Page 9: Historical Events In 1949

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

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

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

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 in the year 1949.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 19   Laos independence in the year 1949.   

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

Jul 21   In the year 1949 senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13   

Jul 21   Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO) in the year 1949.   

Jul 23   Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days on this day in history.   

Jul 24   In the year 1949 inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5   

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 in the year 1949.   

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   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   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   On this day in history republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire   

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

Aug 04   In the year 1949 nBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association   

Aug 05   6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die on this day in history.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1949 birth of sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)   

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

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   In the year 1949 birth of richard Horowitz, composer   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1949.   

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 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   In the year 1949 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   On this day in history emil Axman, composer, dies at 61