November 1949 calendar

Events

• 02 Nov 1949 Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state
• 06 Nov 1949 Greeks civil war ends
• 07 Nov 1949 King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament
• 09 Nov 1949 Costa Rica adopts Constitution
• 11 Nov 1949 WTTV TV channel 4 in Bloomington-Indianapol, IN (IND) 1st broadcast
• 15 Nov 1949 KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 18 Nov 1949 NL batting leader (.342) Jackie Robinson wins NL MVP
• 19 Nov 1949 Prince Rainier III coronation as 30th ruling Prince of Monaco
• 20 Nov 1949 Jewish population of Israel reaches 1,000,000
• 21 Nov 1949 Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million
• 24 Nov 1949 Syracuse Nationals beat Anderson Packers, 125-123 in 5 OTs
• 25 Nov 1949 Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer appears on music charts
• 26 Nov 1949 37th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders, 28-15
• 27 Nov 1949 Indonesia is recognized.
• 28 Nov 1949 Winston Churchill makes a landmark speech in support of the idea of a European Union at Kingsway Hall, London.
• 29 Nov 1949 Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan / Formosa
• 30 Nov 1949 KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting

Famous Birthday

• Anna Wintour

  British-American editor-in-chief of the US edition of Vogue magazine since 1988.

• Bonnie Raitt

  American musician, a guitarist and popular blues singer of the '70s and a top star by the '80s.

• John Boehner

  American politician and Republican Party leader, Boehner entered political life in the early 1980s.

• Michel Daerden

  A francophone Belgian politician, a member of the Parti Socialiste, and a Finance auditor.

• Bil Tierney

  American astrologer and author since 1967, in professional practice for over 28 years by 2000.

• Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
• Paul Hewitt (astrologer)
• Brad Davis

  United States -- Actor (Midnight Express, Chariots of Fire), dies at 41.

• Florence Moncorgé-Gabin
• San Jose (California)
• Alexander Godunov

  Russian-American ballet dancer and actor; defected to the U.S.

• Garry Shandling

  American actor, writer, and comedian.

• Su Pollard

  British singer and zany comedienne, first coming to prominence on TVs "Hi-De-Hi," January 1980 to January 1988.

• François Dermaut
• Mari Alkatiri

  East Timorese geographer and politician 1st Prime Minister of East Timor.

• Paul Shaffer

  Canadian musician and composer.

• Linda Tripp

  American news figure, caught up in the presidential scandal of 1998 in which Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern, was quoted as saying she...

• Frédéric Reiss
• Jerry Lawler

  Wrestler.

• Amy Rodden

  American musician.

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Famous Deaths

• Solomon R Guggenheim

  US art collector, dies at 88.

• Hendrik A de Fish [Henri Pauwels]

  Flemish philological, dies at 64.

• Luther "Bill" Robinson

  "Bojangles" famed tap dancer, dies at 71.

• Jerome F Donovan

  American politician (Born 1872).

• Narayan Apte

  Indian assassin of Mahatma Gandhi (Born 1911).

• Bill ''Bojangles'' Robinson

  American entertainer (Born 1878).

• James Ensor

  Flemish-Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for almost his entire...

• Cyriel Verschaeve

  Belgian poet and priest who studied astrology and taught literature.

• Gustav Radbruch

  German lawyer and politician German Minister of Justice (d. 1949).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely - I'll Never Slip Around Again
2. Tony Martin - There's No Tomorrow
3. Frankie Laine - Mule Train
4. Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra - Don't Cry, Joe (Let Her Go, Let Her Go, Let Her Go)
5. Bing Crosby - Mule Train