Page 3: Historical Events In 1949
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
Feb 07 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees) in the year 1949.
Feb 08 Franco Leoni, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
Feb 08 Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison in the year 1949.
Feb 09 In the year 1949 poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60
Feb 10 On this day in history the Arthur Miller play, Death of a Salesman, starring Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy and Mildred Dunnock, makes its Broadway debut.
Feb 11 Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title in the year 1949.
Feb 12 In the year 1949 "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances
Feb 12 In the year 1949 "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 perfs
Feb 12 On this day in history canadian ice hockey team beats Denmark 47-0.
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 On this day in history panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio
Feb 12 In the year 1949 unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem
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 First session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem on this day in history.
Feb 15 Dmitri Shostakovitch' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad on this day in history.
Feb 16 House of Commons passes the Newfoundland Union Act by a vote of 140-47. Newfoundland officially joins Canada March 31, 1949 in the year 1949.
Feb 17 On this day in history chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel
Feb 18 In the year 1949 niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71
Feb 19 On this day in history "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances
Feb 19 In the year 1949 auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83
Feb 19 Mass arrests of communists in India on this day in history.
Feb 20 On this day in history 1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks)
Feb 21 Ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1949.
Feb 22 On this day in history russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies
Feb 24 On this day in history israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement
Feb 24 In the year 1949 v-2/WAC-Corporal first rocket to outer space, White Sands NM, 400 km
Feb 25 WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record) in the year 1949.
Feb 26 USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight on this day in history.
Feb 26 USAF plane began first nonstop around-the-world flight in the year 1949.
Feb 27 In the year 1949 chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president
Feb 27 On this day in history chaim Weizmann becomes first Israeli President
Feb 28 On this day in history stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65
Mar 01 On this day in history heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis, "The Brown Bomber," retires after holding the title for more than 11 years.
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