Page 12: Historical Events In 1949

Oct 03   WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta on this day in history.   

Oct 04   American Contract Bridge League votes 58½% to keep blacks out on this day in history.   

Oct 04   American Contract Bridge League votes 58«% to keep blacks out in the year 1949.   

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

Oct 05   On this day in history wBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Oct 06   In the year 1949 iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years & $10,000 fine   

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

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

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

Oct 07   German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day) on this day in history.   

Oct 07   In the year 1949 german Democratic Republic formed   

Oct 08   The birth of Sigourney Weaver, American actress on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 13   On this day in history "Touch & Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 176 performances   

Oct 14   On this day in history 14 US Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition   

Oct 15   On this day in history administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian govt   

Oct 15   On this day in history billy Graham begins his ministry   

Oct 15   Tripura accedes to the Indian union in the year 1949.   

Oct 16   In the year 1949 hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85   

Oct 16   In the year 1949 wDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting   

Oct 19   On this day in history a's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton   

Oct 20   Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark) on this day in history.   

Oct 22   200 killed in train derailment in Poland on this day in history.   

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

Oct 24   Joaquin Nin y Castellanos, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Oct 26   On this day in history 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 in the year 1949.   

Oct 29   White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox in the year 1949.   

Oct 30   "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 281 perfs in the year 1949.   

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

Oct 31   On this day in history edward R Stettinius, US foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies   

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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 in the year 1949.   

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

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   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   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   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   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   In the year 1949 josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87   

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

Jan 25   On this day in history emil Axman, composer, dies at 61