Historical Events In 1949
Saturday, 07 September 2024
Feb 07 On this day in history joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)
Feb 08 On this day in history franco Leoni, composer, dies at 81
Feb 08 In the year 1949 hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison
Feb 09 On this day in history poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60
Feb 10 In the year 1949 the Arthur Miller play, Death of a Salesman, starring Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy and Mildred Dunnock, makes its Broadway debut.
Feb 11 Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title on this day in history.
Feb 12 "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances on this day in history.
Feb 12 On this day in history "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 perfs
Feb 12 In the year 1949 canadian ice hockey team beats Denmark 47-0.
Feb 12 Ottawa announces creation of a far northern radar chain later called the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line in the year 1949.
Feb 12 On this day in history panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio
Feb 12 Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem in the year 1949.
Feb 14 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel) on this day in history.
Feb 14 Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses in the year 1949.
Feb 14 First session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem on this day in history.
Feb 15 Dmitri Shostakovitch' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad on this day in history.
Feb 16 House of Commons passes the Newfoundland Union Act by a vote of 140-47. Newfoundland officially joins Canada March 31, 1949 on this day in history.
Feb 17 In the year 1949 chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel
Feb 18 On this day in history niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71
Feb 19 On this day in history "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances
Feb 19 In the year 1949 auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83
Feb 19 Mass arrests of communists in India in the year 1949.
Feb 20 1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks) in the year 1949.
Feb 21 Ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1949.
Feb 22 Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies in the year 1949.
Feb 24 In the year 1949 israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement
Feb 24 On this day in history v-2/WAC-Corporal first rocket to outer space, White Sands NM, 400 km
Feb 25 In the year 1949 wAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)
Feb 26 On this day in history uSAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight
Feb 26 USAF plane began first nonstop around-the-world flight in the year 1949.
Feb 27 On this day in history chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president
Feb 27 On this day in history chaim Weizmann becomes first Israeli President
Feb 28 Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
Mar 01 Heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis, "The Brown Bomber," retires after holding the title for more than 11 years on this day in history.
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