Page 9: Historical Events In 1949

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

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

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   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   In the year 1949 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   On this day in history frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies   

Jul 14   USSR explodes their 1st atom bomb on this day in history.   

Jul 15   In the year 1949 "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances   

Jul 15   Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US in the year 1949.   

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

Jul 19   Laos independence in the year 1949.   

Jul 20   In the year 1949 israel's 19 month war of independence ends   

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

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

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

Jul 24   Inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5 in the year 1949.   

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

Jul 26   WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Jul 27   1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies in the year 1949.   

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   On this day in history lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman   

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

Aug 03   The National Basketball Association was formed in the year 1949.   

Aug 04   In the year 1949 nBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association   

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

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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   Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary) was born in the year 1949.   

Jan 03   Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1949 birth of mick Mills, British(?) soccer player   

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

Jan 06   Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   Joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

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