Historical Events In 1949

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

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

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

Oct 04   Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1949.  

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

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

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

Oct 07   German Democratic Republic formed in the year 1949.  

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   In the year 1949 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   On this day in history 14 US Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition  

Oct 15   Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian govt on this day in history.  

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   Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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   200 killed in train derailment in Poland in the year 1949.  

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   In the year 1949 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Oct 29   White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox on this day in history.  

Oct 30   In the year 1949 "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   On this day in history birth of chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home)  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1949 birth of michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)  

Jan 06   Richard Horowitz, composer was born in the year 1949.  

Jan 07   John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 in the year 1949.  

Jan 09   Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1949.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history emil Axman, composer, dies at 61