Today in History for January 1949

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 40 of 40

1st - KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
1st - KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA (MET) begins broadcasting
1st - Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand
2nd - KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
2nd - Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
3rd - "Colgate Theater" dramatic anthology series premieres on NBC TV
5th - General Spoor orders cease-fire on Sumatra
5th - President Harry Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"
7th - 1st photo of genes taken at U of S California by Pease & Baker
8th - "Make Mine Manhattan" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 429 perfs
8th - "My Romance" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 95 performances
8th - "Small Wonder" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 134 performances
10th - 1st Jewish family show "Goldbergs" premieres on CBS
10th - RCA introduces 45 RPM record
11th - Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
12th - "Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" premieres on CBS TV
12th - Dutch court affirms death sentence against SS chief Hanns Rauter
13th - "Along 5th Avenue" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 180 perfs
14th - Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die
33rd US President Harry Truman 15th - Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin
16th - "Rape of Lucretia" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 23 perfs
16th - KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast
16th - WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, DC (CBS) 1st broadcast
17th - The Goldbergs, the first sitcom on American television, first airs.
18th - "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premieres on CBS (later DuMont)
18th - 1st US Congressional standing committee headed by Negro (W Dawson)
19th - Cuba recognises Israel.
20th - J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen
20th - Pres Harry Truman announces his point 4 program
21st - 1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman)
22nd - "All for Love" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 121 perfs
22nd - Chinatown telephone exchange closed
25th - 1st Emmy Awards: Shirley Dinsdale & Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win
25th - 1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins
First Director of the FBI J Edgar Hoover 26th - WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
27th - Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China
28th - NY Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin & Ford Smith
28th - UN Security council convicts Dutch aggression in Indonesia
29th - Brit, Belgium, Lux, Neth, NZ & Switz recognize Israel
31st - 1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago)

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 61 of 61

1st - Nikolai Tikhonovich Moskalenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1st - Peter Dormer, arts writer
1st - Daniel E Gawthrop, American composer
2nd - Chick Churchill, Wales, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home)
2nd - Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)
3rd - Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (d. 1965)
4th - Mick Mills, British(?) soccer player
5th - George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)
6th - Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)
6th - Richard Horowitz, composer
7th - John Christopher Parry, rocker (Cure)
7th - Marshall Chapman, Spartanburg SC, country singer
7th - Anne Schedeen, American actress
8th - Lawrence Rowe, cricketer (prolific WI batsman, 302 v Eng 1974)
10th - George Foreman, Houston Tx, world HW boxing champ (1973-74, 95)
10th - Teresa Graves, Houston Tx, actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love)
10th - Walter S Browne, US chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84)
10th - James Lapine, American stage director
11th - Tom Netherton, Munich Germany, singer (Lawrence Welk Show)
Boxing Champ George Foreman (10th) 11th - [Frederick] Dennis Greene, rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon)
11th - Daryl Braithwaite, Australian rock singer
12th - James W Dietz, rower
12th - Wayne Wang, director (Chan is Missing, Slamdance)
12th - Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (d. 2007)
12th - Ottmar Hitzfeld, German football manager
12th - Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist
12th - Michael W. Vannier, American radiologist
13th - Brandon Tartikoff, TV exec (NBC)
13th - Rakesh Sharma, India, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11)
14th - Christine Belford, Amityville NY, actress (Banacek, Empire, 90210)
14th - Lawrence Kasdan, Miami FL, director/writer (Accidental Tourist)
14th - Paul Chubb, Australian actor (d. 2002)
14th - Mary Robison, American writer
15th - Howard Allen Twitty, Phoenix AZ, PGA golfer (1979 BC Open)
15th - Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 1987)
15th - Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor
17th - Andy Kaufman, NYC, comedian/actor (Latka Gravas-Taxi)
17th - Debbie Watson, La Mirada California, actress (Karen, Tammy)
18th - Philippe Starck, French designer
18th - Bill Keller, American newspaper editor
19th - Robert Palmer, Batley England, singer (Power Station)
20th - Kieron Walsh, academic
22nd - James P Pennington, rocker (Exile)
22nd - Rein P Hummel, Dutch MP (PvdA)
22nd - Steve Perry, Hanford California, vocalist (Journey-Open Arms, Oh Sherry)
22nd - Mike Caldwell, American baseball player
23rd - Robert Cabana, Minneapolis, Mjr USMC/astronaut (STS 41, 53, 68, sk:88)
24th - Bart Gordon, (Rep-D-TN, 1985- )
24th - John Belushi, Chicago Ill, comedian/actor (SNL, Blues Brothers)
25th - John Cooper Clarke, English punk-poet
26th - Derek Holt, rocker (Climax Blues Band)
26th - Paul Nurse, dr/director-general elect (Imperial Cancer Research Fund)
26th - Jonathan Carroll, American author
27th - Ethan Mordden, American author
28th - Thomas J Downey, (Rep-D-NY, 1975- )
28th - Gregg Popovich, NBA Basketball Coach
30th - William King, Alabama, soul trumpeteer (Commodores-Easy)
30th - Peter Agre, American biologist, Nobel laureate
31st - Carol Hawkins, actress (Dialing for Dingbats)
31st - Johan Derksen, Dutch footballer and sports journalist
31st - Ken Wilber, American philosopher

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

18th - South African Rev Andries P Treurnicht marries Engela Dreyer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 14 of 14

1st - Malcolm Campbell, English cyclist (world speed-record), dies at 63
9th - Amilcare Zanella, composer, dies at 75
10th - Erich von Drygalski, German geographer, geophysicist, and polar scientist (b. 1865)
14th - Joaquín Turina, Spanish pianist/conductor/composer (Rima), dies at 66
15th - Black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie)
15th - Pompeo Aloisi, Italian baron/diplomat/senator, dies at 63
20th - Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87
22nd - William Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)
25th - Emil Axman, composer, dies at 61
25th - Makino Nobuaki, Japanese statesman　(b. 1861)
26th - Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65
27th - Boris Asafiev, composer, dies at 64
28th - Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer, dies at 62
31st - Henri de Vries, [Hendricus Walterop], actor (Cleopatra), dies at 84