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 in the year 1949.   

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 in the year 1949.   

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

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   On this day in history panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio   

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   In the year 1949 dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses   

Feb 14   In the year 1949 first session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem   

Feb 15   In the year 1949 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   On this day in history chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel   

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

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

Feb 19   In the year 1949 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   Ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1949.   

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

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

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

Feb 25   In the year 1949 wAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)   

Feb 26   USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight in the year 1949.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 28   On this day in history stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65   

Mar 01   In the year 1949 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   Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   Mick Mills, British(?) soccer player was born in the year 1949.   

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   In the year 1949 birth of john Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure)   

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 in the year 1949.   

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   In the year 1949 josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87   

Jan 22   William Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891) died on this day in history.   

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