Page 5: Historical Events In 1949

Mar 26   11th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Kentucky beats Okla State 46-36 on this day in history.   

Mar 28   On this day in history grigoras Dinicu, composer, dies at 59   

Mar 29   On this day in history turkey recognizes Israel   

Mar 30   Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies in the year 1949.   

Mar 30   Riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joined NATO in the year 1949.   

Mar 31   Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province in the year 1949.   

Apr 01   Newfoundland becomes the tenth province of Canada and the Newfoundland Railway becomes part of the Canadian National system. This narrow gauge system had been operated by the island government since 1923 on this day in history.   

Apr 03   Basil Harwood, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

Apr 03   On this day in history kQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS   

Apr 03   North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by US, Britain, France & Canada in the year 1949.   

Apr 03   WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus OH (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Apr 04   Establishment of NATO on this day in history.   

Apr 04   Israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement on this day in history.   

Apr 04   North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC) on this day in history.   

Apr 04   The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 'NATO', formed in Washington USA on this day in history.   

Apr 04   In the year 1949 wKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati OH (ABC) begins broadcasting   

Apr 05   In the year 1949 60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham IL)   

Apr 05   60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham Ill) in the year 1949.   

Apr 06   Stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies on this day in history.   

Apr 07   "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater (for 1925 performances) in the year 1949.   

Apr 07   "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1928 performances on this day in history.   

Apr 07   On this day in history the Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein musical classic of love and war," South Pacific", unfolded on a lush tropical island swarming with Seabees, nurses, natives and coconut trees on this night in 1949.   

Apr 09   UN Intl Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel & awards Britain damages in the year 1949.   

Apr 10   13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282 in the year 1949.   

Apr 10   In the year 1949 sam Snead wins Masters golf tournament   

Apr 13   On this day in history 3rd NBA Championship: Minn Lakers beat Wash Capitols, 4 games to 2   

Apr 13   In the year 1949 c V France, dies at 80   

Apr 13   In the Puget Sound area, Washington region a 6.9 earthquake occured between Olympia and Tacoma, along the southern edge of Puget Sound. Property damage in Olympia, Seattle, and Tacoma was estimated at $25 million; eight people were killed in the year 1949.   

Apr 14   On this day in history joseph A Cushman, US paleontologist, dies at 68   

Apr 15   In the year 1949 pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri   

Apr 15   Wallace Beery, US actor (The Champ), dies at 64 in the year 1949.   

Apr 16   Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games on this day in history.   

Apr 16   Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, Indon communist, executed at 54 on this day in history.   

Apr 16   In the year 1949 toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings for the Stanley Cup   

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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   Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of richard Horowitz, composer   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1949.   

Jan 22   In the year 1949 death of william Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)   

Jan 25   In the year 1949 emil Axman, composer, dies at 61