Historical Events In 1949

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

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   Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title  

Feb 12   In the year 1949 "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 in the year 1949.  

Feb 12   Canadian ice hockey team beats Denmark 47-0 in the year 1949.  

Feb 12   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 12   In the year 1949 unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Dmitri Shostakovitch' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad in the year 1949.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1949 1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks)  

Feb 21   In the year 1949 ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78  

Feb 22   Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies on this day in history.  

Feb 24   In the year 1949 israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement  

Feb 24   V-2/WAC-Corporal first rocket to outer space, White Sands NM, 400 km in the year 1949.  

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   On this day in history uSAF plane began first nonstop around-the-world flight  

Feb 27   On this day in history chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president  

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   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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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of mick Mills, British(?) soccer player  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)  

Jan 06   In the year 1949 birth of richard Horowitz, composer  

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 in the year 1949.  

Jan 09   On this day in history amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75  

Jan 10   Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66 in the year 1949.  

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

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   On this day in history emil Axman, composer, dies at 61