   Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70   

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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,