Page 9: 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   "Dragnet" premiers on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967 in the year 1949.   

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   Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres in the year 1949.   

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

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

Jul 13   On this day in history pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics   

Jul 14   On this day in history frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies   

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   On this day in history czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US   

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

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   Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 in the year 1949.   

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

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   In the year 1949 c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick   

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

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

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   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history nBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association   

Aug 05   In the year 1949 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   Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary) was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 03   In the year 1949 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 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   Richard Horowitz, composer was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of john Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure)   

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

Jan 20   Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 in the year 1949.   

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

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