Historical Events In 1949

Jul 06   Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs in the year 1949.   

Jul 07   "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway NYC for 76 perfs on this day in history.   

Jul 07   "Dragnet" premiers on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967 in the year 1949.   

Jul 08   Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon on this day in history.   

Jul 08   Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants on this day in history.   

Jul 09   On this day in history benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres   

Jul 09   In the year 1949 fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75   

Jul 10   In the year 1949 the first practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh   

Jul 12   In the year 1949 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn   

Jul 12   LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin on this day in history.   

Jul 13   Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics on this day in history.   

Jul 14   Frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies in the year 1949.   

Jul 14   On this day in history uSSR explodes their 1st atom bomb   

Jul 15   In the year 1949 "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances   

Jul 15   Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US on this day in history.   

Jul 19   On this day in history laos becomes associated state within French Union   

Jul 19   In the year 1949 laos independence   

Jul 20   Israel's 19 month war of independence ends on this day in history.   

Jul 21   In the year 1949 senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13   

Jul 21   In the year 1949 senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO)   

Jul 23   Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days in the year 1949.   

Jul 24   Inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5 in the year 1949.   

Jul 26   On this day in history c A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick   

Jul 26   On this day in history wCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Jul 27   1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies in the year 1949.   

Jul 27   Havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight on this day in history.   

Jul 29   On this day in history airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends   

Jul 30   British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff on this day in history.   

Jul 31   On this day in history lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman   

Jul 31   On this day in history lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman   

Aug 03   Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire on this day in history.   

Aug 03   The National Basketball Association was formed in the year 1949.   

Aug 04   In the year 1949 nBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association   

Aug 05   On this day in history 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die   

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Jan 02   In the year 1949 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 15   Black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie) died in the year 1949.   

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 on this day in history.   

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