Page 9: Historical Events In 1949

Jul 06   On this day in history cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs   

Jul 07   "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway NYC for 76 perfs in the year 1949.   

Jul 07   On this day in history "Dragnet" premiers on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967   

Jul 08   On this day in history antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon   

Jul 08   On this day in history monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants   

Jul 09   On this day in history benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres   

Jul 09   On this day in history fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75   

Jul 10   The first practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh in the year 1949.   

Jul 12   16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn on this day in history.   

Jul 12   On this day in history lA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin   

Jul 13   Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics in the year 1949.   

Jul 14   In the year 1949 frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies   

Jul 14   In the year 1949 uSSR explodes their 1st atom bomb   

Jul 15   In the year 1949 "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances   

Jul 15   On this day in history czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US   

Jul 19   Laos becomes associated state within French Union in the year 1949.   

Jul 19   In the year 1949 laos independence   

Jul 20   Israel's 19 month war of independence ends on this day in history.   

Jul 21   In the year 1949 senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13   

Jul 21   Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO) in the year 1949.   

Jul 23   Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days in the year 1949.   

Jul 24   Inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5 in the year 1949.   

Jul 26   C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick on this day in history.   

Jul 26   WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Jul 27   In the year 1949 1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies   

Jul 27   Havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight on this day in history.   

Jul 29   On this day in history airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends   

Jul 30   On this day in history british warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff   

Jul 31   Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman in the year 1949.   

Jul 31   Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman on this day in history.   

Aug 03   In the year 1949 republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire   

Aug 03   The National Basketball Association was formed in the year 1949.   

Aug 04   NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association on this day in history.   

Aug 05   On this day in history 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Next Page »

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

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 in the year 1949.   

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 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1949.   

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 on this day in history.   

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.