Historical Events In 1949

Oct 03   WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta on this day in history.  

Oct 04   American Contract Bridge League votes 58½% to keep blacks out in the year 1949.  

Oct 04   On this day in history american Contract Bridge League votes 58«% to keep blacks out  

Oct 04   In the year 1949 edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75  

Oct 05   In the year 1949 wBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting  

Oct 06   Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years & $10,000 fine on this day in history.  

Oct 06   Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years and $10,000 fine on this day in history.  

Oct 06   On this day in history pres Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)  

Oct 06   On this day in history robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70  

Oct 07   On this day in history german Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day)  

Oct 07   In the year 1949 german Democratic Republic formed  

Oct 08   On this day in history the birth of Sigourney Weaver, American actress  

Oct 09   Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Oct 10   On this day in history 3rd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Toronto  

Oct 13   On this day in history "Touch & Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 176 performances  

Oct 14   In the year 1949 14 US Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition  

Oct 15   Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian govt in the year 1949.  

Oct 15   Billy Graham begins his ministry on this day in history.  

Oct 15   Tripura accedes to the Indian union in the year 1949.  

Oct 16   In the year 1949 hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85  

Oct 16   In the year 1949 wDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting  

Oct 19   A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton on this day in history.  

Oct 20   Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark) in the year 1949.  

Oct 22   In the year 1949 200 killed in train derailment in Poland  

Oct 22   200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland on this day in history.  

Oct 24   In the year 1949 joaquin Nin y Castellanos, composer, dies at 70  

Oct 26   President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents in the year 1949.  

Oct 26   President Truman signs a measure raising the U.S. minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour in the year 1949.  

Oct 28   On this day in history eugenie Anderson, the first U.S. woman ambassador, is sworn in.  

Oct 28   Georges Bidault elected president of France on this day in history.  

Oct 29   On this day in history white Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox  

Oct 30   "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 281 perfs on this day in history.  

Oct 31   In the year 1949 "Regina" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 86 performances  

Oct 31   Edward R Stettinius, US foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies in the year 1949.  

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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 in the year 1949.  

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   On this day in history birth of george Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)  

Jan 06   Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75  

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 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   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 on this day in history.