Historical Events In 1949

Jul 06   In the year 1949 cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs  

Jul 07   On this day in history "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway NYC for 76 perfs  

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

Jul 08   In the year 1949 antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon  

Jul 08   Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants in the year 1949.  

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

Jul 09   Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Jul 10   The first practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh on this day in history.  

Jul 12   16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn in the year 1949.  

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

Jul 13   On this day in history pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics  

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

Jul 14   USSR explodes their 1st atom bomb on this day in history.  

Jul 15   "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances on this day in history.  

Jul 15   In the year 1949 czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US  

Jul 19   On this day in history laos becomes associated state within French Union  

Jul 19   Laos independence on this day in history.  

Jul 20   Israel's 19 month war of independence ends in the year 1949.  

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   On this day in history test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days  

Jul 24   In the year 1949 inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5  

Jul 26   In the year 1949 c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick  

Jul 26   On this day in history wCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting  

Jul 27   On this day in history 1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies  

Jul 27   On this day in history havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight  

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

Jul 30   In the year 1949 british warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff  

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

Jul 31   On this day in history lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman  

Aug 03   Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire in the year 1949.  

Aug 03   On this day in history the National Basketball Association was formed.  

Aug 04   On this day in history nBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association  

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

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 in the year 1949.  

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   John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure) was born in the year 1949.  

Jan 01   On this day in history malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63  

Jan 09   Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865) died on this day in history.  

Jan 14   Joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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   William Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891) died in the year 1949.  

Jan 25   On this day in history emil Axman, composer, dies at 61