Page 9: Historical Events In 1949

Jul 06   Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs in the year 1949.   

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   Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon on this day in history.   

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

Jul 12   LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin on this day in history.   

Jul 13   In the year 1949 pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics   

Jul 14   Frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 15   In the year 1949 czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US   

Jul 19   Laos becomes associated state within French Union in the year 1949.   

Jul 19   Laos independence on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1949.   

Jul 26   C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick in the year 1949.   

Jul 26   On this day in history wCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting   

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

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

Jul 29   In the year 1949 airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends   

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   On this day in history republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire   

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

Aug 04   NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association in the year 1949.   

Aug 05   6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die in the year 1949.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1949 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   Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1949 birth of john Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure)   

Jan 01   Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 in the year 1949.   

Jan 09   In the year 1949 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   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 in the year 1949.   

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