Page 9: Historical Events In 1949

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

Jul 07   "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway NYC for 76 perfs in the year 1949.   

Jul 07   "Dragnet" premiers on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967 on this day in history.   

Jul 08   In the year 1949 antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon   

Jul 08   Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres in the year 1949.   

Jul 09   Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Jul 10   On this day in history the first practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh   

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   In the year 1949 pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics   

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

Jul 14   USSR explodes their 1st atom bomb in the year 1949.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 19   Laos independence on this day in history.   

Jul 20   Israel's 19 month war of independence ends in the year 1949.   

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

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

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

Jul 27   Havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight in the year 1949.   

Jul 29   On this day in history 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 in the year 1949.   

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 in the year 1949.   

Aug 03   Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire in the year 1949.   

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

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   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   In the year 1949 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   On this day in history birth of richard Horowitz, composer   

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

Jan 01   Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   Black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie) died in the year 1949.   

Jan 20   Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Jan 22   On this day in history death of william Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)   

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