Page 9: Historical Events In 1949

Jul 06   In the year 1949 cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs   

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

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

Jul 08   In the year 1949 antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon   

Jul 08   Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants in the year 1949.   

Jul 09   In the year 1949 benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres   

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

Jul 10   On this day in history the first practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh   

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

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

Jul 13   On this day in history 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 in the year 1949.   

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

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

Jul 23   On this day in history test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days   

Jul 24   In the year 1949 inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5   

Jul 26   C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick on this day in history.   

Jul 26   In the year 1949 wCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Jul 27   1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies on this day in history.   

Jul 27   In the year 1949 havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight   

Jul 29   In the year 1949 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   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 on this day in history.   

Aug 03   On this day in history republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire   

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

Aug 04   NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association in the year 1949.   

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

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Jan 02   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)   

Jan 04   Mick Mills, British(?) soccer player was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 05   In the year 1949 birth of george Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)   

Jan 06   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history 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 in the year 1949.   

Jan 14   In the year 1949 joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66   

Jan 15   On this day in history death of black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie)   

Jan 20   In the year 1949 josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87   

Jan 22   On this day in history death of william Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)   

Jan 25   Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61 in the year 1949.