Historical Events In 1949

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

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

Jul 07   "Dragnet" premiers on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967 in the year 1949.   

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

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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1949.   

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 in the year 1949.   

Jul 20   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1949 inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5   

Jul 26   On this day in history 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   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   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 in the year 1949.   

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

Aug 03   On this day in history republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire   

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

Aug 04   In the year 1949 nBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association   

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

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home)   

Jan 02   In the year 1949 birth of christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1949 joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66   

Jan 15   On this day in history death of black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie)   

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

Jan 22   William Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891) died on this day in history.   

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