Notable Historical Events - 1949
1949 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting |
Jan 1 |
KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA (MET) begins broadcasting |
Jan 1 |
Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand |
Jan 2 |
KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
Jan 2 |
Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. |
Jan 3 |
"Colgate Theater" dramatic anthology series premieres on NBC TV |
Jan 5 |
General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra |
Jan 5 |
President Harry Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal" |
Jan 7 |
1st photo of genes taken at U of S California by Pease & Baker |
Jan 8 |
"Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 429 perfs |
Jan 8 |
"My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 95 performances |
Jan 8 |
"Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 134 performances |
Jan 10 |
1st Jewish family show "Goldbergs" premieres on CBS |
Jan 10 |
RCA introduces 45 RPM record |
Jan 11 |
Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles |
Jan 12 |
"Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" premieres on CBS TV |
Jan 12 |
Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter |
Jan 13 |
"Along 5th Avenue" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 perfs |
Jan 14 |
Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die |
Jan 15 |
Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin |
Jan 16 |
"Rape of Lucretia" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 23 perfs |
Jan 16 |
KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast |
Jan 16 |
WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, DC (CBS) 1st broadcast |
Jan 17 |
The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs. |
Jan 18 |
"They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont) |
Jan 18 |
1st US Congressional standing committee headed by Negro (W Dawson) |
Jan 19 |
Cuba recognises Israel. |
Jan 20 |
J. Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen |
Jan 20 |
Pres Harry Truman announces his point 4 program |
Jan 21 |
1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman) |
Jan 22 |
"All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 121 perfs |
Jan 22 |
Chinatown telephone exchange closed |
Jan 25 |
1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale & Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win |
Jan 25 |
1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins |
Jan 26 |
WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting |
Jan 27 |
Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China |
Jan 28 |
NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith |
Jan 28 |
UN Security council convicts Dutch aggression in Indonesia |
Jan 29 |
Great Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand & Switzerland recognize Israel |
Jan 31 |
1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago) |
Feb 1 |
200" (5.08-m) Hale telescope 1st used [See June 3, 1948] |
Feb 1 |
RCA releases 1st single record ever (45 rpm) |
Feb 2 |
Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident |
Feb 4 |
Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia |
Feb 5 |
Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chic |
Feb 7 |
Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees) |
Feb 8 |
Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty sentenced to life in prison |
Feb 10 |
Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens at Morosco Theater, NYC |
Feb 11 |
Willie Pep recaptures world featherweight boxing title |
Feb 12 |
"Annie Get Your Gun" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 1147 perfs |
Feb 12 |
Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio |
Feb 12 |
Team Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in hockey |
Feb 12 |
Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem |
Feb 14 |
1st session of Knesset (Jerusalem Israel) |
Feb 14 |
Dutch Drees government presents plan for the building of 30,000 houses |
Feb 15 |
Dmitri Shostakovitch' "Song of the Woods," premieres in Leningrad |
Feb 17 |
Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel |
Feb 17 |
Ice Pairs Championship at Paris won by Andrea Kekesy/Ede Kiraly of HUN |
Feb 17 |
Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Paris won by Alena Vrzanova of CZE |
Feb 17 |
Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA |
Feb 17 |
Richard Button retains world figure skating championship in Paris |
Feb 19 |
"Inside USA" closes at Century Theater NYC after 339 performances |
Feb 19 |
1st Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Ezra Pound |
Feb 19 |
Mass arrests of communists in India |
Feb 20 |
1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks) |
Feb 24 |
Israel & Egypt sign an armistice agreement |
Feb 24 |
V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to 5x speed of sound at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, |
Feb 25 |
WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record) |
Feb 26 |
USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight |
Feb 27 |
Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president |
Mar 1 |
Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ |
Mar 1 |
The Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Cardinals |
Mar 1 |
Indonesia seizes Yogyakarta from the Dutch. |
Mar 2 |
1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct) |
Mar 2 |
Lucky Lady II (USAF B-50 Superfortress), completes 1st nonstop round- the-world flight at Fort Worth, Tx, covering 23,452-mis in 94 hrs |
Mar 4 |
Andrei Vishinsky succeeds Molotov as Soviet Foreign minister |
Mar 4 |
Piet Van de Pol (Neth) becomes world champion billiard player |
Mar 4 |
Security Council of UN recommends membership for Israel |
Mar 5 |
Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30 |
Mar 5 |
The Jharkhand Party is founded in India. |
Mar 8 |
WAGA TV channel 5 in Atlanta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
Mar 8 |
WBAP-FM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting |
Mar 9 |
Brigadier Gen Edwin K Wright, USA, ends term as deputy director of CIA |
Mar 9 |
England beat South Africa by scoring 174 runs in 94 minutes |
Mar 10 |
Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949 |
Mar 13 |
US Ladies' Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman |
Mar 13 |
US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button |
Mar 15 |
WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
Mar 15 |
WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting |
Mar 16 |
KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
Mar 18 |
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified |
Mar 18 |
WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
Mar 19 |
1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tn |
Mar 21 |
WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, FL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting |
Mar 23 |
Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in NYC |
Mar 24 |
21st Academy Awards - "Hamlet", Laurence Olivier & Jane Wyman win |
Mar 24 |
Walter & John Huston become 1st father-and-son team to win |
Mar 25 |
SS police chief Rauter request for a pardon, denied |
Mar 26 |
11th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Oklahoma State 46-36 |
Mar 29 |
Turkey recognizes Israel |
Mar 30 |
Riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joined NATO. |
Mar 31 |
Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province |
Apr 3 |
KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS |
Apr 3 |
North Atlantic Treaty signed by US, Britain, France & Canada |
Apr 3 |
WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting |
Apr 4 |
Israel & Jordan sign armistice agreement |
Apr 4 |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) treaty signed (Wash DC) |
Apr 4 |
WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting |
Apr 5 |
60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham Ill) |
Apr 5 |
Fireside Theater debuts on television. |
Apr 7 |
"South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1928 performances |
Apr 9 |
UN Intl Court of Justice held Albania responsible for incidents in Corfu Channel & awards Britain damages |
Apr 10 |
13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282 |
Apr 13 |
3rd NBA Championship: Minn Lakers beat Wash Capitols, 4 games to 2 |
Apr 14 |
International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg's last judgment |
Apr 15 |
Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri |
Apr 16 |
Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games |
Apr 18 |
Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth |
Apr 19 |
53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8 |
Apr 19 |
Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth |
Apr 20 |
Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany, California |
Apr 23 |
Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing |
Apr 23 |
Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in SF |
Apr 23 |
Netherlands annexes Elten & Tudderen |
Apr 24 |
3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman & Kiss Me Kate win |
Apr 25 |
Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Romulus der Grosse" premieres in Basel |
Apr 25 |
Michael Brown, rocker (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee) |
Apr 28 |
Bkln, Commish Chandler suspends Durocher but he is absolved on May 3 NY fan charges Leo Durocher with assault after Giants lose 15-2 to |
Apr 28 |
Former Philippine First Lady Aurora Quezon, 61, is assassinated while en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and 10 others are also killed. |
May 1 |
A's Elmer Valo is 1st AL'er to hit 2 bases-loaded triples in a game |
May 1 |
Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune) |
May 2 |
Arthur Miller wins Pulitzer Prize for "Death of a Salesman" |
May 2 |
Bolivian state of siege proclaimed |
May 2 |
Don Newcombe, 1st start, shuts out Cincinnati on 5 hits to win 3-0 |
May 3 |
1st firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km |
May 4 |
Air crash at Turin (whole Torino soccer team survives) |
May 5 |
Council of Europe forms |
May 5 |
KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
May 5 |
Statute of Council of Europe drawn up |
May 5 |
Tiger 2nd baseman Charlie Gehringer selected to Hall of Fame |
May 7 |
75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2 |
May 8 |
West German constitution approved |
May 9 |
Britain's 1st launderette opens in Queensway, London |
May 9 |
Prince Rainier III becomes monarch of Monaco |
May 11 |
By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN |
May 11 |
Siam renames itself Thailand |
May 12 |
1st foreign woman ambassador received in USA (Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit of India) |
May 13 |
1st British-produced jet bomber, the Canberra, makes its 1st test flight |
May 14 |
"Love Life" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 252 performances |
May 14 |
75th Preakness: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 1:56 |
May 14 |
Harry Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral |
May 17 |
British government recognises Republic of Ireland (previously Irish Free State) |
May 18 |
Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America incorporates |
May 23 |
Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day) |
May 25 |
Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai |
May 27 |
Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day" |
May 27 |
Martin Canine, cartoon character, spoofs Martin Kane |
May 27 |
Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin |
May 29 |
Candid Camera, TV comedy show, moves to NBC |
May 30 |
East German constitution approved |
May 30 |
NPS/VHP win 1st general election in Suriname |
May 30 |
WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting |
May 30 |
Indianapolis 500: Bill Holland wins in 4:07:15.939 (195.257 km/h) |
May 31 |
31st PGA Championship: Sam Snead at Hermitage CC Richmond VA |
May 31 |
Charley Lupica begins stay on 4 foot square platform atop a 60' pole, vowing to stay until Indians clinch pennant. (They don't, & stays 117 days) |
Jun 1 |
1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek) |
Jun 1 |
British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence |
Jun 1 |
KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting |
Jun 1 |
Microfilm copies of "Newsweek" magazine 1st offered |
Jun 2 |
Transjordan renamed Jordan |
Jun 3 |
1st negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown) |
Jun 3 |
Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles) |
Jun 3 |
GN Clark becomes 1st female US treasurer |
Jun 4 |
"Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950 |
Jun 6 |
"It Pays To Be Ignorant" game show debut on CBS-TV |
Jun 6 |
WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast |
Jun 8 |
Siam changes name to Thailand |
Jun 9 |
Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of US |
Jun 10 |
Istvan Dobi becomes Hungarian premier |
Jun 11 |
49th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 286 at Medinah CC ILL |
Jun 11 |
81st Belmont: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 2:30.2 |
Jun 11 |
Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:28.2) |
Jun 14 |
State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor |
Jun 14 |
WROC TV channel 8 in Rochester, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting |
Jun 15 |
Phils Eddie Waitkus, shot by Ruth Steinhagen, 19, at Eddgewater Hotel |
Jun 16 |
Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa |
Jun 18 |
"Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 perfs |
Jun 20 |
Central Intelligence Agency Act passes |
Jun 22 |
Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title |
Jun 23 |
First twelve women graduate from Harvard Medical School |
Jun 23 |
Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die |
Jun 24 |
"Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC) |
Jun 24 |
A M de Jong's murderer, Ton van Gog, arrested in Scheveningen, Netherlands |
Jun 24 |
Cargo airlines 1st licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board |
Jun 25 |
Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote) |
Jun 25 |
Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny. |
Jun 26 |
1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains) |
Jun 27 |
"Captain Video & His Video Rangers" debut on DUMONT-TV |
Jun 29 |
South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages |
Jun 29 |
US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II |
Jun 30 |
Dutch troops evacuate Djakarta |
Jul 1 |
63rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ted Schroeder beat Drobny (3-6 6-0 6-3 4-6 6-4) |
Jul 1 |
Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France |
Jul 1 |
WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting |
Jul 1 |
WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting |
Jul 2 |
"High Button Shoes" closes at Century Theater NYC after 727 perfs |
Jul 2 |
"Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV |
Jul 2 |
56th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: L Brough beats M duPont (10-8 1-6 10-8) |
Jul 5 |
NY Giants purchase Monty Irvin & Henry Thompson, their 1st African American players |
Jul 6 |
Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs |
Jul 6 |
Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158°F for 2 minutes |
Jul 7 |
"Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway NYC for 76 perfs |
Jul 7 |
"Dragnet" premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967 |
Jul 8 |
Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants |
Jul 8 |
The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, Act No 55 prohibiting marriage or a sexual relationship between White people and people of other race groups is passed in South Africa |
Jul 9 |
Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony premieres |
Jul 9 |
78th British Golf Open: Bobby Locke shoots a 283 at Royal St George's Golf Club |
Jul 10 |
1st practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Ohio |
Jul 10 |
WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, RI (NBC) begins broadcasting |
Jul 12 |
16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn |
Jul 12 |
Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence |
Jul 12 |
Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die |
Jul 12 |
LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin |
Jul 13 |
Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics |
Jul 14 |
USSR explodes its 1st atom bomb |
Jul 15 |
"Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances |
Jul 15 |
Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US |
Jul 15 |
WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting |
Jul 19 |
Laos becomes associated state within French Union |
Jul 20 |
Israel's 19 month war of independence ends |
Jul 20 |
Vasil Kolarov elected premier of Bulgaria |
Jul 21 |
Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO) |
Jul 23 |
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 |
Jul 25 |
St Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for the cycle beating Bkln 14-1 |
Jul 26 |
WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting |
Jul 27 |
1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies |
Jul 29 |
Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends |
Jul 29 |
BBC radio begins broadcasting |
Jul 30 |
British warship HMS Amethyst escapes down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff |
Jul 31 |
Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman |
Aug 3 |
Republic Indonesia proclaims cease fire |
Aug 3 |
Basketball Association of America & National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Association |
Aug 4 |
NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association |
Aug 5 |
6.75 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6,000 die |
Aug 6 |
Luke Appling record of 2,154 (en route to 2,218) games at shortstop |
Aug 7 |
"All after Love" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 121 perfs |
Aug 8 |
Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy |
Aug 10 |
Ezzard Charles TKOs Gus Lesnevich in 8 for heavyweight boxing title |
Aug 10 |
Natl Military Establishment renamed Dept of Defense |
Aug 11 |
1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi) |
Aug 11 |
Gaston Eyskens forms Belgiangovernment |
Aug 12 |
16th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Philadelphia 38, All-Stars 0 (93,780) |
Aug 14 |
Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria |
Aug 15 |
WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting |
Aug 18 |
Hungary adopts constitution |
Aug 18 |
Ralph Flanagan & his orchestra records "You're Breaking My Heart" |
Aug 20 |
78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland |
Aug 20 |
Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution |
Aug 21 |
Phila fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners |
Aug 24 |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) goes into effect |
Aug 28 |
38th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (4-1) |
Aug 28 |
Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY |
Aug 29 |
USSR performs first nuclear test |
Aug 30 |
Roly Jenkins (Worcs v Surrey) takes his 2nd hat-trick of the game |
Aug 30 |
WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting |
Sep 1 |
1st network detective series-Private Eyes-premieres |
Sep 1 |
KMTV TV channel 3 in Omaha, NB (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting |
Sep 1 |
Viljo Heino runs world record 10k (29:27.2) |
Sep 2 |
Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China) |
Sep 3 |
Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives |
Sep 4 |
Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook) |
Sep 5 |
63rd US Women's Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (6-4 6-1) |
Sep 5 |
69th US Men's Tennis: Pancho Gonzales beat Schroeder (16-18 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-4) |
Sep 6 |
Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes in Camden, New Jersey |
Sep 10 |
"Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" closes at Broadway NYC after 76 perfs |
Sep 12 |
Theodor Heuss elected 1st pres/Conrad Adenauer 1st PM of German FR |
Sep 13 |
Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC |
Sep 15 |
"Lone Ranger" premieres on ABC-TV |
Sep 15 |
WJAC TV channel 6 in Johnstown, PA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
Sep 15 |
WJXT TV channel 4 in Jacksonville, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting |
Sep 16 |
KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
Sep 17 |
128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto |
Sep 17 |
8th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 7-5 at Ganton GC, England |
Sep 17 |
North Atlantic Treaty Council meets for 1st time |
Sep 17 |
WFAA TV channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting |
Sep 18 |
Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit |
Sep 20 |
Dutch Guilder devalued 30.3% |
Sep 20 |
Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional |
Sep 21 |
Chinese Communist leaders proclaim People's Republic of China |
Sep 21 |
Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation |
Sep 22 |
WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (CBS) 1st broadcast |
Sep 23 |
Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant |
Sep 23 |
US President Harry Truman announces evidence of USSR's 1st nuclear device detonation |
Sep 25 |
4th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs |
Sep 25 |
Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place |
Sep 28 |
"My Friend Irma" is 1st of 12 films starring Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis |
Sep 29 |
"Front Page" debuts on CBS-TV |
Sep 29 |
"Inside USA With Chevrolet" debuts on CBS-TV |
Sep 29 |
Elia Kazan's "Pinky" starring Ethel Waters opens at Rivoli |
Sep 30 |
Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights |
Sep 30 |
Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th HR & NL record 16th in September |
Oct 1 |
People's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Zedong (National Day) |
Oct 1 |
Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on island of Formosa |
Oct 2 |
St Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3 |
Oct 2 |
USSR recognizes People's Republic of China |
Oct 2 |
Yanks & Red Sox, tied for 1st place, play final game of season. Yanks win 5-3 & clinch pennant #16 |
Oct 3 |
WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta |
Oct 4 |
American Contract Bridge League votes 58½% to keep blacks out |
Oct 4 |
United Nations' permanent NYC headquarters is dedicated |
Oct 5 |
WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting |
Oct 5 |
WOR (now WWOR) TV channel 9 in NY-Secaucus, NY (IND) begins |
Oct 6 |
Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years & $10,000 fine |
Oct 6 |
US Pres Harry Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO) |
Oct 7 |
German Democratic Republic formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day). Wilhelm Pieck becomes 1st president, Otto Greatwohl becomes 1st premier |
Oct 9 |
NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in 46th World Series |
Oct 10 |
3rd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Toronto |
Oct 13 |
"Touch & Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 176 performances |
Oct 14 |
14 US Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition |
Oct 14 |
Chinese Red army occupies Canton |
Oct 14 |
Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title |
Oct 15 |
Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government |
Oct 15 |
Billy Graham begins his ministry |
Oct 15 |
Tripura accedes to Indian union |
Oct 16 |
WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting |
Oct 19 |
A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton |
Oct 19 |
Yanks trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds |
Oct 20 |
Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark) |
Oct 22 |
200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland |
Oct 22 |
Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:21.2) |
Oct 26 |
US President Harry Truman increases minimum wage from 40 cents to 75 cents |
Oct 28 |
Georges Bidault elected president of France |
Oct 29 |
White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox |
Oct 30 |
"Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 281 perfs |
Oct 30 |
Kurt Weill & Maxwell Anderson's musical premieres in NYC |
Oct 31 |
"Regina" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 86 performances |
Oct 31 |
Dutch Nazi Henri 'Hakkie' Holdert, director of Amsterdam paper De Telegraaf and member of the SS, sentenced to 12 years imprisonment |
Oct 31 |
WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast |
Nov 2 |
Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state |
Nov 2 |
NL scheme for national distribution of textiles, meat and cheese disbands |
Nov 4 |
"One Man's Family" premieres on TV |
Nov 6 |
Greek civil war ends |
Nov 7 |
King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament |
Nov 9 |
Costa Rica adopts Constitution |
Nov 11 |
WTTV TV channel 4 in Bloomington-Indianapol, IN (IND) 1st broadcast |
Nov 15 |
KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
Nov 15 |
WSAZ TV channel 3 in Huntington-Charleston, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast |
Nov 18 |
NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP |
Nov 19 |
Prince Rainier III coronation as 30th ruling Prince of Monaco |
Nov 20 |
Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000 |
Nov 21 |
Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million |
Nov 24 |
British steel & iron industry nationalised |
Nov 24 |
Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs |
Nov 25 |
"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts |
Nov 25 |
Ted Williams, wins AL MVP |
Nov 26 |
37th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders, 28-15 |
Nov 26 |
India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic |
Nov 28 |
"Texas, Li'l Darlin'" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 293 perfs |
Nov 29 |
Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa |
Nov 29 |
Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700 |
Nov 30 |
Chinese Communists captured Chungking |
Nov 30 |
KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting |
Dec 1 |
WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting |
Dec 1 |
WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting |
Dec 3 |
KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins |
Dec 4 |
Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run |
Dec 5 |
Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title |
Dec 7 |
15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E) |
Dec 7 |
Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan |
Dec 8 |
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 740 perfs |
Dec 8 |
Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa |
Dec 8 |
Jule Styne's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" premieres in NYC |
Dec 8 |
"On the Town", the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, starring Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Ann Miller and Vera-Ellen, is released |
Dec 9 |
Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Indonesian sovereignty |
Dec 9 |
NFL merges Cleveland Browns, SF '49ers & Balt Colts from AAFC |
Dec 11 |
Chic Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chic Cards (52-29) |
Dec 11 |
Cleveland Browns beat SF '49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game |
Dec 11 |
WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast |
Dec 12 |
AL votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball |
Dec 13 |
AL votes down proposal to revive spitball |
Dec 13 |
Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capital to Jerusalem |
Dec 15 |
Albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris |
Dec 16 |
Sukarno becomes President of Indonesia, Mohammed Hatta Premier |
Dec 16 |
Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, later knows as SAAB, is founded in Sweden. |
Dec 17 |
"Regina" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 86 performances |
Dec 17 |
Burma recognizes People's Republic of China |
Dec 18 |
Philadelphia Eagles beat LA Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game |
Dec 19 |
Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Gareloch, Scotland |
Dec 19 |
WJW TV channel 8 in Cleveland, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting |
Dec 20 |
Maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty & the Beast" premieres |
Dec 21 |
Dutch 1st Chamber accept soeveregnty of Indonesia |
Dec 27 |
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands grants independence to Indonesia |
Dec 28 |
20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs |
Dec 29 |
1st UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport Ct) |
Dec 29 |
Hungary nationalized its industries |
Dec 30 |
India recognizes People's Republic of China |
Dec 31 |
18 countries recognize Republic Indonesia |
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