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Events on the year of 1949 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1949 KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Jan 1949 KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA (MET) begins broadcasting
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01 Jan 1949 Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand
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01 Jan 1949 Tokelau becomes part of New Zealand.
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01 Jan 1949 United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
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02 Jan 1949 KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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02 Jan 1949 Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
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03 Jan 1949 "Colgate Theater" dramatic anthology series premieres on NBC TV
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03 Jan 1949 The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
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05 Jan 1949 General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra
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05 Jan 1949 President Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"
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05 Jan 1949 United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
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07 Jan 1949 1st photo of genes taken at University of Southern California by Pease and Baker
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08 Jan 1949 "Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 429 performances
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08 Jan 1949 "My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 95 performances
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08 Jan 1949 "Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 134 performances
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10 Jan 1949 1st Jewish family show "Goldbergs" premieres on CBS
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10 Jan 1949 RCA introduces 45 RPM record
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11 Jan 1949 A record-setting snowstorm hits Los Angeles, California.
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11 Jan 1949 The first "networked" television broadcasts take place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania goes on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming.
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11 Jan 1949 Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
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12 Jan 1949 "Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" premieres on CBS TV
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12 Jan 1949 Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter
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12 Jan 1949 "Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" premieres on CBS TV
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13 Jan 1949 "Along 5th Avenue" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 performances
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13 Jan 1949 "Along 5th Avenue" opens at Broadhurst Theater New York City NY for 180 performances
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14 Jan 1949 Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die
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15 Jan 1949 Chinese Civil War: The Communist forces take over Tianjin from the Nationalist Government.
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15 Jan 1949 Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin
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16 Jan 1949 "Rape of Lucretia" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 23 performances
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16 Jan 1949 WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington DC (CBS) 1st broadcast
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16 Jan 1949 KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles CA (NBC) 1st broadcast
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16 Jan 1949 "Rape of Lucretia" closes at Ziegfeld Theater New York City NY after 23 performances
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17 Jan 1949 The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, airs for the first time.
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18 Jan 1949 "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont)
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18 Jan 1949 South African Reverend Andries P Treurnicht marries Engela Dreyer
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18 Jan 1949 1st US Congressional standing committee headed by Negro (W Dawson)
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19 Jan 1949 Cuba recognizes Israel.
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20 Jan 1949 Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
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20 Jan 1949 President Truman announces his point 4 program
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20 Jan 1949 J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen
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21 Jan 1949 1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman)
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22 Jan 1949 "All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 121 performances
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22 Jan 1949 Chinatown telephone exchange closed
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22 Jan 1949 "All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City NY for 121 performances
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25 Jan 1949 1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale and Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win
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25 Jan 1949 1st Emmy Awards NBC's "The Necklace", Shirley Dinsdale & Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win
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25 Jan 1949 1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins
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26 Jan 1949 The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
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26 Jan 1949 WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
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27 Jan 1949 Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China
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28 Jan 1949 New York Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith
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28 Jan 1949 UN Security council condemns Dutch aggression in Indonesia
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29 Jan 1949 Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, and Switzerland recognize Israel
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31 Jan 1949 1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago)
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31 Jan 1949 These Are My Children, the first television daytime soap opera is broadcast by the NBC station in Chicago.
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01 Feb 1949 200" (5.08-m) Hale telescope 1st used
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01 Feb 1949 RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm)
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02 Feb 1949 1st 45 RPM record released
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02 Feb 1949 Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident
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04 Feb 1949 Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia
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05 Feb 1949 Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chic
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07 Feb 1949 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000 / year baseball player (New York Yankees)
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08 Feb 1949 Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison
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08 Feb 1949 Cardinal Mindszenty of Hungary is sentenced for treason.
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10 Feb 1949 Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, NYC
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11 Feb 1949 Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title
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12 Feb 1949 "Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 performances
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12 Feb 1949 Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio
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12 Feb 1949 Team Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in hockey
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12 Feb 1949 Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem
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14 Feb 1949 1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel)
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14 Feb 1949 The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
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14 Feb 1949 The Knesset (Israeli parliament) convenes for the first time.
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14 Feb 1949 1st session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem
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14 Feb 1949 Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses
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15 Feb 1949 Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux begin excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves, where they will eventually discover the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
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15 Feb 1949 Dmitri Shostakovich's "Song of the Woods" premieres in Leningrad
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17 Feb 1949 Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea Kekesy / Ede Kiraly of HUN
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17 Feb 1949 Richard Button retains world figure skating championship in Paris
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17 Feb 1949 Chaim Weizmann begins his term as the first President of Israel.
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17 Feb 1949 Chaim Weizman elected 1st President of Israel
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17 Feb 1949 Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea K
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17 Feb 1949 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Alena Vrzanova of Czechoslovakia
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17 Feb 1949 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA
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19 Feb 1949 "Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances
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19 Feb 1949 Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
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19 Feb 1949 1st Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Ezra Pound
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19 Feb 1949 Mass arrests of communists in India
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20 Feb 1949 1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal KS)
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24 Feb 1949 V-2 / WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to outer space, White Sands, NM, 400 km
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24 Feb 1949 Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement
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25 Feb 1949 WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)
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26 Feb 1949 USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight
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27 Feb 1949 Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli President
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01 Mar 1949 Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ
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02 Mar 1949 1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct)
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02 Mar 1949 Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round-the-world flight at Fort Worth, Tx, covering 23,452 miles in 94 hours
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02 Mar 1949 The first automatic street light is installed in New Milford, Connecticut.
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02 Mar 1949 Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
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04 Mar 1949 Andrei Vishinsky succeeds Molotov as Soviet Foreign minister
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04 Mar 1949 Piet Van de Pol (Neth) becomes world champion billiard player
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04 Mar 1949 Security Council of the UN recommends membership for Israel
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08 Mar 1949 WAGA TV channel 5 in Atlanta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting
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08 Mar 1949 WBAP-FM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
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08 Mar 1949 President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
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08 Mar 1949 Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") is condemned to prison for treason.
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09 Mar 1949 Brigadier General Edwin K Wright, USA, ends term as Deputy Director of CIA
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09 Mar 1949 England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes
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10 Mar 1949 Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949
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13 Mar 1949 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman
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13 Mar 1949 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button
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15 Mar 1949 WICU TV channel 12 in Erie PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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15 Mar 1949 WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
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16 Mar 1949 KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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18 Mar 1949 NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) ratified
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18 Mar 1949 WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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19 Mar 1949 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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21 Mar 1949 WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, Florida (NBC / CBS) begins broadcasting
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23 Mar 1949 Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story" premieres in New York NY
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24 Mar 1949 21st Academy Awards - "Hamlet, " Laurence Olivier and Jane Wyman win
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24 Mar 1949 Walter and John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win
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24 Mar 1949 Walter & John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win Oscars (actor & director of "Treasure of Sierra Madre")
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25 Mar 1949 The extensive deportation campaign known as March deportation is conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to force collectivisation by way of terror. The Soviet authorities deport more than 92,000 people from the Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union.
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25 Mar 1949 SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied
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26 Mar 1949 11th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36
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29 Mar 1949 Turkey recognizes Israel
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30 Mar 1949 A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
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31 Mar 1949 The Dominion of Newfoundland joins the Canadian Confederation and becomes the 10th Province of Canada.
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31 Mar 1949 Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province
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01 Apr 1949 The 26 counties of the Irish Free State become Ireland.
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01 Apr 1949 The Government of Canada repeals Japanese Canadian internment after seven years.
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01 Apr 1949 Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Party holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
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03 Apr 1949 KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS
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03 Apr 1949 North Atlantic Treaty, pact signed by US, Britain, France and Canada
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03 Apr 1949 WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
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04 Apr 1949 Israel and Jordan sign armistice agreement
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04 Apr 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Washington, DC)
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04 Apr 1949 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
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04 Apr 1949 Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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05 Apr 1949 A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
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05 Apr 1949 Fireside Theater debuts on television.
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07 Apr 1949 "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1928 performances
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09 Apr 1949 UN International Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel and awards Britain damages
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10 Apr 1949 13th Golf Masters Championship Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282
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13 Apr 1949 Minneapolis beats Washington, 4 games to 2, for the NBA championship
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13 Apr 1949 3rd NBA Championship Minneapolis Lakers beat Washington Capitals, 4 games to 2
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14 Apr 1949 International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg's last judgment
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15 Apr 1949 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri
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16 Apr 1949 Stanley Cup Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
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17 Apr 1949 At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.
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18 Apr 1949 The keel for the aircraft carrier USS United States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
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18 Apr 1949 Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth
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19 Apr 1949 Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth
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19 Apr 1949 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8
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20 Apr 1949 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany, California
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23 Apr 1949 Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
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23 Apr 1949 Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in San Francisco
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23 Apr 1949 Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing
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23 Apr 1949 Netherlands annexes Elten & Tudderen
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24 Apr 1949 3rd Tony Awards Death of a Salesman & Kiss Me Kate win
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25 Apr 1949 Friedrich D
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28 Apr 1949 The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
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28 Apr 1949 Brooklyn's Commish Chandler suspends Durocher but he is absolved on May 3 New York fan charges Leo Durocher with assault after Giants lose 15-2 to
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01 May 1949 Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune)
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02 May 1949 Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman"
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02 May 1949 Bolivian state of siege proclaimed
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02 May 1949 Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0
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03 May 1949 1st firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km
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04 May 1949 Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives)
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04 May 1949 The entire Torino football team (except for two players who did not take the trip: Sauro Tomà, due to an injury and Renato Gandolfi, because of coach request) is killed in a plane crash at the Superga hill at the edge of Turin, Italy.
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05 May 1949 Council of Europe forms
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05 May 1949 KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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05 May 1949 Statue of Council of Europe drawn
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05 May 1949 Tiger 2nd baseman Charlie Gehringer selected to Hall of Fame
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05 May 1949 The Treaty of London establishes the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration.
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06 May 1949 EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
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07 May 1949 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2
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08 May 1949 West German constitution approved
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09 May 1949 Prince Rainier III becomes leader of Monaco
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09 May 1949 Rainier III of Monaco becomes Prince of Monaco.
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11 May 1949 Israel joins the United Nations.
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11 May 1949 Siam officially changes its name to Thailand for the second time. The name had been in use since 1939 but was reverted in 1945.
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11 May 1949 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)
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11 May 1949 By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
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11 May 1949 Siam renames itself Thailand
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12 May 1949 The western occupying powers approve the Basic Law for the new German state: The Federal Republic of Germany.
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12 May 1949 The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
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12 May 1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in US (S V L Pandit India)
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12 May 1949 West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade
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13 May 1949 1st British-produced jet bomber, Canberra, makes its 1st test flight
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14 May 1949 "Love Life" closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 252 performances
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14 May 1949 75th Preakness: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 1:56
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14 May 1949 Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral
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17 May 1949 British government recognizes Republic of Ireland
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18 May 1949 Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America incorporates
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20 May 1949 In the United States, the Armed Forces Security Agency, the predecessor to the National Security Agency, is established.
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23 May 1949 The Federal Republic of Germany is established and the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is proclaimed.
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23 May 1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day)
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25 May 1949 Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai
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27 May 1949 Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day"
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27 May 1949 Martin Canine, cartoon character, spoofs Martin Kane
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27 May 1949 Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin
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29 May 1949 Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC
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30 May 1949 East Germans constitution approved
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30 May 1949 NPS/VHP win 1st general election in Suriname
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30 May 1949 WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
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31 May 1949 31st PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Hermitage Country Club - Richmond, Virginia
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31 May 1949 Charley Lupica begins stay on 4-foot-square platform platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, and he comes down 117 days later)
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01 Jun 1949 1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek)
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01 Jun 1949 British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence
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01 Jun 1949 KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Jun 1949 Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz wed for the second time
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01 Jun 1949 Microfilm copies of "Newsweek" magazine 1st offered
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02 Jun 1949 Transjordan renamed Jordan
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03 Jun 1949 1st negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown)
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03 Jun 1949 Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)
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03 Jun 1949 GN Clark becomes 1st female US treasurer
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04 Jun 1949 "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950
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05 Jun 1949 Thailand elects Orapin Chaiyakan, the first female member of Thailand's Parliament.
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06 Jun 1949 "It Pays To Be Ignorant, " game Show, debut on CBS-TV
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06 Jun 1949 WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast
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08 Jun 1949 Siam changes name to Thailand
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08 Jun 1949 The celebrities Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
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08 Jun 1949 George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
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09 Jun 1949 Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of US
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10 Jun 1949 Istvan Dobi becomes Hungarian Premier
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11 Jun 1949 49th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 286 at Medinah Country Club - Illinois
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11 Jun 1949 81st Belmont: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 2:30.2
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11 Jun 1949 Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:28.2)
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14 Jun 1949 State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor
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14 Jun 1949 WROC TV channel 8 in Rochester, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting
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14 Jun 1949 Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
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14 Jun 1949 State of Vietnam formed
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15 Jun 1949 Phils Eddie Waitkus, shot by Ruth Steinhagen, 19, at Eddgewater Hotel
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16 Jun 1949 Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie, Pennsylvania
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18 Jun 1949 "Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 performances
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20 Jun 1949 Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes
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21 Jun 1949 H L Giclas discovers asteroid #1886 Lowell
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22 Jun 1949 Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for the boxing title
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23 Jun 1949 Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die
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23 Jun 1949 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School
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24 Jun 1949 "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC)
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24 Jun 1949 The first television western, Hopalong Cassidy, is aired on NBC starring William Boyd.
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24 Jun 1949 Cargo airlines 1st licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board
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25 Jun 1949 Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote)
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25 Jun 1949 Long-Haired Hare, starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters.
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26 Jun 1949 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains)
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26 Jun 1949 Walter Baade discovers asteroid Icarus inside orbit of Mercury
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27 Jun 1949 "Captain Video & His Video Rangers, " debut on DUMONT-TV
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27 Jun 1949 W Baade discovers asteroid #1566 Icarus
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29 Jun 1949 South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages
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29 Jun 1949 US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II
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30 Jun 1949 Dutch troops evacuate Djakarta
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01 Jul 1949 63rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ted Schroeder beat Drobny (36 60 63 46 64)
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01 Jul 1949 WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
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01 Jul 1949 WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Jul 1949 The merger of two princely states of India, Cochin and Travancore, into the state of Thiru-Kochi (later re-organized as Kerala) in the Indian Union ends more than 1,000 years of princely rule by the Cochin Royal Family.
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02 Jul 1949 "High Button Shoes" closes at Century Theater NYC after 727 performances
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02 Jul 1949 56th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: L Brough beats M duPont (10-8 16 10-8)
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05 Jul 1949 New York Giants purchase Monty Irvin and Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks
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06 Jul 1949 Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs
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07 Jul 1949 "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway NYC for 76 performances
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07 Jul 1949 "Dragnet" premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 and 1967
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08 Jul 1949 Monte Irvin and Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for New York Giants
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10 Jul 1949 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced - Toledo, Ohio
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10 Jul 1949 WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, RI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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12 Jul 1949 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
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12 Jul 1949 Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die
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12 Jul 1949 AL beats NL 11-7 in 16th All Star Game, NL makes a record 5 errors
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12 Jul 1949 Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence
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12 Jul 1949 LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin
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13 Jul 1949 Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics
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14 Jul 1949 USSR explodes their 1st atom bomb
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15 Jul 1949 "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances
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15 Jul 1949 WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting
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15 Jul 1949 Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US
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19 Jul 1949 Laos becomes associated state within French Union
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20 Jul 1949 Vasil Kolarov elected Premier of Bulgaria
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20 Jul 1949 Israel and Syria sign a truce to end their nineteen-month war.
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20 Jul 1949 Israel's 19 month war of independence ends
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21 Jul 1949 Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO)
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21 Jul 1949 The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
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24 Jul 1949 Inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5
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25 Jul 1949 St. Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for the cycle beating Brooklyn 14-1
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26 Jul 1949 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick
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27 Jul 1949 1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies
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27 Jul 1949 Havilland Comet 40-passenger airliner makes maiden flight
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29 Jul 1949 Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends
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29 Jul 1949 BBC radio begins broadcasting
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30 Jul 1949 British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff
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31 Jul 1949 Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills the SS & 3rd baseman
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03 Aug 1949 Basketball Association of America and National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Association
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03 Aug 1949 Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire
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04 Aug 1949 NBL and NBAA merge into National Basketball Association
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05 Aug 1949 6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die
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05 Aug 1949 In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
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05 Aug 1949 The Mann Gulch fire kills 13 firefighters in Montana.
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06 Aug 1949 Luke Appling record of 2,154 (en route to 2,218) games at shortstop
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07 Aug 1949 "All after Love" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 121 performances
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08 Aug 1949 Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy
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10 Aug 1949 Ezzard Charles TKOs Gus Lesnevich in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
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10 Aug 1949 National Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense
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10 Aug 1949 U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.
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11 Aug 1949 Gaston Eyskens forms Belgian Government
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11 Aug 1949 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)
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12 Aug 1949 16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-Stars 0 (93,780)
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14 Aug 1949 Military coup under Colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria
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15 Aug 1949 WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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18 Aug 1949 Hungary adopts constitution
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20 Aug 1949 78,382 watch the White Sox play the Indians at Cleveland
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20 Aug 1949 Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution
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21 Aug 1949 NY Giants beat Phillies on a forfeit, due to fan's throwing debris
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24 Aug 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) goes into effect
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24 Aug 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established
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28 Aug 1949 38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1)
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28 Aug 1949 Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill, New York
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29 Aug 1949 Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
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29 Aug 1949 USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb
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30 Aug 1949 Roly Jenkins (Worcs vs. Surrey) takes his 2nd hat-trick of the game
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30 Aug 1949 WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
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31 Aug 1949 The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
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01 Sep 1949 1st network detective series-Private Eyes-premieres
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01 Sep 1949 KMTV TV channel 3 in Omaha, NB (CBS / NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Sep 1949 Viljo Heino runs world record 10k (29:27.2)
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02 Sep 1949 Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China)
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03 Sep 1949 Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives
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04 Sep 1949 Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook)
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04 Sep 1949 The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
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05 Sep 1949 63rd US Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61)
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05 Sep 1949 69th US Mens Tennis: Pancho Gonzales beat Schroeder (1618 26 61 62 64)
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06 Sep 1949 Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes
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06 Sep 1949 Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.
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10 Sep 1949 "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" closes at Broadway NYC after 76 performances
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12 Sep 1949 Theodor Heuss elected 1st President / Conrad Adenauer 1st Prime Minister of German FR
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13 Sep 1949 Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in New York City
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15 Sep 1949 "Lone Ranger" premieres on ABC-TV
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15 Sep 1949 WJAC TV channel 6 in Johnstown, PA (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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15 Sep 1949 WJXT TV channel 4 in Jacksonville, Florida (CBS) begins broadcasting
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15 Sep 1949 The Lone Ranger premiers on ABC-TV
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16 Sep 1949 KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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17 Sep 1949 128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto
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17 Sep 1949 8th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 7-5 at Ganton Golf Club - England
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17 Sep 1949 North Atlantic Treaty Council meets for 1st time
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17 Sep 1949 WFAA TV channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
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17 Sep 1949 The Canadian steamship SS Noronic burns in Toronto Harbour with the loss of over 118 lives.
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17 Sep 1949 Steamer "Noronic" burns at pier killing 128 (Toronto Canada)
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18 Sep 1949 Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit
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20 Sep 1949 Dutch Guilder devalued 30.3%
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20 Sep 1949 Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional
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21 Sep 1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation
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21 Sep 1949 People's Republic of China proclaimed
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22 Sep 1949 WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (CBS) 1st broadcast
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22 Sep 1949 USSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb
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23 Sep 1949 Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant
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23 Sep 1949 Truman announces evidence of USSR's 1st nuclear device detonation
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25 Sep 1949 Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place
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25 Sep 1949 Louis Suggs wins US Woman's Golf championship
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27 Sep 1949 The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
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28 Sep 1949 "My Friend Irma" is 1st of 12 films starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
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29 Sep 1949 "Front Page, " debuts on CBS-TV
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29 Sep 1949 "Inside USA With Chevrolet, " debuts on CBS-TV
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29 Sep 1949 George Lascelles marries Maria Stein
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29 Sep 1949 The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
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30 Sep 1949 Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th HR and NL record 16th in September
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30 Sep 1949 The Berlin Airlift ends.
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30 Sep 1949 Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights
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01 Oct 1949 Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on island of Formosa
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01 Oct 1949 The People's Republic of China is established and declared by Mao Zedong.
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02 Oct 1949 St. Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3
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02 Oct 1949 Yanks and Red Sox, tied for 1st place, play final game of season. Yanks win 5-3 and clinch pennant #16
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03 Oct 1949 WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta
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03 Oct 1949 WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
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05 Oct 1949 WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Oct 1949 WOR (now WWOR) TV channel 9 in NY-Secaucus, New York (IND) begins
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06 Oct 1949 President Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)
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07 Oct 1949 German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day)
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07 Oct 1949 Otto Greatwohl becomes 1st Premier of German DR
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07 Oct 1949 Wilhelm Pieck becomes 1st President of German DR
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07 Oct 1949 The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
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12 Oct 1949 Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman ambassador nominated in US
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13 Oct 1949 "Touch & Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 176 performances
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14 Oct 1949 Chinese Red army occupies Canton
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14 Oct 1949 Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
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14 Oct 1949 Eleven leaders of the American Communist Party are convicted, after a nine-month trial in a Federal District Court, of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the U.S. Federal Government.
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14 Oct 1949 Chinese Civil War: Chinese Communist forces occupy the city of Guangzhou (Canton), in Guangdong, China.
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14 Oct 1949 14 US Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition
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15 Oct 1949 Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government
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15 Oct 1949 Billy Graham begins his ministry
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15 Oct 1949 Tripura accedes to the Indian union
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16 Oct 1949 WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
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16 Oct 1949 Nikolaos Zachariadis, leader of the Communist Party of Greece, announces a "temporary cease-fire", effectively ending the Greek Civil War.
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16 Oct 1949 The diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic are established.
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19 Oct 1949 Yanks trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds
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22 Oct 1949 Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:21.2)
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22 Oct 1949 200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland
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24 Oct 1949 The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
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26 Oct 1949 President Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents
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26 Oct 1949 Pres Truman increases minimum wage from 40
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28 Oct 1949 Eugenie Anderson is 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark)
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28 Oct 1949 Georges Bidault elected President of France
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28 Oct 1949 An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores killing all people on board, including the French former middleweight world champion boxer Marcel Cerdan and French violinist Ginette Neveu
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30 Oct 1949 "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 281 performances
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31 Oct 1949 "Regina" opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 86 performances
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31 Oct 1949 WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
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02 Nov 1949 Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state
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02 Nov 1949 Textile / meat / cheese / rijstdistributie disbands
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02 Nov 1949 The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
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06 Nov 1949 Greeks civil war ends
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07 Nov 1949 King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament
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09 Nov 1949 Costa Rica adopts Constitution
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11 Nov 1949 WTTV TV channel 4 in Bloomington-Indianapol, IN (IND) 1st broadcast
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15 Nov 1949 KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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15 Nov 1949 WSAZ TV channel 3 in Huntington-Charleston, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast
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15 Nov 1949 KRON (Channel 4, San Francisco) signs on, from 7 to 10 PM
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18 Nov 1949 NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP
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18 Nov 1949 Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn Dodgers, named NL's MVP
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19 Nov 1949 Prince Rainier III coronation as 30th ruling Prince of Monaco
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19 Nov 1949 Prince Rainier III coronation in Monaco
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20 Nov 1949 Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000
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21 Nov 1949 Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million
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24 Nov 1949 Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs
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24 Nov 1949 Britain nationalizes its steel & iron industry
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25 Nov 1949 "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts
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25 Nov 1949 Ted Williams, wins AL MVP
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26 Nov 1949 37th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders, 28-15
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26 Nov 1949 The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
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26 Nov 1949 India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic
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29 Nov 1949 Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan / Formosa
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29 Nov 1949 Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700
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30 Nov 1949 KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting
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30 Nov 1949 Chinese Communists captured Chungking
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01 Dec 1949 WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Dec 1949 WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting
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03 Dec 1949 KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins
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04 Dec 1949 Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run
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05 Dec 1949 Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
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07 Dec 1949 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E)
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07 Dec 1949 Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan
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07 Dec 1949 Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.
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08 Dec 1949 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 740 performances
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08 Dec 1949 Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa
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08 Dec 1949 The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is established to provide aid to Palestinian refugees who left their homes during the 1948 Palestinian exodus.
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09 Dec 1949 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty
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10 Dec 1949 Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
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11 Dec 1949 Chicago Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chicago Cardinals (52-29)
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11 Dec 1949 Cleveland Browns beat San Francisco '49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game
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11 Dec 1949 WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
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12 Dec 1949 American League votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball
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13 Dec 1949 AL votes down proposal to revive spitball
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13 Dec 1949 The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.
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13 Dec 1949 American League votes down proposal to revive the spitball
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13 Dec 1949 Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capitol to Jerusalem
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15 Dec 1949 Albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris
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16 Dec 1949 Sukarno becomes President of Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier
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17 Dec 1949 "Regina" closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 86 performances
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17 Dec 1949 Burma recognizes People's Republic of China
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18 Dec 1949 Philadelphia Eagles beat Los Angeles Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game
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19 Dec 1949 Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland
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19 Dec 1949 WJW TV channel 8 in Cleveland OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
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20 Dec 1949 Maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty & the Beast" premieres
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21 Dec 1949 Dutch 1st Chamber accept soeveregnty of Indonesia
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27 Dec 1949 United States of Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
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27 Dec 1949 Indonesian National Revolution: The Netherlands officially recognizes Indonesian independence. End of the Dutch East Indies.
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27 Dec 1949 Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia
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28 Dec 1949 20th Century Fox announces it will produce TV programs
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29 Dec 1949 KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.
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29 Dec 1949 1st UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport CT)
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29 Dec 1949 Hungary nationalized its industries
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30 Dec 1949 India recognizes People's Republic of China
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31 Dec 1949 18 countries recognize Republic Indonesia
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