Page 2: Historical Events In 1949

Jan 21   In the year 1949 1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman)   

Jan 21   The first inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman) in the year 1949.   

Jan 22   "All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 121 perfs in the year 1949.   

Jan 23   In the year 1949 in Regina Saskatchewan fire destroys the transit barns, torching most of its 38 buses and streetcars   

Jan 24   John (Adam) Belushicomedian Second City improvisational troupe, original cast Saturday Night Live was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 24   In the year 1949 john (Adam) Belushicomedian: Second City improvisational troupe, original cast: Saturday Night Live was born   

Jan 24   In the year 1949 the birth of John Belushi, American actor   

Jan 25   In the year 1949 1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale & Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win   

Jan 25   Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1949.   

Jan 25   The first Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins on this day in history.   

Jan 26   In the year 1949 uSS Norton Sound, first guided-missile ship, launches first guided missile, Loon.   

Jan 26   Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65 in the year 1949.   

Jan 26   On this day in history wHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Jan 27   On this day in history boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64   

Jan 27   On this day in history chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China   

Jan 27   The Chief of Naval Operations authorized conversion of all new-construction cruisers to accommodate helicopters on this day in history.   

Jan 28   Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Jan 28   NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith on this day in history.   

Jan 28   In the year 1949 uN Security council condemns Dutch aggression in Indonesia   

Jan 29   Brit, Belgium, Lux, Neth, NZ & Switz recognize Israel on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand &Switzerland recognize Israel in the year 1949.   

Jan 31   1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago) in the year 1949.   

Jan 31   On this day in history henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84   

Jan 31   The first daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago) on this day in history.   

Jan 31   On this day in history the first daytime TV soap opera, These Are My Children, premieres from the NBC TV affiliate in Chicago.   

Feb 01   200" (5.08-meter) Hale telescope first used in the year 1949.   

Feb 01   Herbert Stothart, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1949.   

Feb 01   On this day in history rCA releases first single record ever (45 rpm)   

Feb 02   Golfing champion Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident in the year 1949.   

Feb 02   The first 45 RPM record released can Rock and Roll be far behind in the year 1949.   

Feb 04   On this day in history failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia   

Feb 05   Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chic in the year 1949.   

Feb 05   Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chicago on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 05   George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration) was born in the year 1949.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865) died in the year 1949.   

Jan 14   On this day in history 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 in the year 1949.   

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

Jan 25   Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1949.