Historical Events In 1949

Mar 26   11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Okla State 46-36 in the year 1949.  

Mar 28   On this day in history grigoras Dinicu, composer, dies at 59  

Mar 29   On this day in history turkey recognizes Israel  

Mar 30   Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies in the year 1949.  

Mar 30   In the year 1949 riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joined NATO.  

Mar 31   Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province on this day in history.  

Apr 01   On this day in history newfoundland becomes the tenth province of Canada and the Newfoundland Railway becomes part of the Canadian National system. This narrow gauge system had been operated by the island government since 1923.  

Apr 03   Basil Harwood, composer, dies at 89 in the year 1949.  

Apr 03   On this day in history kQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS  

Apr 03   On this day in history north Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by US, Britain, France & Canada  

Apr 03   On this day in history wLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus OH (NBC) begins broadcasting  

Apr 04   In the year 1949 establishment of NATO  

Apr 04   In the year 1949 israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement  

Apr 04   North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC) on this day in history.  

Apr 04   The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 'NATO', formed in Washington USA on this day in history.  

Apr 04   WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati OH (ABC) begins broadcasting in the year 1949.  

Apr 05   On this day in history 60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham IL)  

Apr 05   60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham Ill) in the year 1949.  

Apr 06   Stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies in the year 1949.  

Apr 07   In the year 1949 "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater (for 1925 performances)  

Apr 07   On this day in history "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1928 performances  

Apr 07   The Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein musical classic of love and war," South Pacific", unfolded on a lush tropical island swarming with Seabees, nurses, natives and coconut trees on this night in 1949 in the year 1949.  

Apr 09   In the year 1949 uN Intl Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel & awards Britain damages  

Apr 10   13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282 on this day in history.  

Apr 10   On this day in history sam Snead wins Masters golf tournament  

Apr 13   In the year 1949 3rd NBA Championship: Minn Lakers beat Wash Capitols, 4 games to 2  

Apr 13   C V France, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Apr 13   In the year 1949 in the Puget Sound area, Washington region a 6.9 earthquake occured between Olympia and Tacoma, along the southern edge of Puget Sound. Property damage in Olympia, Seattle, and Tacoma was estimated at $25 million; eight people were killed  

Apr 14   Joseph A Cushman, US paleontologist, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Apr 15   In the year 1949 pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri  

Apr 15   On this day in history wallace Beery, US actor (The Champ), dies at 64  

Apr 16   In the year 1949 stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games  

Apr 16   On this day in history sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, Indon communist, executed at 54  

Apr 16   In the year 1949 toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings for the Stanley Cup  

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Jan 02   Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home) was born on this day in history.  

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   Mick Mills, British(?) soccer player was born on this day in history.  

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   Richard Horowitz, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1949.  

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

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   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