Page 9: Historical Events In 1949

Jul 06   Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs on this day in history.   

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 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 09   In the year 1949 fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75   

Jul 10   The first practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh in the year 1949.   

Jul 12   On this day in history 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn   

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

Jul 13   Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics in the year 1949.   

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   "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances in the year 1949.   

Jul 15   On this day in history czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US   

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

Jul 19   In the year 1949 laos independence   

Jul 20   Israel's 19 month war of independence ends on this day in history.   

Jul 21   On this day in history 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   Inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5 in the year 1949.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 27   Havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight on this day in history.   

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   Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman in the year 1949.   

Jul 31   In the year 1949 lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman   

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

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

Aug 04   On this day in history nBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association   

Aug 05   On this day in history 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 in the year 1949.   

Jan 02   Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary) was born in the year 1949.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration) was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of richard Horowitz, composer   

Jan 07   In the year 1949 birth of john Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure)   

Jan 01   On this day in history malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63   

Jan 09   Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history death of black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie)   

Jan 20   Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 in the year 1949.   

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.