Page 3: Historical Events In 1949

Feb 07   Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees) in the year 1949.   

Feb 08   Franco Leoni, composer, dies at 81 in the year 1949.   

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

Feb 09   In the year 1949 poul Julius Ouscher Schierbeck, composer, dies at 60   

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

Feb 12   "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 perfs in the year 1949.   

Feb 12   Canadian ice hockey team beats Denmark 47-0 on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 12   Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem in the year 1949.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 14   First session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem in the year 1949.   

Feb 15   In the year 1949 dmitri Shostakovitch' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad   

Feb 16   House of Commons passes the Newfoundland Union Act by a vote of 140-47. Newfoundland officially joins Canada March 31, 1949 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 19   Auguste Jean Maria Charles Serieyx, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1949.   

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   Ernest Walker, composer, dies at 78 in the year 1949.   

Feb 22   On this day in history russell Porter, actor (Betsy, Hanna's War, British Empire), dies   

Feb 24   On this day in history israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement   

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) on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1949.   

Feb 27   Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president in the year 1949.   

Feb 27   In the year 1949 chaim Weizmann becomes first Israeli President   

Feb 28   On this day in history stanley Robert Marchant, composer, dies at 65   

Mar 01   On this day in history heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis, "The Brown Bomber," retires after holding the title for more than 11 years.   

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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   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   George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration) was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)   

Jan 06   In the year 1949 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   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 in the year 1949.   

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   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