Historical Events In 1949

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

Jul 07   In the year 1949 "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   In the year 1949 monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants  

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

Jul 09   Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1949.  

Jul 10   The first practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh in the year 1949.  

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

Jul 12   LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin in the year 1949.  

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   In the year 1949 uSSR explodes their 1st atom bomb  

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

Jul 21   Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 24   On this day in history inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5  

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

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

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

Jul 27   In the year 1949 havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight  

Jul 29   Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends in the year 1949.  

Jul 30   British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff on this day in history.  

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

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

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   On this day in history 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   Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary) was born in the year 1949.  

Jan 03   Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   Richard Horowitz, composer was born in the year 1949.  

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 in the year 1949.  

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

Jan 14   On this day in history joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66  

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

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