Page 12: Historical Events In 1949

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

Oct 04   On this day in history american Contract Bridge League votes 58½% to keep blacks out   

Oct 04   In the year 1949 american Contract Bridge League votes 58«% to keep blacks out   

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

Oct 05   On this day in history 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 in the year 1949.   

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

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

Oct 06   Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70 in the year 1949.   

Oct 07   German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day) in the year 1949.   

Oct 07   In the year 1949 german Democratic Republic formed   

Oct 08   In the year 1949 the birth of Sigourney Weaver, American actress   

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

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

Oct 13   In the year 1949 "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   On this day in history billy Graham begins his ministry   

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

Oct 16   Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1949.   

Oct 16   WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

Oct 22   On this day in history 200 killed in train derailment in Poland   

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

Oct 24   On this day in history joaquin Nin y Castellanos, composer, dies at 70   

Oct 26   President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents on this day in history.   

Oct 26   President Truman signs a measure raising the U.S. minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour on this day in history.   

Oct 28   In the year 1949 eugenie Anderson, the first U.S. woman ambassador, is sworn in.   

Oct 28   Georges Bidault elected president of France in the year 1949.   

Oct 29   In the year 1949 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   On this day in history edward R Stettinius, US foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies   

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)   

Jan 06   In the year 1949 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 in the year 1949.   

Jan 09   In the year 1949 amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75   

Jan 10   Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865) died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66 in the year 1949.   

Jan 15   Black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie) died on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1949.   

Jan 25   In the year 1949 emil Axman, composer, dies at 61