Historical Events In 1949

Jul 06   Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs in the year 1949.  

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   Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon on this day in history.  

Jul 08   Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants on this day in history.  

Jul 09   Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres on this day in history.  

Jul 09   In the year 1949 fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75  

Jul 10   In the year 1949 the first practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh  

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

Jul 12   In the year 1949 lA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin  

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

Jul 14   On this day in history frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies  

Jul 14   USSR explodes their 1st atom bomb in the year 1949.  

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

Jul 15   Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US on this day in history.  

Jul 19   In the year 1949 laos becomes associated state within French Union  

Jul 19   In the year 1949 laos independence  

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

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

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

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   In the year 1949 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   In the year 1949 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   Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman on this day in history.  

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

Aug 03   Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire on this day in history.  

Aug 03   In the year 1949 the National Basketball Association was formed.  

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  

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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 in the year 1949.  

Jan 03   In the year 1949 birth of sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)  

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 in the year 1949.  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of richard Horowitz, composer  

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie) died in the year 1949.  

Jan 20   Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 in the year 1949.  

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