Historical Events In 1949

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

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

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

Jul 08   Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon in the year 1949.  

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

Jul 10   The first practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh on this day in history.  

Jul 12   16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 14   In the year 1949 frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies  

Jul 14   On this day in history uSSR explodes their 1st atom bomb  

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

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

Jul 19   Laos becomes associated state within French Union on this day in history.  

Jul 19   In the year 1949 laos independence  

Jul 20   On this day in history 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) in the year 1949.  

Jul 23   On this day in history 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   WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1949.  

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

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

Aug 03   On this day in history the National Basketball Association was formed.  

Aug 04   NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association on this day in history.  

Aug 05   In the year 1949 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   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   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   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   John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 01   On this day in history malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63  

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 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   Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 25   In the year 1949 emil Axman, composer, dies at 61