Today in History for December 1949

Months in 1949: January February March April May June July August September October November

Historical Events

Events 1 - 35 of 35

1st - WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
1st - WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
3rd - KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins
4th - Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run
5th - Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
7th - 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E)
7th - Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan
8th - "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 740 perfs
8th - Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa
8th - Jule Styne's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," premieres in NYC
9th - Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty
9th - NFL merges Cleveland Browns, SF '49ers & Balt Colts from AAFC
11th - Chic Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chic Cards (52-29)
11th - Cleveland Browns beat SF '49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game
11th - WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
12th - AL votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball
13th - AL votes down proposal to revive spitball
13th - Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capital to Jerusalem
15th - Albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris
Author Albert Camus 16th - Sukarno becomes president Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier
16th - Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget, later knows as SAAB, is founded in Sweden.
17th - "Regina" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 86 performances
17th - Burma recognizes People's Republic of China
18th - Philadelphia Eagles beat LA Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game
19th - Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland
19th - WJW TV channel 8 in Cleveland, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
20th - Maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty & the Beast," premieres
21st - Dutch 1st Chamber accept soeveregnty of Indonesia
27th - Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia
27th - United States of Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
28th - 20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs
29th - 1st UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport Ct)
29th - Hungary nationalized its industries
30th - India recognizes People's Republic of China
31st - 18 countries recognize Republic Indonesia

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 68 of 68

1st - Pablo Escobar Gaviria, Colombian drug baron
1st - Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and presidential candidate
2nd - Ron Raines, Teax City, Texas, actor (Guiding Light)
3rd - Christopher John Seward, aid worker
3rd - Heather Menzies, Toronto Canada, actress (Jessica-Logan's Run)
3rd - Mickey Thomas, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane, Starship)
4th - Jeff Bridges, LA California, actor (Stay Hungry, Against All Odds)
4th - Mary Bea Porter-King, Everett WA, LPGA golfer (1975 Golf Inns Classic)
4th - Russ Karel, director
5th - Bruce E Melnick, NYC, Cmdr USCG/astronaut (STS 41, STS 49)
5th - Lanny [Jerry Lanston] Wadkins Richmond VA, PGA golfer (1972 Sahara)
5th - Lewis Arlt, Kingston NY, actor (Littlest Victims, Ken-Another World)
5th - Ray Comfort, New Zealand evangelist
6th - Peter Willey, cricketer (England batsman late 70's early 80's)
6th - Linda Creed, American songwriter (d. 1986)
6th - Doug Marlette, American editorial cartoonist (d. 2007)
7th - Tom Waits, California, rocker/song writer (Blue Valentine)
8th - Mary Gordon, US, author
8th - Ray Shulman, rocker
Colombian Drug Lord Pablo Escobar (1st) 8th - Robert Sternberg, Proposed the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
9th - Thomas O Kite Jr, Austin TX, PGA golfer (1978 BC Open, Crosby 1983)
9th - Nando Parrado, Uruguayan plane crash survivor
10th - Linda Galloway, LPGA golfer
12th - Ricardo Luis Carreras, NYC, bantamweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972)
12th - Bill Nighy, English actor
13th - Nana Alexandria, USSR, International Woman's Chess Grandmaster (1976)
13th - R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy, US, sci-fi author (Damiano's Lute, Raphael)
13th - Randy Owen, Fort Payne Ala, country music star (Alabama-Mt Music)
13th - Tom Verlaine, [Miller], Mt Morris NJ, rock vocalist (Television)
13th - Walter "Clyde" Owen, rocker
13th - Paula Wilcox, English actress
14th - Bill Buckner, California, 1st baseman, error cost Red Sox 1986 world series
14th - Cliff Williams, Sydney Australia, rock bassist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
15th - Don Johnson, Flatt Creek Mo, actor (Miami Vice, Harrad Experiment)
15th - Ton [Teunis] Sijbrands, Dutch world checkers champion
15th - Don Johnson, American actor
16th - Billy Gibbons, Houston Texas, jazz/rock guitarist (Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top)
17th - Paul Rodgers, Engl, rocker (Bad Company-Feel Like Makin Love, Firm)
17th - Sotiris Kaiafas, Cypriot footballer
18th - Joni Flynn, Assam India, actress (Octopussy)
19th - Claudia A Kolb, US, 200m breast stroke swimmer (Olympic-silver-1964)
19th - Lenny White, rocker
19th - Nancy Kyes, American actress
19th - Sebastian, Danish musician
20th - Claudia Jennings, [Mary Ellen Chestrerton], Minn, playmate (Nov, 1969)
20th - Soumaïla Cissé, Malian politician
20th - Cecil Cooper, American baseball player
21st - Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek politician
22nd - Maurice Gibb, Manchester England, rocker (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever)
22nd - Michael Osborne, rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe)
22nd - Robin Gibb, Manchester England, rocker (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever), (d. 2012)
23rd - Luther Grosvenor, rocker (Spooky Tooth)
23rd - Wally Edwards, cricketer (three Tests Australia v England 1974)
23rd - Adrian Belew, American musician
24th - Cameron Seward, LPGA golfer
24th - Randy Neugebauer, American politician
24th - Warwick Brown, Australian racing driver
25th - Dan Pastorini, NFL QB (Raiders) [or May 26]
25th - Sissy Spacek, Quitman Tx (Carrie, Badlands, Coal Miner's Daughter)
25th - Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Singer and icon of the Brazilian music
25th - Joe Louis Walker, American musician
26th - Ira Newborn, NYC, orchestra leader (Manhattan Transfer)
26th - José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor, Nobel laureate
29th - Syed Kirmani, cricketer (Indian keeper after Engineer)
30th - Bruce Davidson, equestrian 3-day (Olympics-silver-96)
30th - Jim Flaherty, Canadian politician
31st - Ellen Datlow, American editor
31st - Susan Shwartz, American writer

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

20th - "Gone with the Wind" actor Clark Gable (48) weds socialite Sylvia Ashley (45)
25th - British born actor "Notorious" Cary Grant (45) weds actress Betsy Drake (26)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

3rd - Elin Pelin, writer, dies
3rd - Maria Ouspenskaya, actress (Spookies), dies at 62
6th - Lead Belly, [Huddie William Ledbetter], blues singer, dies at 64
16th - Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed
17th - David Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72
28th - Jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/athlete (Olympic-gold-1936), dies at 39
28th - W Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse), dies at 60