Historical Events In 1949

Jul 06   Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1949 benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres   

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

Jul 10   On this day in history 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   On this day in history lA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin   

Jul 13   Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics on this day in history.   

Jul 14   Frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies on this day in history.   

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   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   Laos independence in the year 1949.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 21   On this day in history senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO)   

Jul 23   In the year 1949 test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days   

Jul 24   Inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 26   In the year 1949 wCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting   

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

Jul 27   Havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight in the year 1949.   

Jul 29   Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1949.   

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

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   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   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 in the year 1949.   

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 in the year 1949.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 20   In the year 1949 josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87   

Jan 22   In the year 1949 death of william Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)   

Jan 25   Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1949.