Historical Events In 1949

Feb 07   Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees) on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1949 willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title   

Feb 12   On this day in history "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances   

Feb 12   "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 perfs on this day in history.   

Feb 12   In the year 1949 canadian ice hockey team beats Denmark 47-0.   

Feb 12   In the year 1949 ottawa announces creation of a far northern radar chain later called the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line.   

Feb 12   Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio in the year 1949.   

Feb 12   Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem in the year 1949.   

Feb 14   On this day in history 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel)   

Feb 14   On this day in history dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses   

Feb 14   First session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem in the year 1949.   

Feb 15   In the year 1949 dmitri Shostakovitch' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad   

Feb 16   House of Commons passes the Newfoundland Union Act by a vote of 140-47. Newfoundland officially joins Canada March 31, 1949 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel in the year 1949.   

Feb 18   Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71 in the year 1949.   

Feb 19   "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances on this day in history.   

Feb 19   On this day in history auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83   

Feb 19   On this day in history mass arrests of communists in India   

Feb 20   1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks) in the year 1949.   

Feb 21   On this day in history ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78   

Feb 22   Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies in the year 1949.   

Feb 24   On this day in history israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement   

Feb 24   On this day in history v-2/WAC-Corporal first rocket to outer space, White Sands NM, 400 km   

Feb 25   WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record) on this day in history.   

Feb 26   USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight on this day in history.   

Feb 26   In the year 1949 uSAF plane began first nonstop around-the-world flight   

Feb 27   In the year 1949 chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president   

Feb 27   Chaim Weizmann becomes first Israeli President on this day in history.   

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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Jan 02   In the year 1949 birth of chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home)   

Jan 02   In the year 1949 birth of christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)   

Jan 03   In the year 1949 birth of sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)   

Jan 04   Mick Mills, British(?) soccer player was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Richard Horowitz, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure) was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 01   On this day in history malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63   

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

Jan 10   On this day in history 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 in the year 1949.   

Jan 15   On this day in history death of black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie)   

Jan 20   On this day in history josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87   

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

Jan 25   Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.