Historical Events In 1949
Friday, 29 March 2024
Feb 07 On this day in history joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)
Feb 08 On this day in history franco Leoni, composer, dies at 81
Feb 08 Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison in the year 1949.
Feb 09 Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1949.
Feb 10 The Arthur Miller play, Death of a Salesman, starring Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy and Mildred Dunnock, makes its Broadway debut on this day in history.
Feb 11 Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title in the year 1949.
Feb 12 "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances on this day in history.
Feb 12 On this day in history "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 perfs
Feb 12 Canadian ice hockey team beats Denmark 47-0 on this day in history.
Feb 12 Ottawa announces creation of a far northern radar chain later called the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line on this day in history.
Feb 12 In the year 1949 panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio
Feb 12 Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem on this day in history.
Feb 14 In the year 1949 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel)
Feb 14 Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses in the year 1949.
Feb 14 On this day in history first session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem
Feb 15 In the year 1949 dmitri Shostakovitch' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad
Feb 16 On this day in history house of Commons passes the Newfoundland Union Act by a vote of 140-47. Newfoundland officially joins Canada March 31, 1949
Feb 17 On this day in history chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel
Feb 18 Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71 in the year 1949.
Feb 19 In the year 1949 "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances
Feb 19 Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.
Feb 19 Mass arrests of communists in India in the year 1949.
Feb 20 1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks) on this day in history.
Feb 21 Ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1949.
Feb 22 Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies in the year 1949.
Feb 24 Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement on this day in history.
Feb 24 V-2/WAC-Corporal first rocket to outer space, White Sands NM, 400 km on this day in history.
Feb 25 In the year 1949 wAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)
Feb 26 On this day in history uSAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight
Feb 26 On this day in history uSAF plane began first nonstop around-the-world flight
Feb 27 Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president on this day in history.
Feb 27 Chaim Weizmann becomes first Israeli President in the year 1949.
Feb 28 Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1949.
Mar 01 Heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis, "The Brown Bomber," retires after holding the title for more than 11 years on this day in history.
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