September 1949 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 1949 1st network detective series-Private Eyes-premieres
• 02 Sep 1949 Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking, China).
• 03 Sep 1949 Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives
• 04 Sep 1949 Marie Robie sinks 393 yard hole-in-one (first hole in Furnace Brook).
• 05 Sep 1949 63rd US Womens Tennis: M Osborne duPont beats Doris Hart (64 61)
• 06 Sep 1949 Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes
• 07 Sep 1949 The Federal Republic of Germany is officially founded. Konrad Adenauer is the first federal chancellor.
• 10 Sep 1949 Cabatgata (A Night in Spain) closes at Broadway NYC after 76 performances
• 12 Sep 1949 Theodor Heuss elected 1st President / Conrad Adenauer 1st Prime Minister of German FR
• 13 Sep 1949 Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in New York City, New York.
• 15 Sep 1949 Lone Ranger premieres on ABC-TV
• 16 Sep 1949 KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 17 Sep 1949 128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto
• 18 Sep 1949 Baseball major league record four grand slams hit.
• 19 Sep 1949 The United Kingdom government devalues the pound sterling from $4.03 to $2.80, leading to many other currencies being devalued.
• 20 Sep 1949 Dutch Guilder devalued 30.3%
• 21 Sep 1949 Federal Republic of West Germany created under 3-power occupation
• 22 Sep 1949 USSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb
• 23 Sep 1949 Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant
• 24 Sep 1949 Laszlo Rajk, ex-foreign minister of Hungary, is sentenced to death.
• 25 Sep 1949 Despite 71 injuries, Yankees have been in 1st place all season until Red Sox move into a tie for 1st place
• 27 Sep 1949 The first Plenary Session of the National People's Congress approves the design of the Flag of the People's Republic of China.
• 28 Sep 1949 My Friend Irma is 1st of 12 films starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
• 29 Sep 1949 Front Page, debuts on CBS-TV
• 30 Sep 1949 Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th HR and NL record 16th in September

Famous Birthday

• Bruce Springsteen

  American musician known as "The Boss," a singer and songwriter, guitarist and leader of "The E Street Band.

• Pedro Almodóvar

  Spanish director producer and screenwriter.

• Bill O'Reilly

  American journalist and TV and radio personality, host of "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox cable news since 1996 and "The Radio Factor" since...

• Gloria Gaynor

  Pop Singer.

• Twiggy

  British famed model, actress and country-western singer.

• Sabine Azéma

  French stage and film actress and director, born to a lawyer from Réunion, graduated from Paris Conservatory.

• Yann Queffélec

  French writer, poet and songwriter (for Pierre Bachelet).

• Gérard Larcher

  French politician who has been President of the Senate of France since 2014.

• Marjorie Claprood
• Brian Clark

  Canadian-Australian metaphysician and astrologer since 1972, the co-founder with Stase Mikal of "Fraternity for Canadian Astrologers" and...

• Ellen Victoria Futter
• Thierry Séchan
• Patrick Proisy

  French former professional tennis player best remembered for reaching the finals of the French Open in 1972, losing against Spaniard Andrés...

• Gilles Béhat

  French actor and filmmaker, started 1972 with small acting roles, chaning into the directors chair a year later.

• Nancy Cassell

  American pro astrologer, the author of "An Easygoing Guide to Astrology.

• Artis Gilmore

  American basketball player and radio host.

• Ariel Zeitoun
• Mike Schmidt

  American professional baseball player, considered by many to be the greatest third baseman in Major League Baseball history.

• Marty Liquori
• Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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Famous Deaths

• Nikolaos Skalkottas

  Greek composer (d. 1949).

• Jose Clemente Orozco

  Mexican painter (Born 1883).

• Richard Strauss

  German composer who conducted widely and composed incessantly, writing more than 100 songs, tone poems, operas, ballets, chamber music,...

• Pierre Breville

  Composer, dies at 88.

• Sam Wood

  US communist fighter / director (Night at Opera), dies at 66.

• Richard Dix

  American actor; durable cowboy star from 1921, the image of a rugged macho male.

• Frank Morgan

  Actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Kenny Roberts - I Never See Maggie Alone
2. Ezio Pinza - Some Enchanted Evening
3. Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely - Slippin' Around
4. Jo Stafford - Ragtime Cowboy Joe
5. Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra - That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)