Page 11: Historical Events In 1949

Sep 04   In the year 1949 marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook)   

Sep 05   In the year 1949 63rd US Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61)   

Sep 06   Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes on this day in history.   

Sep 08   Richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Sep 10   On this day in history "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" closes at Broadway NYC after 76 perfs   

Sep 11   Henri Rabaud, French composer/conductor (L'ete), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Sep 12   On this day in history theodor Heuss elected 1st pres/Conrad Adenauer 1st PM of German FR   

Sep 13   Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC in the year 1949.   

Sep 13   The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is established in New York City on this day in history.   

Sep 15   The Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV on this day in history.   

Sep 16   KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting in the year 1949.   

Sep 17   In the year 1949 steamer "Noronic" burns at pier killing 128 (Toronto Canada)   

Sep 18   In the year 1949 frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59   

Sep 19   In the year 1949 the birth of Twiggy, English model and actress   

Sep 19   In the year 1949 twiggy, British actress/model born   

Sep 20   On this day in history dutch Guilder devalued 30.3%   

Sep 20   On this day in history nikolaos Skalkottas, composer, dies at 45   

Sep 21   In the year 1949 china's Communist leaders officially declare the country as The People's Republic of China.   

Sep 21   Chinese Communist leaders proclaims People's Republic of China on this day in history.   

Sep 21   On this day in history federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation   

Sep 21   On this day in history people's Republic of China proclaimed   

Sep 22   On this day in history sam Wood, US communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66   

Sep 22   In the year 1949 uSSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb   

Sep 22   On this day in history uSSR detonates its first atomic bomb   

Sep 23   Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant on this day in history.   

Sep 23   On this day in history truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation   

Sep 24   Pierre Breville, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

Sep 25   4th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs in the year 1949.   

Sep 30   On this day in history berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights   

Oct 01   Military Sea Transportation Service activated on this day in history.   

Oct 01   On this day in history people's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung   

Oct 01   On this day in history republic of China (Taiwan) forms on the island of Formosa   

Oct 01   In the year 1949 the People's Republic of China created   

Oct 02   On this day in history st Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3   

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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 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 in the year 1949.   

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

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

Jan 06   Richard Horowitz, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 in the year 1949.   

Jan 09   Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1949.   

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

Jan 14   Joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1949 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 25   Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.