Today in History for July 1949

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 38 of 38

1st - 63rd Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Ted Schroeder beat Drobny (36 60 63 46 64)
1st - Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France
1st - WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1st - WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
2nd - "High Button Shoes" closes at Century Theater NYC after 727 perfs
2nd - "Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premieres on CBS (later NBC) TV
2nd - 56th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: L Brough beats M duPont (10-8 16 10-8)
5th - NY Giants purchase Monty Irvin & Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks
6th - Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs
6th - Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158°F for 2 minutes
7th - "Cabatgata (A Night in Spain)" opens at Broadway NYC for 76 perfs
7th - "Dragnet" premieres on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967
8th - Monte Irvin & Hank Thompson are 1st blacks to play for NY Giants
9th - Benjamin Britten's Jump Symphony, premieres
10th - 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh
10th - WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, RI (NBC) begins broadcasting
12th - 16th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-7 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
12th - Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence
12th - Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die
12th - LA Rams sign Norm Van Brocklin
13th - Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist catholics
14th - USSR explodes their 1st atom bomb
15th - "Miss Liberty" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 308 performances
15th - Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US
15th - WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting
19th - Laos becomes associated state within French Union
20th - Israel's 19 month war of independence ends
20th - Vasil Kolarov elected premier of Bulgaria
21st - Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13 (NATO)
23rd - Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days
24th - Inidian pitcher Bob Lemon hits 2 HRs to beat Senators, 7-5
25th - St Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for the cycle beating Bkln 14-1
26th - WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
27th - 1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies
29th - Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends
29th - BBC radio begins broadcasting
30th - British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff
31st - Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 65 of 65

1st - John Farnham, Australian singer
2nd - Roy Bittan, rocker (E Street Band)
2nd - Hanno Pöschl, Austrian actor
3rd - Jan Smithers, N Hollywood California, actress (Bailey-WKRP)
3rd - Susan Penhaligon, Manilla Philippines, actress (Dracula, Nasty Habits)
3rd - Johnnie Wilder, Jr., American singer (Heatwave) (d. 2006)
4th - Tonio K, American singer
5th - Benny Stolovitz, fictional character on LA Law
6th - Shelley Hack, Greenwich Ct, actress (Tiffany Welles-Charlie's Angel)
7th - Shelley Duvall, Houston Tx, actress (Popeye, Faery Tale Theater)
8th - Frank Delima, American comedian
8th - Dale Hoganson, Canadian ice hockey player
8th - Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-born celebrity chef
10th - Dave Smally, rocker (Raspberries)
10th - Mark Shera, Bayonne NJ, actor (SWAT, Barnaby Jones)
10th - Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricket player (opener, 10122 Test runs)
10th - Wally Bryson, NC, rock guitarist/vocalist (Fotomaker, Raspberries)
10th - Greg Kihn U.S. pop musician & radio personality.
10th - John Whitehead, American singer and record producer
Actress Shelley Duvall (7th) 12th - Jay Thomas, Kermit Tx, DJ/actor (Mork & Mindy, Cheers, Murphy Brown)
12th - John Wetton, rock vocalist/bassist (Asia, King Crisom)
12th - Rick Hendrick, American NASCAR team owner, and car dealer.
13th - Helena Fibingerova, Czech, shot putter (Olympic-bronze-1976)
14th - Joyce Benson, LPGA golfer
14th - Lukas D Barnard, head of South Africa secret service (NIS)
15th - John Arthur Casken, composer
15th - Kerry Short, Vineland Ont, Canad Tour golfer (Highland Amat-1981, 84)
15th - Trevor Horn, rock producer (Buggles-Video Killed, Yes, Frankie)
15th - WiIlliam Faure, producer
15th - Carl Bildt, Swedish politician
16th - Alan "Fitz" Fitzgerald, rock keyboardist/vocalist (Night Ranger)
16th - Cyndy Garvey, Detroit, wife of Steve Garvey, talk show host (AM LA)
16th - Ray Major, rock guitarist (British Lions)
17th - Geezer Butler, Birmingham, rocker (Black Sabbath)
17th - Mick Tucker, London, rock drummer (Sweet Harlesden)
17th - Mike Vale, rock bassist (Tommy James & The Shondells)
17th - Terry "Geezer" Butler, Birmingham, rock bassist (Black Sabbath)
17th - Charlie Steiner, American sports broadcaster
18th - Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler (1971-84)
19th - Ivar Kants, Australian actor
21st - Ludmila Smirnova, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-silver-1972)
21st - Al Hrabosky, baseball player
22nd - Dianne Dailey, LPGA golfer
22nd - Lasse Viren, Finland, 5K/10K runner (Olympic-gold-1972, 76)
22nd - Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai and PM of UAE
Disney Composer Alan Menken (22nd) 22nd - Alan Menken, New York, Disney composer (Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast - 8 Oscars)
23rd - Clive Rice, South African cricket all-rounder (WSC 1978-79, ODI 1991)
24th - Marjanne Sint, Dutch MP (PvdA)
24th - Michael Richards, LA California, comedian (Fridays, Kramer-Seinfeld)
26th - Roger Taylor, British rock drummer (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody)
26th - William M Shepherd, Oak Ridge Tn, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 27, 41, 52)
27th - David Muse, rocker (Firefall)
27th - Jeremy Thomas, actor (Family Life)
27th - Maureen McGovern, Youngstown Oh, singer (Got To Be a Morning After)
27th - André Dupont, Quebec ice hockey player
28th - Simon Kirke, rock drummer (Bad Company)
28th - Steven Peregrine Took, rocker (T-Rex)
28th - Vida Blue, major-league pitcher (Cy Young & AL MVP 1971)
28th - Steve Peregrin Took, English singer (d. 1980)
28th - Peter Doyle, Australian singer (The New Seekers) (d. 2001)
Singer Maureen McGovern (27th) 28th - Randall Wallace, American screenwriter and film producer
29th - Marilyn Tucker Quayle, novelist/wife of Vice President Dan Quayle (1989-93)
29th - Stephen Burleigh, Wheeling WV, actor (Love & Betrayal, Afterburn)
30th - Joyce Jones, US singer (1st Choice)
30th - Duck Baker, American guitarist

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

13th - Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Jones (30) weds "Rebecca" film producer David O. Selznick (47) in Beverly Hills, California

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 10 of 10

1st - Louis Davids, [Simon David], cabaret artist, dies at 65
2nd - Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67
7th - Bunk Johnson, American musician (b. 1879 or 1889)
8th - Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon
8th - Riccadro Pick-Mangiagalli, composer, dies at 66
9th - Fritz Bennicke Hart, composer, dies at 75
12th - Douglas Hyde, first President of Ireland (b. 1860)
14th - Frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies
16th - Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet (b. 1866)
18th - Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer (b. 1870)