1949 q4 TimelineOctober01 - Mao proclaims the creation of the People's Republic of China. National DayMillions read quotations in Little Red Book.
01 - Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on island of Formosa.
02 - Sports Yanks & Red Sox, tied for 1st place, play final game of season. Yanks win 5-3 & clinch pennant #16.
02 - USSR recognizes People's Republic of China.
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02 - St Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3.
03 - WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta.
04 - United Nations' permanent NYC headquarters is dedicated.
04 - American Contract Bridge League votes 58% to keep blacks out.
04 - Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies at 75.
05 - Television WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting.
06 - Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years & $10,000 fine.
06 - Pres Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO).
06 - Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70.
07 - Otto Greatwohl becomes 1st premier of German DR.
07 - Wilhelm Pieck becomes 1st president of German DR.
07 - German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day).
09 - Viktor Alexandrovich Uspensky, composer, dies at 70.
09 - Sports NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in 46th World Series.
10 - Sports 3rd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Toronto.
12 - Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman ambassador nominated in US.
13 - "Touch & Go" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 176 performances.
14 - Chinese Red army occupies Canton.
14 - 14 US Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition.
14 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Pat Valentino in 8 for heavyweight boxing title.
15 - Tripura accedes to Indian union.
15 - Billy Graham begins his ministry.
15 - Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian government.
16 - Television WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting.
16 - Hale Ascher VanderCook, composer, dies at 85.
19 - Yanks trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds.
19 - A's trade 2nd baseman Nellie Fox to White Sox for Joe Tipton.
22 - 200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland.
24 - Joaquin Nin y Castellanos, composer, dies at 70.
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28 - Georges Bidault elected president of France.
28 - Eugenie Anderson is 1st woman US ambassador (to Denmark).
29 - White Sox trade Joe Tipton to A's for Nellie Fox.
30 - Kurt Weill & Maxwell Anderson's musical premieres in NYC.
30 - "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 281 performances.
31 - Television WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast.
31 - Edward R Stettinius, US foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies.
31 - Amsterdam Telegraph-director/SS'er Henri Holdert sentenced to 12 years.
31 - "Regina" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 86 performances.
November01 - Leslie Gay, cricket wicket-keeper/goalkeeper (England in 1890's), dies.
02 - Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state.
03 - Solomon R Guggenheim, US art collector, dies at 88.
04 - "One Man's Family" premieres on TV.
06 - Greeks civil war ends.
07 - King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament.
09 - Costa Rica adopts Constitution.
12 - Hendrik A de Fish, [Henri Pauwels], Flemish philological, dies at 64.
15 - Television KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting.
15 - Television WSAZ TV channel 3 in Huntington-Charleston, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast.
18 - NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP.
19 - James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (Oestereetster), dies at 89.
19 - Prince Rainier III coronation as 30th ruling Prince of Monaco.
20 - Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000.
21 - Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million.
23 - Gustav Radbruch, German Min of Justice, dies.
24 - Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs.
24 - Britain nationalizes it's steel & iron industry.
25 - Ted Williams, wins AL MVP.
25 - Luther "Bill" Robinson, "Bojangles" famed tap dancer, dies at 71.
25 - "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" appears on music charts.
26 - India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic.
26 - 37th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders, 28-15.
28 - "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 293 perfs.
29 - Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa.
29 - Uranium mine explosions in East Germany kills 3,700.
30 - Television KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting.
30 - Chinese Communists captured Chungking.
December01 - Television WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting.
03 - Maria Ouspenskaya, actress (Spookies), dies at 62.
03 - Elin Pelin, writer, dies.
03 - Television KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins.
04 - Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run.
05 - Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title.
06 - Leadbelly, [Huddie William Ledbetter], blues singer, dies at 64.
07 - Chiang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan.
07 - 15th Heisman Trophy Award: Leon Hart, Notre Dame (E).
08 - Chinese Nationalist government moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa.
08 - Jule Styne's "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 740 perfs.
09 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty. 09 - NFL merges Cleve Browns, SF '49ers & Balt Colts from AAFC.
11 - Chic Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chic Cards (52-29).
11 - Cleveland Browns beat SF '49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game.
11 - Television WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast.
12 - AL votes 7-1 rejecting legalizing the spitball.
13 - Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capital to Jerusalem.
13 - AL votes down proposal to revive spitball.
15 - Albert Camus' "Les Justes" premieres in Paris.
16 - Sukarno becomes president Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier.
16 - Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed.
17 - Burma recognizes People's Republic of China.
17 - "Regina" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 86 performances.
17 - David Stanley Smith, composer, dies at 72.
18 - Phila Eagles beat LA Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game.
19 - Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland.
19 - Television WJW TV channel 8 in Cleveland, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting.
20 - Maurice Ravel/John Cranko's ballet "Beauty & the Beast," premieres.
21 - Dutch 1st Chamber accept soeveregnty of Indonesia.
27 - Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia.
27 - United States of Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands.
28 - Jack Lovelock, NZ/US surgeon/athlete (Olympic-gold-1936), dies at 39.
28 - Television 20th Century Fox announces it would produce TV programs.
28 - W Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse), dies at 60.
29 - Hungary nationalizes its industries.
29 - Television 1st UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport Ct).
30 - India recognizes People's Republic of China.
31 - 18 countries recognize Republic Indonesia.
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