Page 9: Historical Events In 1949
Monday, 19 January 2026
Jul 07 "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 and 1967. 


Jul 08 Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon 


Jul 08 Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants. 


Jul 09 Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres. 


Jul 09 Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75. 


Jul 10 The inaugural practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh 


Jul 12 In this year, 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL claims 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn. 


Jul 12 LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin 


Jul 13 Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics. 


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


Jul 14 USSR explodes their 1st atom bomb 


Jul 15 "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances 


Jul 15 Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny and Vladimir Cernik, defect to US 


Jul 19 Laos independence 


Jul 19 Laos is recorded as becoming associated state within French Union 


Jul 20 Israel's 19 month war of independence ends. 


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


Jul 21 Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 


Jul 23 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. 


Jul 26 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick 


Jul 26 WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting 


Jul 27 1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies 


Jul 27 Havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight 


Jul 29 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. 


Jul 31 Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, results in the deaths of SS and 3rd baseman 


Jul 31 Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, results in the deaths of the SS and 3rd baseman 


Aug 03 Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire. 


Aug 03 The National Basketball Association was formed 


Aug 04 NBL and NBAA merge into National Basketball Association. 


Aug 05 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die 


Aug 06 Luke Appling record of 2154 (en route to 2218) games at shortstop. 


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