Historical Events In 1949

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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Jan 02   Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1949 birth of mick Mills, British(?) soccer player   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1949 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   In the year 1949 malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63   

Jan 09   On this day in history amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75   

Jan 10   On this day in history death of erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865)   

Jan 14   On this day in history joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66   

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

Jan 25   On this day in history emil Axman, composer, dies at 61