Historical Events In 1949

Oct 03   WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta in the year 1949.   

Oct 04   American Contract Bridge League votes 58½% to keep blacks out in the year 1949.   

Oct 04   On this day in history american Contract Bridge League votes 58«% to keep blacks out   

Oct 04   Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Oct 05   WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Oct 06   In the year 1949 iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years & $10,000 fine   

Oct 06   In the year 1949 iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years and $10,000 fine   

Oct 06   Pres Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO) on this day in history.   

Oct 06   On this day in history robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70   

Oct 07   In the year 1949 german Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day)   

Oct 07   German Democratic Republic formed on this day in history.   

Oct 08   The birth of Sigourney Weaver, American actress in the year 1949.   

Oct 09   On this day in history viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer, dies at 70   

Oct 10   3rd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Toronto on this day in history.   

Oct 13   "Touch & Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 176 performances on this day in history.   

Oct 14   14 US Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian govt in the year 1949.   

Oct 15   In the year 1949 billy Graham begins his ministry   

Oct 15   On this day in history tripura accedes to the Indian union   

Oct 16   Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1949.   

Oct 16   WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Oct 19   In the year 1949 a's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton   

Oct 20   On this day in history eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark)   

Oct 22   200 killed in train derailment in Poland in the year 1949.   

Oct 22   200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland in the year 1949.   

Oct 24   Joaquin Nin y Castellanos, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1949.   

Oct 26   President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents in the year 1949.   

Oct 26   President Truman signs a measure raising the U.S. minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour on this day in history.   

Oct 28   On this day in history eugenie Anderson, the first U.S. woman ambassador, is sworn in.   

Oct 28   Georges Bidault elected president of France in the year 1949.   

Oct 29   White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox in the year 1949.   

Oct 30   On this day in history "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 281 perfs   

Oct 31   "Regina" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 86 performances in the year 1949.   

Oct 31   In the year 1949 edward R Stettinius, US foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies   

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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   Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75 in the year 1949.   

Jan 10   In the year 1949 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   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   Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.