Page 9: Historical Events In 1949

Jul 06   On this day in history cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs   

Jul 07   "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway NYC for 76 perfs in the year 1949.   

Jul 07   On this day in history "Dragnet" premiers on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967   

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 in the year 1949.   

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

Jul 09   On this day in history fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75   

Jul 10   The first practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh on this day in history.   

Jul 12   On this day in history 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn   

Jul 12   LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin in the year 1949.   

Jul 13   In the year 1949 pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics   

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

Jul 14   USSR explodes their 1st atom bomb in the year 1949.   

Jul 15   "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances on this day in history.   

Jul 15   On this day in history czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US   

Jul 19   In the year 1949 laos becomes associated state within French Union   

Jul 19   Laos independence on this day in history.   

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

Jul 21   Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 on this day in history.   

Jul 21   Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO) in the year 1949.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies   

Jul 27   On this day in history havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight   

Jul 29   Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends on this day in history.   

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   Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman on this day in history.   

Jul 31   Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman in the year 1949.   

Aug 03   Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire in the year 1949.   

Aug 03   The National Basketball Association was formed on this day in history.   

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   Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home) was born in the year 1949.   

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

Jan 05   George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1949 birth of michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)   

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

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

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   Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865) died on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 in the year 1949.   

Jan 22   William Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891) died in the year 1949.   

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