Historical Events In 1949

Jul 06   In the year 1949 cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs   

Jul 07   "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway NYC for 76 perfs in the year 1949.   

Jul 07   In the year 1949 "Dragnet" premiers on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967   

Jul 08   On this day in history antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon   

Jul 08   Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants on this day in history.   

Jul 09   Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres on this day in history.   

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

Jul 12   In the year 1949 lA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin   

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

Jul 14   Frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies in the year 1949.   

Jul 14   In the year 1949 uSSR explodes their 1st atom bomb   

Jul 15   "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 19   Laos independence on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Jul 23   In the year 1949 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 in the year 1949.   

Jul 26   On this day in history c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick   

Jul 26   In the year 1949 wCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting   

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

Jul 27   In the year 1949 havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight   

Jul 29   In the year 1949 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 in the year 1949.   

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 in the year 1949.   

Aug 03   Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire on this day in history.   

Aug 03   The National Basketball Association was formed in the year 1949.   

Aug 04   NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association in the year 1949.   

Aug 05   6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die in the year 1949.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of george Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)   

Jan 06   Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972) was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 06   Richard Horowitz, composer was born in the year 1949.   

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

Jan 10   Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865) died on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1949 joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66   

Jan 15   Black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie) died in the year 1949.   

Jan 20   On this day in history josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87   

Jan 22   William Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891) died in the year 1949.   

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