What Happened in 1949
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860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments Built
860–880 Lake Shore Drive is a twin pair of glass-and-steel apartment towers on N. Lake Shore Drive along Lake Michigan in the Streeterville... Read more
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William Faulkner is Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel. Read more
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The Green Jacket is First Awarded at The Masters Tournament
The winner of the Masters tournament is presented with a distinctive green jacket, awarded since 1949. The green sport coat is the official attire... Read more
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Porsche 360 Cisitalia is First Produced
Porsche 360 Cisitalia is an automobile from Porsche introduced in 1949. The name Cisitalia (short for Consorzio Industriale Sportive Italia) is the... Read more
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The AAFC and NFL Agree to Merge
On December 9, 1949, two days before the AAFC title game, the two leagues made peace. Three AAFC teams were admitted to the NFL: the Cleveland... Read more
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Physician William Schwartz Administers Sulfanilamide to Help with Hypertension
In 1949, Bill Schwartz reported that three patients with marked edema due to heart failure who were given sulfonamides all showed dramatic... Read more
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Maya Angelou marries Tosh Angelos
In 1952, she married a Greek sailor named Tosh Angelos. When she began her career as a nightclub singer, she took the professional name Maya... Read more
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Founding of the Ghetto Fighters' House
The Ghetto Fighters' House (Hebrew: בית לוחמי הגטאות), full name, Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum and Study... Read more
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Jackie Robinson wins National League Most Valuable Player (MVP)
Jackie Robinson won the Most Valuable Player award for the National League, leading the league with a .342 batting average and 37 stolen bases. ... Read more
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Ferrari Produces the 166 Inter
The Ferrari 166 Inter was Ferrari's first true grand tourer. An evolution of the 125 S and 166 S racing cars, it was a sports car for the street... Read more
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Andy Warhol graduates from the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology
Warhol showed early artistic talent and studied commercial art at the School of Fine Arts at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh,... Read more
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Walter Kempner Reports Improvement in Hypertension from Reduction in Sodium Intake
The first proof that reducing sodium intake could benefit some patients with hypertension also came in 1949 when Walter Kempner reported... Read more
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President Harry Truman Delivers His State Of The Union Address
On January 5, 1949, President Harry Truman used his State of the Union address to recommend measures including national health insurance, raising... Read more
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British South American Airways' Star Ariel Disappears
G-AGRE Star Ariel was an Avro Tudor Mark IVB passenger aircraft owned and operated by British South American Airways (BSAA) which disappeared... Read more
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So Dear to My Heart is released
So Dear to My Heart is a feature film produced by Walt Disney, released in Chicago on November 29, 1948 and nationwide on January 19, 1949 by RKO... Read more
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"A Letter To Three Wives" Is Released
A Letter to Three Wives is a 1949 film which tells the story of a woman who mails a letter to three women, telling them she has left town with the... Read more
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Harry Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, is inaugurated
A former county judge, Senator and Vice President, Harry S. Truman had taken the oath of office first on April 12, 1945, upon the death of... Read more
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Armistice agreements signed, West Bank/Gaza divided between Jordan and Egypt
The 1949 Armistice Agreements are a set of agreements signed during 1949 between Israel and neighboring Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria. The... Read more
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Agatha Christie publishes Crooked House
Three generations of the Anglo-Greek Leonides family live together in a large, seemingly crooked house, under the patriarchy of Aristide. He is an... Read more
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21st Academy Awards
The 21st Academy Awards features numerous firsts. It was the first time a non-Hollywood production won Best Picture, Hamlet. It was the first time... Read more
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Kentucky Beats Oklahoma A&M in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1949 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more
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"The Set-Up" Is Released
The Set-Up (1949) is an American film noir boxing drama directed by Robert Wise and featuring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter. The screenplay was... Read more
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Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly star in Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Take Me Out to the Ball Game is a 1949 Technicolor musical film starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. The title and nominal theme is taken from... Read more
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St. Anthony's Hospital Fire
The death toll in the St. Anthony's hospital fire, which investigators believed may have been fed by fresh paint and varnish, was set at 66 today... Read more
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The NATO Agreement is Signed in Washington DC
The Treaty of Brussels, signed on 17 March 1948 by Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France and the United Kingdom is considered the precursor... Read more