Page 3: Historical Events In 1949

Feb 07   In the year 1949 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   On this day in history poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60   

Feb 10   In the year 1949 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances in the year 1949.   

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   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   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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1949 chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel   

Feb 18   On this day in history niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71   

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 in the year 1949.   

Feb 19   Mass arrests of communists in India on this day in history.   

Feb 20   1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks) on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Feb 22   In the year 1949 russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies   

Feb 24   Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement in the year 1949.   

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 in the year 1949.   

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   In the year 1949 chaim Weizmann becomes first Israeli President   

Feb 28   In the year 1949 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   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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   Richard Horowitz, composer was born in the year 1949.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1949 death of erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865)   

Jan 14   On this day in history joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66   

Jan 15   Black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie) died in the year 1949.   

Jan 20   Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   In the year 1949 death of william Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)   

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