Historical Events In 1949

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

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

Jul 07   In the year 1949 "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   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   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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1949 laos becomes associated state within French Union  

Jul 19   Laos independence in the year 1949.  

Jul 20   In the year 1949 israel's 19 month war of independence ends  

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

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

Jul 23   Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1949.  

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

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

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   British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff in the year 1949.  

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

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

Aug 03   In the year 1949 republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire  

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

Aug 04   NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association in the year 1949.  

Aug 05   In the year 1949 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   On this day in history birth of christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)  

Jan 03   Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965) was born in the year 1949.  

Jan 04   In the year 1949 birth of mick Mills, British(?) soccer player  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of george Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)  

Jan 06   In the year 1949 birth of michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)  

Jan 06   In the year 1949 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   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 in the year 1949.  

Jan 15   Black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie) died on this day in history.  

Jan 20   On this day in history josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87  

Jan 22   On this day in history death of william Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)  

Jan 25   Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.