Page 3: Historical Events In 1949

Feb 08   Franco Leoni, composer, dies at 81   

Feb 08   Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison   

Feb 09   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   

Feb 11   Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title   

Feb 12   "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   

Feb 12   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   

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

Feb 12   Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem.   

Feb 14   1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel).   

Feb 14   Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30000 houses.   

Feb 14   inaugural session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem   

Feb 15   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   

Feb 17   Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel   

Feb 18   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.   

Feb 19   Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83.   

Feb 19   Mass arrests of communists in India   

Feb 20   1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks).   

Feb 21   Ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78.   

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

Feb 24   Israel and Egypt sign an armistice agreement.   

Feb 24   V-2/WAC-Corporal inaugural rocket to outer space, White Sands NM, 400 km   

Feb 25   WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)   

Feb 26   USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight.   

Feb 26   USAF plane began inaugural nonstop around-the-world flight   

Feb 27   Chaim Weizmann is recorded as becoming 1st Israeli president   

Feb 27   Chaim Weizmann is recorded as becoming inaugural Israeli President   

Feb 28   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   

Mar 02   A US Air Force B-50 Superfortress, the Lucky Lady Two, lands in Texas, after completing the inaugural non-stop around the globe flight   

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Jan 02   Chick churchill: Wales, keyboardist (ten years after-i'm going home)   

Jan 02   Christopher durang: Montclair nj, playwright/actor (sister mary)   

Jan 03   Sylvia likens: American torture victim    

Jan 04   Mick mills: British(?) soccer player   

Jan 05   George brown: Rock drummer (kool & the gang-celebration)   

Jan 06   Michael boit: Nandi kenya, 800m runner (olympic-bronze-1972)   

Jan 06   Richard horowitz: Composer   

Jan 07   John christopher parry: Rocker (cure)   

Jan 01   Malcolm campbell: English cyclist (world speed-record),   

Jan 09   Amilcare zanella: Composer,    

Jan 10   Erich von drygalski: German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865)   

Jan 14   Joaquín turina: Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (rima),   

Jan 15   Black dahlia: Murder victim found in la (basis of the movie)   

Jan 20   Josephus t j cuypers: Architect (amsterdam stock exchange),   

Jan 22   William thomas walsh: American author (b. 1891)   

Jan 25   Emil axman: Composer,