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 in the year 1949.  

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

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

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   Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics in the year 1949.  

Jul 14   Frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies in the year 1949.  

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

Jul 15   On this day in history "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances  

Jul 15   Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US in the year 1949.  

Jul 19   On this day in history laos becomes associated state within French Union  

Jul 19   On this day in history laos independence  

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   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 in the year 1949.  

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

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

Jul 27   On this day in history havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight  

Jul 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1949 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   In the year 1949 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   Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 04   Mick Mills, British(?) soccer player was born in the year 1949.  

Jan 05   In the year 1949 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 in the year 1949.  

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   In the year 1949 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   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 on this day in history.