Today in History for June 1949

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 37 of 37

1st - 1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek)
1st - British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence
1st - KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting
1st - Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz wed for the second time
1st - Microfilm copies of "Newsweek" magazine 1st offered
2nd - Transjordan renamed Jordan
3rd - 1st negro to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown)
3rd - Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)
3rd - GN Clark becomes 1st female US treasurer
4th - "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950
6th - "It Pays To Be Ignorant," game Show, debut on CBS-TV
6th - WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast
8th - Siam changes name to Thailand
9th - Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of US
10th - Istvan Dobi becomes Hungarian premier
11th - 49th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 286 at Medinah CC ILL
11th - 81st Belmont: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 2:30.2
11th - Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m (29:28.2)
14th - State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor
Comedienne/Actress Lucille Ball 14th - WROC TV channel 8 in Rochester, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
15th - Phils Eddie Waitkus, shot by Ruth Steinhagen, 19, at Eddgewater Hotel
16th - Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa
18th - "Along Fifth Avenue" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 180 perfs
20th - Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes
22nd - Ezzard Charles beats Jersey Joe Walcott in 15 for hw boxing title
23rd - 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School
23rd - Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die
24th - "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC)
24th - A M de Jong's murderer, Ton van Gog arrested in Scheveningen Neth
24th - Cargo airlines 1st licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board
25th - Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote)
25th - Long-Haired Hare is released in Theaters starring Bugs Bunny.
26th - 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains)
27th - "Captain Video & His Video Rangers," debut on DUMONT-TV
29th - South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages
29th - US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II
30th - Dutch troops evacuate Djakarta

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 64 of 64

1st - Mike Levine, rock keyboardist/bassist (Triumph)
2nd - Heather Couper, British astron
3rd - David Evenett, MP (Conservative)
3rd - Stephen Ruppenthal, composer
4th - Gabriel Arcand, French Canadian actor
5th - Ken Follett, Cardiff, Wales, spy author (Eye of the Needle, Lie Down with Lions)
6th - Edgar Warren Williams, composer
6th - Holly Near, American folksinger
7th - Jack Ryland, rock vocalist (Three Dog Night)
8th - Emmanuel Ax, Lvov Poland, pianist (Artur Rubinstein Comp-1974)
8th - Hildegard Falck, German FR, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1972)
8th - Emanuel Ax, Polish-born pianist
8th - Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (d. 1986)
9th - Douglas Henderson, British MP
10th - Kevin Corcoran, actor (Swiss Family Robinson, Babes in Toyland)
10th - John Sentamu, Archbishop of York
11th - Frank Beard, rocker (ZZ Top-She Got Legs, Fandango)
11th - George Willig, stuntman (climbed World Trade Center in 1977)
11th - Tom Pryce, British racing driver (d. 1977)
Author Ken Follett (5th) 11th - Benjamin Vasserman, Estonian graphic artist
12th - Yuri Michaylovich Baturin, Russian cosmonaut (SK:Soyuz TM-28)
12th - Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player
13th - Dennis Locorriere, Union City NJ, rock guitarist (Dr Hook)
14th - Alan White, English rock drummer (Yes, Ramshackled)
14th - Bob Frankston, programmer (VisiCalc)
14th - Rochelle Firestone, Kansas City MO, actress (Hellhole)
14th - Jimmy Lea, British musician (Slade)
14th - Harry Turtledove, American author
15th - Simon Callow, London England, actor (Good Father)
15th - Jim Varney, Lexington Kentucky, American actor (Ernest Goes to Jail, Hey Vern)
15th - Dusty Baker, baseball player (LA Dodgers)
15th - Michael Lutz, bassist (Brownsville Station)
16th - Kale Browne, San Rafael California, actor (Michael Hudson-Another World)
16th - Peppy Castro, [Emil Thielhelm], NYC, rock vocalist (Balance)
16th - Paulo César, Brazilian footballer
17th - Helen Rosenthal, British teacher/health administrator
18th - Jerry Hollendorfer, horse trainer
18th - William Randolph Hearst III, publisher/editor
18th - Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
18th - Prince Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican musician (d. 1999)
18th - Lech Kaczyński, Polish president, 2005-present
20th - Bob Andrews, England, rock keyboardist/vocalist
20th - Paul Shaw, Collingwood Ontario, trap shooter (Olympics-96)
Singer Lionel Richie (20th) 20th - Lionel Richie, Alabama, singer (Commodores, Hello, Penny Lover)
21st - Jim Bacchus, (Rep-D-Florida)
22nd - Alan Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
22nd - Gary Moffet, Montreal, rock guitarist (April Wine)
22nd - Larry Junstrom, rock bassist (.38 Special)
22nd - Lindsay Wagner, LA Ca, actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks)
22nd - Meryl Streep, New Jersey, American actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice)
23rd - Gordon Bray, Australian sports broadcaster
24th - John Illsley, Leicester England, rock bassist (Dire Straits)
25th - Brenda Sykes, Shreveport La, actress (Ozzie's Girls, Getting Straight)
25th - Kene Holliday, NYC, actor (Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country)
25th - Phyllis George-Brown, Denton Tx, Miss America (1971)/sportscaster (CBS)
28th - Don Baylor, Tx, baseball player (Rockies, 1979 AL RBI leader, 267 HBP)
28th - Edward Totah, art dealer
29th - Dan Dierdorf, NFLer, sportscaster (Monday Night Football)
Actress Meryl Streep (22nd) 29th - Joan Clos i Matheu, Spanish politician
29th - Ann Veneman, American politician
30th - Andrew Scott, Wales, rock guitarist (Sweet)
30th - Bui Thanh Liem, Vietnam, cosmonaut
30th - Eric Goetz, NYC, US shipbuilder (America's Cup 1995)
30th - Thanh Liem Bui, Vietnam, cosmonaut

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 10 of 10

2nd - Dynam-Victor Fumet, composer, dies at 82
2nd - Ernest Ford, composer, dies at 91
3rd - Amedos Peter Giannine, founder of Bank of America dies at 79
10th - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1882)
11th - Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed
11th - Oton Zupanic, Slavs poet (Zimzelen pod snegom), dies at 71
19th - Syed Zafarul Hasan, Prominent Muslim philosopher (b. 1885)
25th - Buck Freeman, baseball player (b. 1871)
26th - Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)
29th - Walter Giffen, cricketer (brother of George, 3 Tests), dies