Page 3: Historical Events In 1949

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

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

Feb 08   Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison on this day in history.   

Feb 09   Poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1949.   

Feb 10   On this day in history the Arthur Miller play, Death of a Salesman, starring Lee J. Cobb, Arthur Kennedy and Mildred Dunnock, makes its Broadway debut.   

Feb 11   In the year 1949 willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title   

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

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

Feb 12   In the year 1949 canadian ice hockey team beats Denmark 47-0.   

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

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

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   Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses in the year 1949.   

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

Feb 15   On this day in history 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   In the year 1949 chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel   

Feb 18   Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 19   Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Feb 19   In the year 1949 mass arrests of communists in India   

Feb 20   On this day in history 1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks)   

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   In the year 1949 v-2/WAC-Corporal first rocket to outer space, White Sands NM, 400 km   

Feb 25   WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record) in the year 1949.   

Feb 26   USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight in the year 1949.   

Feb 26   USAF plane began first nonstop around-the-world flight on this day in history.   

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

Feb 27   On this day in history chaim Weizmann becomes first Israeli President   

Feb 28   Stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1949.   

Mar 01   Heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis, "The Brown Bomber," retires after holding the title for more than 11 years in the year 1949.   

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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   On this day in history birth of christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)   

Jan 03   In the year 1949 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   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   John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63 in the year 1949.   

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 on this day in history.   

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