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   On this day in history hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison   

Feb 09   Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   The Arthur Miller play, Death of a Salesman, starring Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy and Mildred Dunnock, makes its Broadway debut in the year 1949.   

Feb 11   Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title on this day in history.   

Feb 12   On this day in history "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   Canadian ice hockey team beats Denmark 47-0 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1949 panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio   

Feb 12   On this day in history unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem   

Feb 14   1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel) in the year 1949.   

Feb 14   Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses in the year 1949.   

Feb 14   On this day in history first session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem   

Feb 15   On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad   

Feb 16   In the year 1949 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 in the year 1949.   

Feb 18   On this day in history 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   Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Feb 22   On this day in history russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies   

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   USAF plane began first nonstop around-the-world flight in the year 1949.   

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

Feb 27   Chaim Weizmann becomes first Israeli President in the year 1949.   

Feb 28   Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1949.   

Mar 01   Heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis, "The Brown Bomber," retires after holding the title for more than 11 years in the year 1949.   

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Jan 02   Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home) was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 02   Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary) was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 03   Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965) was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1949.   

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

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

Jan 07   John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   In the year 1949 malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 in the year 1949.   

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

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