Historical Events In 1949

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

Mar 28   Grigoras Dinicu, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Mar 29   In the year 1949 turkey recognizes Israel  

Mar 30   On this day in history dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies  

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   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 in the year 1949.  

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

Apr 03   In the year 1949 kQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS  

Apr 03   North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by US, Britain, France & Canada in the year 1949.  

Apr 03   WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus OH (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

Apr 04   On this day in history establishment of NATO  

Apr 04   Israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement in the year 1949.  

Apr 04   North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC) in the year 1949.  

Apr 04   The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 'NATO', formed in Washington USA in the year 1949.  

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

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

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

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

Apr 07   "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater (for 1925 performances) on this day in history.  

Apr 07   "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1928 performances in the year 1949.  

Apr 07   On this day in history 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.  

Apr 09   UN Intl Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel & awards Britain damages on this day in history.  

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

Apr 10   In the year 1949 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 in the year 1949.  

Apr 13   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 on this day in history.  

Apr 14   On this day in history joseph A Cushman, US paleontologist, dies at 68  

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

Apr 15   In the year 1949 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   On this day in history toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings for the Stanley Cup  

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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   In the year 1949 birth of christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05   In the year 1949 birth of george Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)  

Jan 06   Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972) was born in the year 1949.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 10   On this day in history death of erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865)  

Jan 14   In the year 1949 joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66  

Jan 15   In the year 1949 death of black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie)  

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   In the year 1949 emil Axman, composer, dies at 61