Page 3: Historical Events In 1949

Feb 07   Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees) on this day in history.   

Feb 08   On this day in history franco Leoni, composer, dies at 81   

Feb 08   Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison in the year 1949.   

Feb 09   In the year 1949 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   On this day in history willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title   

Feb 12   "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances on this day in history.   

Feb 12   In the year 1949 "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 perfs   

Feb 12   Canadian ice hockey team beats Denmark 47-0 in the year 1949.   

Feb 12   On this day in history ottawa announces creation of a far northern radar chain later called the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line.   

Feb 12   On this day in history panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio   

Feb 12   On this day in history unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem   

Feb 14   On this day in history 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel)   

Feb 14   In the year 1949 dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses   

Feb 14   First session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1949 dmitri Shostakovitch' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad   

Feb 16   On this day in history house of Commons passes the Newfoundland Union Act by a vote of 140-47. Newfoundland officially joins Canada March 31, 1949   

Feb 17   Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel in the year 1949.   

Feb 18   In the year 1949 niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71   

Feb 19   "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78   

Feb 22   Russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies in the year 1949.   

Feb 24   Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement on this day in history.   

Feb 24   V-2/WAC-Corporal first rocket to outer space, White Sands NM, 400 km in the year 1949.   

Feb 25   On this day in history wAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)   

Feb 26   In the year 1949 uSAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight   

Feb 26   In the year 1949 uSAF plane began first nonstop around-the-world flight   

Feb 27   Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president on this day in history.   

Feb 27   Chaim Weizmann becomes first Israeli President in the year 1949.   

Feb 28   In the year 1949 stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65   

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   In the year 1949 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   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   On this day in history birth of richard Horowitz, composer   

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   In the year 1949 death of erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865)   

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