Historical Events In 1949

Nov 01   Leslie Gay, cricket wicket-keeper/goalkeeper (England in 1890's), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 02   Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state in the year 1949.  

Nov 03   Solomon R Guggenheim, US art collector, dies at 88 on this day in history.  

Nov 04   "One Man's Family" premieres on TV on this day in history.  

Nov 06   Greeks civil war ends on this day in history.  

Nov 07   King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament on this day in history.  

Nov 09   Costa Rica adopts Constitution in the year 1949.  

Nov 12   In the year 1949 hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological, dies at 64  

Nov 13   The birth of Whoopi Goldberg, American actress on this day in history.  

Nov 15   KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

Nov 18   On this day in history nL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP  

Nov 19   In the year 1949 james Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (Oestereetster), dies at 89  

Nov 19   In the year 1949 prince Rainier III coronation as 30th ruling Prince of Monaco  

Nov 19   On this day in history prince Rainier III coronation in Monaco  

Nov 20   On this day in history jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000  

Nov 21   Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million in the year 1949.  

Nov 23   On this day in history gustav Radbruch, German Min of Justice, dies  

Nov 24   On this day in history britain nationalizes it's steel & iron industry  

Nov 24   Britain nationalizes its steel &iron industry on this day in history.  

Nov 25   "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts on this day in history.  

Nov 25   On this day in history luther "Bill" Robinson, "Bojangles" famed tap dancer, dies at 71  

Nov 26   In the year 1949 37th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders, 28-15  

Nov 26   In the year 1949 india adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic  

Nov 28   "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 293 perfs on this day in history.  

Nov 29   Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa on this day in history.  

Nov 30   On this day in history a Sikorsky helicopter flew from NAS Seattle to NAS Alameda in 10 hours and 50 minutes and unofficially bettered the existing distance record for helicopters with a flight of 755 miles.  

Nov 30   Chinese Communists captured Chungking on this day in history.  

Dec 01   In the year 1949 wBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting  

Dec 03   Elin Pelin, writer, dies on this day in history.  

Dec 03   On this day in history kRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins  

Dec 04   Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run in the year 1949.  

Dec 04   The birth of Jeff Bridges, American actor on this day in history.  

Dec 05   On this day in history ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title  

Dec 06   Leadbelly, [Huddie William Ledbetter], blues singer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home) was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1949 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 on this day in history.  

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

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 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 in the year 1949.  

Jan 22   On this day in history death of william Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)  

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