Page 12: Historical Events In 1949

Oct 03   WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta in the year 1949.   

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

Oct 04   American Contract Bridge League votes 58«% to keep blacks out on this day in history.   

Oct 04   On this day in history edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75   

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

Oct 06   In the year 1949 iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years & $10,000 fine   

Oct 06   In the year 1949 iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years and $10,000 fine   

Oct 06   Pres Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 07   In the year 1949 german Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day)   

Oct 07   German Democratic Republic formed on this day in history.   

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

Oct 09   In the year 1949 viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer, dies at 70   

Oct 10   3rd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Toronto in the year 1949.   

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

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

Oct 15   In the year 1949 administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian govt   

Oct 15   Billy Graham begins his ministry in the year 1949.   

Oct 15   Tripura accedes to the Indian union on this day in history.   

Oct 16   On this day in history hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85   

Oct 16   On this day in history wDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting   

Oct 19   In the year 1949 a's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton   

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   In the year 1949 200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland   

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

Oct 26   On this day in history president Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents   

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   On this day in history "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 281 perfs   

Oct 31   On this day in history "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   Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home) was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 02   Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary) was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 03   Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965) was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 04   Mick Mills, British(?) soccer player was born in the year 1949.   

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   Richard Horowitz, composer was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 07   In the year 1949 birth of john Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure)   

Jan 01   In the year 1949 malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63   

Jan 09   In the year 1949 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   In the year 1949 joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   William Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891) died on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.