Page 12: Historical Events In 1949

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

Oct 04   On this day in history american Contract Bridge League votes 58½% to keep blacks out   

Oct 04   In the year 1949 american Contract Bridge League votes 58«% to keep blacks out   

Oct 04   Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75 in the year 1949.   

Oct 05   In the year 1949 wBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Oct 06   Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years & $10,000 fine on this day in history.   

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

Oct 06   Pres Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO) in the year 1949.   

Oct 06   In the year 1949 robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70   

Oct 07   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   Billy Graham begins his ministry in the year 1949.   

Oct 15   In the year 1949 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 in the year 1949.   

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

Oct 20   Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark) in the year 1949.   

Oct 22   On this day in history 200 killed in train derailment in Poland   

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

Oct 24   In the year 1949 joaquin Nin y Castellanos, composer, dies at 70   

Oct 26   In the year 1949 president Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents   

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   Eugenie Anderson, the first U.S. woman ambassador, is sworn in in the year 1949.   

Oct 28   Georges Bidault elected president of France on this day in history.   

Oct 29   In the year 1949 white Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox   

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

Oct 31   On this day in history "Regina" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 86 performances   

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

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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   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 in the year 1949.   

Jan 04   In the year 1949 birth of mick Mills, British(?) soccer player   

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   On this day in history birth of richard Horowitz, composer   

Jan 07   John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure) was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 01   Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1949 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of william Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)   

Jan 25   Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1949.