April 1949 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1949 Chinese Civil War: The Communist Party of China holds unsuccessful peace talks with the Kuomintang in Beijing, after three years of fighting.
• 03 Apr 1949 KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS
• 04 Apr 1949 WKRC TV channel 12 in Cincinnati, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 05 Apr 1949 A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
• 07 Apr 1949 South Pacific opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1928 performances
• 08 Apr 1949 Kathy Fiscus, 3½ years old, dies from falling down an abandoned well in San Marino, California.
• 10 Apr 1949 13th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins, shooting a 282.
• 14 Apr 1949 The day the N'Ko alphabet is held to have been completed by Solomana Kante.
• 15 Apr 1949 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Redemptoris nostri
• 17 Apr 1949 At midnight 26 Irish counties officially leave the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushers in the Republic of Ireland.
• 18 Apr 1949 Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth.
• 19 Apr 1949 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8.
• 20 Apr 1949 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his first race, in Albany, California.
• 23 Apr 1949 Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing
• 24 Apr 1949 3rd Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman and Kiss Me Kate win
• 27 Apr 1949 British Commonwealth of Nations renamed The Commonwealth.
• 28 Apr 1949 Brooklyn, Commish Chandler suspends Durocher but he is absolved on May 3 New York fan charges Leo Durocher with assault after Giants lose 15-2 to
• 29 Apr 1949 The ''News Review'' reveals neither Selhurst College nor its headmaster H. Rochester Sneath exist.!--This is newsworthy why, exactly?--

Famous Birthday

• Dominique Strauss-Kahn

  French economist, lawyer,and politician appointed as managing director of the International Monetary Fund on September 28, 2007.

• Jessica Lange

  American Academy-Award winning actress who began her film career with the remake of "King Kong" in 1976 and despite criticism, went on to...

• Véronique Sanson

  French singer who made a career for herself in Canada; the ex-wife of musician Stephen Stills.

• Rick Levine (astrologer)
• Christopher Hitchens

  English-American journalist and author (d. 2011).

• Paloma Picasso

  French designer and noted family.

• Alain Minc

  French businessman, political advisor, and author.

• Bill Meridian

  American financial astrologer who worked for the United Arab Emirates in an investment company in Abu Dhabi since 1989.

• Patti Lupone
• Joyce Dewitt
• Ann Romney
• Bruno Mégret
• Rémy Bricka

  French musician, one-man-hand, and adventurer, known for his album "La vie en couleurs".

• Gérard Mestrallet

  French business executive, the Chairman and CEO of GDF Suez, as well as the Chairman of the Board of Suez Environnement.

• Patrick Hernandez

  French disco singer formerly pop-rock, born to a Spanish father (pharmacist)and an Italian mother,widely known for his huge hit "Born to be...

• Luís Miguel Cintra
• Patrick Buisson

  French journalist and political activist of the Extreme Right, born to an engineer, he became Sarkozy's adviser (2005-12).

• Michaël Levinas
• Jean-Claude Poulet-Dachary
• Didier Daeninckx

  French author and left-wing politician of Belgian descent, best known for his romans noirs.

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Famous Deaths

• Basil Harwood

  Composer, dies at 89.

• C V France

  Dies at 80.

• Leonard Bloomfield

  Linguist / philosopher.

• Joseph A Cushman

  American paleontologist, dies at age 68.

• Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka Indonesia

  communist, executed at age 54.

• Aurora Quezon

  Filipino wife of Manuel L. Quezon 2nd First Lady of the Philippines (d. 1949).

• Ulrich Salchow

  Swedish figure skater (Born 1877).

• Will Hay

  English actor director and screenwriter (d. 1949).

• Wallace Beery

  American film actor, best known for his portrayal of Bill in "Min and Bill" opposite Marie Dressler, as Long John Silver in "Treasure...

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra (Vocal Stardusters) - I Don't See Me In Your Eyes Anymore
2. Mel Torme - Again
3. Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae - Need You
4. Perry Como & Fontane Sisters - A - You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)
5. Vic Damone - Again