You're kidding, right? But, what the hey, just to answer your broad ranging question, a few things happened in 1949...
Born : 11/19/1949 Ahmad Rashad (Bobby Moore), NFL receiver (Minn Vikings)/sportscaster
Born : 05/23/1949 Alan Garc¡a P‚rez, pres of Peru (1985- )
Born : 02/07/1949 Alan Lancaster, bassist (Status Quo-Down Down, On the Level)
Born : 06/22/1949 Alan Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie)
Born : 11/--/1949 Alan Paul, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction)
Born : 09/02/1949 Albert West[laken], singer (Ocean Willie)
Born : 11/28/1949 Alexander Godunov, Russia, composer/dancer (Bolshoi) defected 1979
Born : 08/27/1949 Andrew McKay, coservative MP
Born : 05/21/1949 Andrew Nell, editor (Sunday Times)
Born : 01/17/1949 Andy Kaufman, NYC, comedian/actor (Latka-Taxi)
Born : 12/29/1949 Angel Tompkins, actress (Bees, Prime Cut, Murphy's Law)
Born : 04/29/1949 Anita Dobson, England, actress (Annie Watts-EastEnders)
Born : 11/10/1949 Ann Reinking, Seattle, dancer/actress (All the Jazz, Micki & Maude)
Born : 08/15/1949 Ann Ryerson, Wisc, actress (Pvt Carol Winter-Pvt Benjamin)
Born : 05/05/1949 Anna Bergman, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Agent 69)
Born : 08/24/1949 Anna L Fisher, St Albans NY, MD/astronaut (STS 51-A)
Born : 02/23/1949 Anna-Maria Mller, German DR, Luge (Olympic-gold-1972)
Born : 10/01/1949 Annie Leibovitz, photgrapher (Rolling Stones)
Born : 09/25/1949 Anson Williams, LA Calif, actor (Potsie-Happy Days)
Born : 08/12/1949 Anthony Akerman, South Africa, director
Born : 10/04/1949 Armand Assante, NYC, actor (Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours)
Born : 05/21/1949 Arno Hintjens, Belgian singer (T C Matic)
Born : 11/30/1949 Arthur Lee Washington Jr, one of FBI's most wanted
Born : 08/03/1949 B B Dickerson, rocker (War-World is a Ghetto)
Born : 08/27/1949 Barbara Bach, [Goldbach], Queens NY, actress (Spy Who Loved Me)
Born : 01/24/1949 Bart Gordon, (Rep-D-TN, 1985- )
Born : 07/05/1949 Benny Stolovitz, fictional character on LA Law
Born : 11/04/1949 Berlinda Tolbert, Charlotte NC, actor (Jenny-Jeffersons)
Born : 08/02/1949 Bertalan Farkas, 1st Hungarian space traveler (Soyuz 36)
Born : 12/14/1949 Bill Buckner, Calif, 1st baseman, error cost Red Sox 1986 world series
Born : 08/19/1949 Bill Clinton, Pres (D, 1993- )
Born : 10/17/1949 Bill Hudson, Portland Ore, comedians (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show)
Born : 03/12/1949 Bill Payne, rock keyboardist (Little Feat-Time Loves a Hero)
Born : 08/16/1949 Bill Spooner, rocker (Tubes)
Born : 12/16/1949 Billy Gibbons, jazz guitarist/vocalist (Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top)
Born : 05/09/1949 Billy Joel, Bronx, singer (Pianoman, Capt Jack, Bridge)
Born : 04/23/1949 Blair Brown, Wash DC, actress (Altered States, Molly Dodd)
Born : 06/14/1949 Bob Frankston, programmer (VisiCalc)
Born : 08/13/1949 Bobby Clarke, Manitoba, NHL player/coach (Phila Flyer)
Born : 03/03/1949 Bonnie J Dunbar, Sunnyside Wash, PhD/astro (STS 61-A, 32, 50)
Born : 11/08/1949 Bonnie Raitt, LA, country singer (Green Light, The Glow)
Born : 11/18/1949 Bonnie St Claire, [Cornelia Swart], singer (Tame me Tiger)
Born : 11/06/1949 Brad Davis, Tallahassee Fla, actor (Roots, Chiefs, Midnight Express)
Born : 06/25/1949 Brenda Sykes, Shreveport La, actress (Ozzie's Girls, Getting Straight)
Born : 10/25/1949 Brian Kerwin, Chicago Ill, actor (Chisholms, King Kong Lives, Lobo)
Born : 02/08/1949 Brooke Adams, NYC, actress (Cynthia-OK Crackerby, Body Snatchers)
Born : 12/05/1949 Bruce E Melnick, NYC, Cmdr USCG/astronaut (STS 41, STS 49)
Born : 10/28/1949 Bruce Jenner, US, decathalete (Olympic-gold-1976)
Born : 09/23/1949 Bruce Springsteen, [Boss], Asbury NJ, rock musician (Born in the USA)
Born : 02/11/1949 Charlie Hargett, rocker (Blackfoot)
Born : 01/02/1949 Chick Churchill, keyboardist (Ten Years After-I'm Going Home)
Born : 01/05/1949 Chris Stein, rock guitarist (Blondie-Heart of Glass, Call Me)
Born : 01/14/1949 Christine Belford, Amityville NY, actress (Banacek, Empire)
Born : 08/23/1949 Christopher Blake, actor
Born : 01/02/1949 Christopher Durang, Montclair NJ, playwright/actor (Sister Mary)
Born : 12/31/1949 Claude Daniel Marks, Buenos Aires, one of FBI's most wanted
Born : 12/19/1949 Claudia A Kolb, US, 200m breast stroke swimmer (Olympic-silver-1964)
Born : 12/14/1949 Cliff Williams, bass (AC/DC-Highway to Hell)
Born : 07/23/1949 Clive Rice, cricketer
Born : 02/18/1949 Cybill Shepherd, Memphis Tn, actress (Moonlighting, Last Picture Show)
Born : 07/16/1949 Cyndy Garvey, Detroit, wife of Steve Garvey, talk show host (AM LA)
Born : 06/29/1949 Dan Dierdorf, NFLer, sportscaster (Monday Night Football)
Born : 12/25/1949 Dan Pastorini, NFL QB (Raiders)
Born : 05/26/1949 Dan Pastorini, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Oakland Raiders)
Born : 05/06/1949 David C Leestma, Muskegon Mich, USN/astronaut (STS 41-G, 28, 45)
Born : 09/22/1949 David Coverdale, rocker (Whitesnake-Here We Go Again)
Born : 06/03/1949 David Evenett, Conservative MP
Born : 03/12/1949 David Mellor, secretary of the British treasury
Born : 05/26/1949 Dayle Haddon, Montr‚al Qu‚bec Canada, actress (Bedroom Eyes)
Born : 01/17/1949 Debbie Watson, La Mirada Calif, actress (Karen, Tammy)
Born : 12/14/1949 Dee Wallace Stone, KC Mo, actress (Critters, Secret Admirer, 10)
Born : 01/11/1949 Dennis Greene, rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon)
Born : 08/22/1949 Diana Nyad, swimmer (1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979)
Born : 06/28/1949 Don Baylor, Texas, baseball player (1979 AL RBI leader)
Born : 12/15/1949 Don Johnson, Flatt Creek Mo, actor (Miami Vice, Harrad Experiment)
Born : 03/06/1949 Donald York, rocker (Sha Na Na)
Born : 02/16/1949 Dorus Peace, Suriname poet (Otobanda; the other banks)
Born : 05/01/1949 Douglas Barr, Cedar Rapids Iowa, actor (Howie-Fall Guy)
Born : 04/27/1949 Douglas Sheehan, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Ben-Knots Landing)
Born : 09/16/1949 Ed Begley Jr, LA Cal, actor (Eating Raoul, St Elsewhere, Parenthood)
Born : 04/29/1949 Eddie Hart, US, 100m runner (Olympic-1972)
Born : 03/02/1949 Eddie Money, [Mahoney] singer/guitarist (Take Me Home Tonight)
Born : 08/27/1949 Edmund Weiner, lexicographer
Born : 03/16/1949 Elliott Murphy, US singer/songwriter
Born : 06/08/1949 Emanuel Ax, Lvov Poland, pianist (Artur Rubinstein Comp -1974)
Born : 08/11/1949 Eric Carmen, Cleveland Ohio, rocker (All by Myself)
Born : 02/14/1949 Ewa Aulin, Stockholm Sweden, actress (Candy, Fiorina LeVacca)
Born : 08/12/1949 Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil (1990-92)
Born : 03/24/1949 Fran Sheehan, bassist (Boston-More than a Feeling)
Born : 04/29/1949 Francis Rossi, guitarist/vocalist (Status Quo-Down Down)
Born : 05/29/1949 Francis Rossi, rocker (Status Quo-Picture of a Matchstick Man)
Born : 06/11/1949 Frank Beard, rocker (ZZ Top-She Got Lets, Fandango)
Born : 05/15/1949 Frank L Culbertson Jr, Charleston SC, Cmdr USN/astro (STS-38)
Born : 02/06/1949 Frank Rich, US politician (?)
Born : 04/10/1949 Frank de Lion, guitarist (Bob Color)
Born : 05/13/1949 Franklin Ajaye, comedian/actor (Jazz Singer, Car Wash)
Born : 02/17/1949 Fred Frith, English guitarist/violinist/bassist (Skeleton Crew)
Born : 11/29/1949 Garry Shandling, comedian (Garry Shandling Show, Larry Sanders Show)=
Born : 05/29/1949 Gary Brooker, keyboardist (Procol Harum)
Born : 08/25/1949 Gene Simmons, Queens NY, rocker (KISS-Beth)
Born : 08/23/1949 Geoff Capes, shot putter
Born : 01/05/1949 George Brown, rock drummer (Kool & the Gang-Celebration)
Born : 05/04/1949 Gerrit J P van Otterloo, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
Born : 09/07/1949 Gloria Gaynor, Newark NJ, disco singer (I Will Survive)
Born : 05/26/1949 Hank Williams Jr, country singer (Honky Tonk)
Born : 09/22/1949 Harold Carmichael, NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles)
Born : 12/03/1949 Heather Menzies, Toronto Canada, actress (Jessica-Logan's Run)
Born : 04/17/1949 Heini Hemmi, Switzerland, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1976)
Born : 08/28/1949 Hugh Cornwell, rocker (The Stranglers-Dreamtime)
Born : 08/11/1949 Ian Charleson, Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Jamie-Master of the Game)
Born : 12/26/1949 Ira Newborn, NYC, orch leader (Manhattan Transfer)
Born : 09/12/1949 Irina Rodnina, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
Born : 02/20/1949 Ivana Trump, Gottwaldov Czech, ex-wife of Donald Trump
Born : 11/12/1949 Jack Reed, (Rep-D-Rhode Island)
Born : 02/14/1949 Jackie Martlin, "Jackie the Jokeman", comedian (Howard Stern Show)
Born : 03/03/1949 James S Voss, Cordova Alabama, Major USA/astronaut (STS 44, 53)
Born : 01/12/1949 James W Dietz, rower
Born : 04/03/1949 Jan Emperor, singer (BZN-Rhythm of My Heart)
Born : 09/20/1949 Jan Hendriks, guitarist (Doe Maar)
Born : 07/03/1949 Jan Smithers, N Hollywood Calif, actress (Bailey-WKRP)
Born : 04/06/1949 Jane Actman, NYC, actress (Barbara-Paul Lynde Show)
Born : 07/12/1949 Jay Thomas, Kermit Tx, DJ/actor (Mork & Mindy, Cheers, Murphy Brown)
Born : 11/01/1949 Jeannie Berlin, LA Cal, actress (Heartbreak Kid, Portnoy's Complaint)
Born : 12/04/1949 Jeff Bridges, actor (Stay Hungry, Jagged Edge, Against All Odds)
Born : 08/27/1949 Jeff Cook, Alabama, rocker
Born : 04/28/1949 Jerome "Jay" Apt, Springfield Mass, PhD/astronaut (STS 37, 47, SK:59)
Born : 09/25/1949 Jerry F Costello, (Rep-D-Illinois)
Born : 02/21/1949 Jerry Harrison, rock keyboardist (Talking Heads-& She Was)
Born : 06/18/1949 Jerry Hollendorfer, horse trainer
Born : 02/18/1949 Jess Walton, actress (Jill Abbott-Young & Restless)
Born : 04/20/1949 Jessica Lange, Cloquet Minnesota, actress (King Kong, Tootsie)
Born : 02/02/1949 Jetty Weels, Surinamese/Dutch singer (Mai Tai)
Born : 06/21/1949 Jim Bacchus, (Rep-D-Florida)
Born : 04/08/1949 Jim Lampley, Hendersonville NC, newscaster (Monday Night Baseball)
Born : 09/18/1949 Jim McCrery, (Rep-R-Louisiana)
Born : 06/25/1949 Jimmie Walker, Bronx NY, comedian (JJ-Good Times, At Ease)
Born : 05/16/1949 Jimmy Hood, MP
Born : 09/15/1949 Joe L Barton, (Rep-R-Texas, 1985- )
Born : 08/24/1949 Joe Regalbuto, Bkln NY, actor (Knots Landing, Frank-Murphy Brown)
Born : 09/09/1949 Joe Theismann, NFL QB (Redskins)
Born : 05/02/1949 Joey Phillips, percussionist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover)
Born : 08/26/1949 John Baldwin, Detroit, light middleweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1968)
Born : 01/24/1949 John Belushi, Chicago Ill, comedian/actor (SNL, Blues Brothers)
Born : 11/17/1949 John Boehner, (Rep-R-Ohio)
Born : 09/09/1949 John Curry, England, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1976)
Born : 03/15/1949 John Duttine, actor
Born : 05/13/1949 John Glover, conductor
Born : 05/24/1949 John Illsley, rocker (Dire Straits)
Born : 04/23/1949 John Miles, vocal/guitar/keyboards (John Miles Band-Rebel, Zaragon)
Born : 04/17/1949 John Oates, guitarist/vocalist (Hall & Oates-Rich Girl)
Born : 08/04/1949 John Riggins, NFL running back (NY Jets, Wash Redskins)
Born : 08/25/1949 John Savage, Long Island NY, actor (Deer Hunter, Maria's Lovers)
Born : 04/14/1949 John Shea, NH, actor (Honeymoon, New Life)
Born : 12/18/1949 Joni Flynn, Assam India, actress (Octopussy)
Born : 10/27/1949 Jos‚ J P Hageman, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
Born : 04/23/1949 Joyce DeWitt, Wheeling WV, actress (Janet Wood-Three's Company)
Born : 08/06/1949 Joyce McKinney, Avery County NC, Miss Wyoming (1972)
Born : 04/05/1949 Judith Arlene Resnik, Akron Ohio, ast (STS 41D, 51L-Chal disaster)
Born : 02/09/1949 Judith Light, Trenton NJ, (Angela-Who's the Boss, 1 Life to Live)
Born : 11/07/1949 Judy Tenuda, comedienne (Spotlight Cafe)
Born : 11/20/1949 Juha Mieto, Finland, 15KM skier (Olympic-silver-1980)
Born : 06/16/1949 Kale Browne, San Rafael Calif, actor (Michael Hudson-Another World)
Born : 03/23/1949 Karen English, (Rep-D-Arizona)
Born : 06/19/1949 Kathleen Turner, Springfield Mo, actress (Peggy Sue Got Married)
Born : 08/08/1949 Keith Carradine, San Mateo Calif, actor (Young Guns, Pretty Baby)
Born : 02/15/1949 Ken Anderson, NFL quarterback (Cincinnati Bengals)
Born : 06/25/1949 Kene Holliday, NYC, actor (Tyler-Matlock, Carter Country)
Born : 11/29/1949 Kenneth D Cameroon, Cleve Oh, Lt Col USMC/astronaut (STS 37, 56)
Born : 09/18/1949 Kerry Livgren, Kansas, rocker
Born : 11/03/1949 Larry Holmes, heavyweight boxing champ (1978)
Born : 07/22/1949 Lasse Viren, Finland, 5K/10K runner (Olympic-gold-1972, 76)
Born : 02/22/1949 Leslie Charleson, KC Missouri, actress (Monica-General Hospital)
Born : 06/22/1949 Lindsay Wagner, LA Ca, actress (Bionic Woman, Paper Chase, Nighthawks)
Born : 07/21/1949 Ludmila Smirnova, USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-silver-1972)
Born : 04/03/1949 Lyle Alzado, NFLer (LA Raiders)/actor
Born : 02/06/1949 Manuel Orantes, tennis star
Born : 02/23/1949 Marc Garneau, Canada, astronaut (STS 13)
Born : 07/28/1949 Marilyn Quayle, wife of vice president Dan Quayle (1989-93)
Born : 07/24/1949 Marjanne Sint, president (PvdA)
Born : 08/12/1949 Mark Knopfler, guitar/vocals (Dire Straits-Sultans of Swing)
Born : 07/10/1949 Mark Shera, Bayonne NJ, actor (SWAT, Barnaby Jones)
Born : 09/11/1949 Marty Liquori, US, runner (AAU 3 mile-1979 (13:14.7))
Born : 03/12/1949 Mary Alice Williams, news reporter (NBC-TV)
Born : 12/08/1949 Mary Gordon, US, author
Born : 07/27/1949 Maureen McGovern, Youngstown Oh, singer (Got To Be a Morning After)
Born : 12/22/1949 Maurice Gibb, singer (BeeGees-I Started a Joke)
Born : 06/22/1949 Meryl Streep, NJ, actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice)
Born : 02/04/1949 Michael Beck, Memphis Tn, actor (Hans Helms-Holocaust)
Born : 01/06/1949 Michael Boit, Nandi Kenya, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)
Born : 03/29/1949 Michael Brecker, musician (The Brecker Brothers)
Born : 04/25/1949 Michael Brown, keyboardist (Left Bank-Don't Walk Away Renee)
Born : 11/03/1949 Michael Evans, Salisbury NC, actor (Lionel-All in the Family)
Born : 05/05/1949 Michael Murphy, LA Calif, actor (Dr Art Armstrong-2 Marriages)
Born : 07/24/1949 Michael Richards, LA Calif, comedian (Fridays, Kramer-Seinfeld)
Born : 04/14/1949 Michael Shea, Glendale NY, actor (Lucas- New Dick Van Dyke Show)
Born : 11/19/1949 Mickey Lee Davis Jr, Tenn, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
Born : 10/27/1949 Mike Kopetski, (Rep-D-Oregon)
Born : 06/01/1949 Mike Levine, rocker (Triumph)
Born : 10/31/1949 Mike Parker, (Rep-D-Mississippi)
Born : 09/27/1949 Mike Schmidt, 3rd baseman & HR hitter (Phillies)
Born : 09/25/1949 Mimi Kennedy, Rochester NY, actress (Spencer, 3 girls 3, Under 1 Roof)
Born : 12/13/1949 Nana Alexandria, USSR, International Woman's Chess Grandmaster (1976)
Born : 05/20/1949 Nick Joe Rahall II, (Rep-D-WV, 1977- )
Born : 03/25/1949 Nick Lowe, England, rocker (Rockpile-Cruel to be Kind)
Born : 03/24/1949 Nick Lowe, vocalist/producer (I Knew the Bride)
Born : 02/22/1949 Nikki Lauda, Austria, formula 1 auto racer (world champ 1975, 77, 84)
Born : 05/09/1949 Oleg Yuriyevich Atkov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-10)
Born : 02/03/1949 Oscar Benton, [Ferdinand van Eis], blues singer/guitarist
Born : 05/13/1949 Overend Watts, rocker (Mott the Hoople-All the Young Dudes)
Born : 04/19/1949 Paloma Picasso, artist/jewelry designer
Born : 05/26/1949 Pam Grier, Winston-Salem NC, actress (Big Bird Cage, Tough Enough)
Born : 04/02/1949 Pamela Reed, Tacoma Wash, actress (Grand, Kindergarten Cop)
Born : 03/17/1949 Patrick Duffy, Townsend Mont, actor (Bobby-Dallas, Man from Atlantis)
Born : 04/21/1949 Patti LuPone, Northport NY, actress/singer (Evita, Life Goes On)
Born : 04/02/1949 Paul Gambaccini, British disc jockey
Born : 12/17/1949 Paul Rodgers, Engl, rocker (Bad Company-Feel Like Makin Love, Firm)
Born : 11/28/1949 Paul Shaffer, Thunder Bay Ont, orch leader (SNL, David Letterman)
Born : 08/13/1949 Peter J Visclosky, (Rep-D-Indiana, 1985- )
Born : 11/29/1949 Petra Kelly, German peace activist/Union day leader of Greens
Born : 05/26/1949 Philip Michael Thomas, Columbus Ohio, actor (Miami Vice)
Born : 04/13/1949 Philippe Petit, Nemours France, juggler/aerialist
Born : 06/25/1949 Phyllis George-Brown, Denton Tx, Miss America (1971)/sportscaster
Born : 08/23/1949 Pieter J Biesheuvel, lawyer/Dutch 2nd Chamber Member (CDA)
Born : 12/13/1949 R[oberta] A[nn] MacAvoy, US, sci-fi author (Damiano's Lute, Raphael)
Born : 12/13/1949 Randy Owen, country singer (Alabama-Take Me Down)
Born : 11/20/1949 Ray Vitte, NYC, actor (Doc, Cody-Quest)
Born : 01/22/1949 Rein P Hummel, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
Born : 03/23/1949 Ric Ocasek, rocker (Cars-Double Life, All Mixed Up, Bye Bye Love)
Born : 12/12/1949 Ricardo Lu¡s Carreras, NYC, bantamweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972)
Born : 02/14/1949 Richard E Neal, (Rep-D-Massachusetts)
Born : 08/31/1949 Richard Gere, Phila Pa, actor (Breathless, Cotton Club, Pretty Woman)
Born : 10/02/1949 Richard Hell, rocker
Born : 04/03/1949 Richard Thompson, vocalist/guitarist (Shoot Out the Lights)
Born : 03/11/1949 Richard de Bois, drummer/producer
Born : 05/16/1949 Rick Reuschel, pitcher (NY Yankees)
Born : 08/23/1949 Rick Springfield, Australia, (General Hospital, Jessie's Girl)
Born : 05/18/1949 Rick Wakeman, rocker (Yes-Fish Out of Water)
Born : 09/27/1949 Robb Weller, TV host (Entertainment Tonight, Home Show)
Born : 01/23/1949 Robert D Cabana, Minneapolis, Major USMC/astronaut (STS 41, 53)
Born : 01/06/1949 Robert Englund, Glendale Calif, actor (V, Nightmare on Elm Street)
Born : 06/06/1949 Robert Englund, actor (Freddy Kreuger-Nightmare on Elm St, V)
Born : 01/19/1949 Robert Palmer, singer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
Born : 12/13/1949 Roberta A MacAvoy, US, sci-fi writer (Twisting the Rope)
Born : 12/22/1949 Robin Gibb, singer (BeeGees-Holiday)
Born : 06/14/1949 Rochelle Firestone, Kansas City MO, actress (Hellhole)
Born : 07/26/1949 Roger Taylor, rocker (Queen-Bohemian Rhapsody)
Born : 05/03/1949 Ron Wyden, (Rep-D-OR, 1981- )
Born : 07/10/1949 Ronnie James, rocker (Dio-Holy Diver)
Born : 03/28/1949 Ronnie Ray Smith, 4 X 100m relay runner (Olympic-gold-1968)
Born : 05/21/1949 Rosalind Plowright, soprano
Born : 02/02/1949 Ross Valory, rock bassist (Journey-Who's Crying Now, Open Arms)
Born : 11/03/1949 Roswitha Krause, USSR, 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1968)
Born : 10/13/1949 Sammy Hagar, singer-musician (Van Halen-Jump)
Born : 03/12/1949 Sara Lane, NYC, actress (Elizabeth Grainger-The Virginian)
Born : 02/08/1949 Scott Allen, USA, skater (Olympic-bronze-1964)
Born : 07/07/1949 Shelley Duvall, Houston Tx, actress (Popeye, Faery Tale Theater)
Born : 08/23/1949 Shelley Long, Fort Wayne Indiana, actress (Diane-Cheers, Money Pit)
Born : 07/06/1949 Shelly Hack, Greenwich Ct, actress (Tiffany-Charlie's Angel)
Born : 10/09/1949 Shep Messing, Israel, soccer goal tender (NY Cosmos)
Born : 08/13/1949 Sheralee, Ft Lauderdale Fla, vocalist (Your Hit Parade)
Born : 08/17/1949 Sib Hashlan, rocker (Boston)
Born : 03/01/1949 Sido Martens, guitarist/singer/mandolin player (Fungus)
Born : 10/08/1949 Sigourney [Susan Alexandra] Weaver, LA, actress (Alien, Working Girl)
Born : 12/25/1949 Sissy Spacek, Quitman Tx (Carrie, Badlands, Coal Miner's Daughter)
Born : 04/22/1949 Spencer Haywood, Silver City Ms, NBAer (Oly-gold-1968, Knicks)
Born : 02/12/1949 Stanley Knight, country artist (Black Oak Arkansas-High on the Hog)
Born : 03/24/1949 Steve Lang, rocker (April Wine)
Born : 01/22/1949 Steve Perry, rock vocalist (Journey-Open Arms, Oh Sherry)
Born : 07/28/1949 Steve Took, rocker (T-Rex)
Born : 05/31/1949 Steven Kampmann, Phila, actor (Kirk-Newhart)
Born : 11/--/1949 Storm Fields, [Elliot], NY, weatherman (WABC TV)
Born : 05/28/1949 Sue Holderness, actress
Born : 07/03/1949 Susan Penhaligon, Manilla Philippines, actress (Dracula, Nasty Habits)
Born : 09/16/1949 Susan Ruttan, Oregon City Ore, actress (Roxanne-LA Law)
Born : 05/04/1949 Sybil Danning, [Danninger], Weis Austria, actress (Chained Heat)
Born : 11/18/1949 Ted Sator, Utica NY, NHL coach (NY Rangers, Buffalo Sabres)
Born : 01/10/1949 Teresa Graves, Houston Tx, actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love)
Born : 10/31/1949 Terrence W Wilcutt, Russellville Ky, Major USMC/astronaut
Born : 07/17/1949 Terry "Geezer" Butler, bassist (Black Sabbath)
Born : 11/14/1949 Terry Lee Johnson, Alabama, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
Born : 11/13/1949 Terry Reid, guitarist (River, Bang Bang You're Terry Reid)
Born : 01/28/1949 Thomas J Downey, (Rep-D-NY, 1975- )
Born : 11/17/1949 Thomas Lionel Hill, New Orleans, 110m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1972)
Born : 08/11/1949 Tim Hutchinson, (Rep-R-Arkansas)
Born : 10/17/1949 Timothy Bottoms, Santa Barbara Calif, actor (Adam-East of Eden)
Born : 12/09/1949 Tom Kite, McKinney Tx, PGA golfer (Bing Crosby 1983)
Born : 02/02/1949 Tom Tripplehorn, rocker (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring)
Born : 12/13/1949 Tom Verlaine, musician (Television)
Born : 12/07/1949 Tom Waits, Calif, rocker/song writer (Blue Valentine)
Born : 09/04/1949 Tom Watson, KC Mo, PGA golfer (British Open 1975,77,80,82)
Born : 12/15/1949 Ton [Teunis] S˜brands, Woman's World Champion
Born : 12/15/1949 Ton [Teunis] S˜brands, world champion checker player
Born : 07/15/1949 Trevor Horn, rock producer (Buggles-Video Killed, Yes, Frankie)
Born : 09/19/1949 Twiggy Lawson, [Leslie Hornby], England, model/actress (Boyfriend, W)
Born : 10/20/1949 Valery Borzov, USSR, 100m/200m dash (Olympic-gold-1972)
Born : 03/26/1949 Vicki Lawrence, Inglewood Ca, actress (Carol Burnette, Mama's Family)
Born : 03/16/1949 Victor Garber, Montr‚al Qu‚bec, actor (Days & Nights of Molly Dodd)
Born : 11/28/1949 Victor Ostrovsky, Canadian/Israel, Massada agent (By way of deception)
Born : 07/28/1949 Vida Blue, major-league pitcher (Cy Young & AL MVP 1971)
Born : 01/10/1949 Walter S Browne, US chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84)
Born : 04/23/1949 Walter Sweeney, MP
Born : 10/20/1949 Wayne Collett, US, 400m runner (Olympic-silver-1972)
Born : 11/13/1949 Whoopi Goldberg, [Caryn Johnson], NYC, actress (Color Purple, Burglar)
Born : 07/26/1949 William M Shepherd, Oak Ridge Tn, Capt USN/astronaut (STS 27, 41, 52)
Born : 05/18/1949 William Wallace, rocker (Guess Who)
Born : 10/03/1949 Yekaterina A Ivanova, Russian cosmonaut
Born : 05/13/1949 Zoe Wanamaker, actress (Raggedy Rawney)
Died : 06/03/1949 Amedos Peter Giannine, founder of Bank of America dies at 79
Died : 08/31/1949 Andr‚ Debierne, French chemist/physicist (actinium), dies
Died : 07/08/1949 Antun Sa'ada, Syrian rightwing politician, executed in Lebanon
Died : 01/15/1949 Black Dahlia, murder victim found in LA (basis of the movie)
Died : 10/04/1949 Edmund Eysler, Austrian composer, dies
Died : 10/31/1949 Edward R Stettinius, US foreign minister (1944-45)/diplomat, dies
Died : 09/18/1949 Frank Morgan, actor (Annie Get Your Gun, Wizard of Oz), dies at 59
Died : 03/30/1949 Friedrich CR Bergius, German chemist (brown coal, Nobel 1931), dies
Died : 07/02/1949 Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67
Died : 11/23/1949 Gustav Radbruch, German Min of Justice, dies
Died : 03/25/1949 Hanns A Rauter, German SS-commandant in Netherland, executed
Died : 01/31/1949 Henri de Vries, [Hendricus van Walterop], actor, dies
Died : 03/11/1949 Henri-Honor‚ Giraud, French genl/parliament leader, dies at 70
Died : 08/14/1949 Husni al-Barazi, premier of Syria, shot to death
Died : 08/14/1949 Husni el-Zaim, president/dictator of Syria, shot to death
Died : 12/28/1949 Jack Lovelock, surgeon/athlete
Died : 11/19/1949 James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (Oestereetster), dies at 89
Died : 04/14/1949 Joseph A Cushman, US paleontologist, dies
Died : 01/20/1949 Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Effectenbeurs Amsterdam), dies
Died : 05/22/1949 Klaus HT Mann, German/US writer (Turning Point), dies
Died : 05/21/1949 Klaus Mann, German writer, dies at 42
Died : 06/11/1949 Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed
Died : 04/18/1949 Leonard Bloomfield, linguist/philospher, dies
Died : 07/01/1949 Louis Davids, [Simon David], cabaret artist, dies at 65
Died : 05/09/1949 Louis II, Prince of Monaco, dies
Died : 11/25/1949 Luther "Bill" Robinson, famed tap dancer, dies at 71
Died : 10/15/1949 L szl¢ Rajk, Hungarian Sect of State/Foreign minister, hanged
Died : 08/16/1949 Margaret Mitchell, US writer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 48
Died : 05/05/1949 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belg playwright (Grand Fairie, Nobel 1911), dies
Died : 02/18/1949 Niceto A Zamora y Torres, premier of Spain (1931-36), dies at 71
Died : 06/11/1949 Oton Zupanic, Slavs poet (Zimzelen pod snegom), dies at 71
Died : 05/06/1949 P-M-B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian philosopher (Nobel 1911), dies
Died : 08/18/1949 Paul J Mares, US jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49
Died : 09/08/1949 Richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85
Died : 10/06/1949 Robert Lynd [YY], Irish writer/critic (News Chronicle), dies at 70
Died : 05/27/1949 Ropert L Ripley, cartoonist (Believe It or Not), dies at 55 in NY
Died : 02/22/1949 Russell Porter, dies
Died : 09/22/1949 Sam Wood, US communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66
Died : 06/10/1949 Sigrid Undset, Norse author (Olav Audunssín, Nobel 1928), dies at 67
Died : 05/25/1949 Simon H Spoor, intelligence officer/general (WW II), dies at 47
Died : 11/03/1949 Solomon R Guggenheim, US art collector, dies at 88
Died : 04/16/1949 Sutan Ibrahim gelor Datuk Tan Malaka, Indonesian communist, executed
Died : 12/16/1949 Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgaria communist/vice-premier, executed
Died : 01/26/1949 Victor Fleming, director, dies at 65
Died : 12/28/1949 W Hervey Allen, US writer/songwriter (Anthony Adverse), dies
Died : 05/16/1949 William Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies
Special : 01/12/1949 "Arthur Godfrey & His Friends" premiers on CBS TV
Special : 06/04/1949 "Cavalcade of Stars" debuts (DuMont); Jackie Gleason made host in 1950
Special : 01/03/1949 "Colgate Theatre" dramatic anthology series premiers on NBC TV
Special : 07/07/1949 "Dragnet" premiers on NBC radio; also a TV series in 1951 & 1967
Special : 06/24/1949 "Hopalong Cassidy" becomes 1st network western (NBC)
Special : 09/15/1949 "Lone Ranger" premiers on ABC-TV
Special : 11/04/1949 "One Man's Family" premieres on TV
Special : 07/02/1949 "Red Barber's Clubhouse" sports show premiers on CBS (later NBC) TV
Special : 04/07/1949 "South Pacific" opens at Majestic Theater (for 1925 performances)
Special : 01/18/1949 "They Stand Accused" courtroom drama premiers on CBS (later DuMont)
Special : 09/17/1949 128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto
Special : 10/14/1949 14 US Communist Party leaders convicted of sedition
Special : 12/31/1949 18 countries recognize Republic Indonesia
Special : 06/23/1949 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School
Special : 06/26/1949 1st Belgian parliamentary election where women can vote (CVP gains)
Special : 02/19/1949 1st Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Ezra Pound
Special : 01/25/1949 1st Emmy Awards presented; best TV film, NBC's "The Necklace"
Special : 01/25/1949 1st Israeli election - Ben Gurion's Mapai party wins
Special : 01/10/1949 1st Jewish family show "The Goldbergs" premiers on CBS
Special : 08/11/1949 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)
Special : 05/11/1949 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 (NYC)
Special : 09/22/1949 1st Russian atomic bomb explosion
Special : 12/29/1949 1st UHF television station operating regular basis (Bridgeport Ct)
Special : 01/18/1949 1st US Congressional standing committee headed by ***** (W Dawson)
Special : 03/02/1949 1st automatic street light (New Milford, Ct)
Special : 01/31/1949 1st daytime soap on TV "These Are My Children" (NBC in Chicago)
Special : 05/03/1949 1st firing of a US Viking rocket; reached 80 km
Special : 05/12/1949 1st foreign woman ambassador received in US-SVL Pandit, India
Special : 01/21/1949 1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman)
Special : 07/27/1949 1st jet-propelled airline (De Havilland Comet) flies
Special : 06/01/1949 1st magazine on microfilm offered to subscribers (Newsweek)
Special : 03/19/1949 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tn
Special : 06/03/1949 1st ***** to graduate from US Naval Academy (Wesley Anthony Brown)
Special : 09/01/1949 1st network detective series-Private Eyes-premiers
Special : 07/10/1949 1st practical rectangular TV tube announced-Toledo, Oh
Special : 02/14/1949 1st session of Knesset opens in Jerusalem
Special : 10/22/1949 200 killed in train derailment near Nowy Dwor Poland
Special : 02/01/1949 200" (5.08-m) Hale telescope 1st used
Special : 04/05/1949 60 year old St Anthony's Hospital burns, kills 77 (Effingham Ill)
Special : 08/20/1949 78,382 watch White Sox play Indians at Cleveland
Special : 07/12/1949 AL beats NL 11-7 in 16th All Star Game, NL makes a record 5 errors
Special : 12/13/1949 AL votes down proposal to revive spitball
Special : 10/15/1949 Administration of territory of Manipur taken over by Indian govt
Special : 05/04/1949 Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives)
Special : 07/29/1949 Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends
Special : 10/04/1949 American Contract Bridge League votes 58«% to keep blacks out
Special : 03/04/1949 Andrei Vishinsky succeeds Molotov as Soviet Foreign minister
Special : 05/18/1949 Antiquarian Booksellers Assoc of America incorporates
Special : 02/10/1949 Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" opens on Broadway
Special : 07/01/1949 Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France
Special : 09/18/1949 Baseball major league record 4 grand slams hit
Special : 07/12/1949 Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence
Special : 09/30/1949 Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights
Special : 08/08/1949 Bhutan, land of Dragon, becomes an independent monarchy
Special : 10/15/1949 Billy Graham begins his ministry
Special : 01/14/1949 Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South-Africa; 142 die
Special : 12/04/1949 Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run
Special : 05/02/1949 Bolivian state of siege proclaimed
Special : 01/29/1949 Brit, Belgium, Lux, Neth, NZ & Switz recognize Israel
Special : 11/24/1949 Britain nationalizes it's steel & iron industry
Special : 05/09/1949 Britain's 1st launderette opens in Queensway London
Special : 05/17/1949 British government admits Republic of Ireland
Special : 06/01/1949 British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence
Special : 12/17/1949 Burma recognizes People's Republic of China
Special : 05/11/1949 By a vote of 37-12, Israel becomes 59th member of UN
Special : 01/12/1949 B˜zondere Council of Annulment affirms death sentence of Hanns Rauter
Special : 07/26/1949 C A Wirtanen discovers asteroid #1951 Lick
Special : 06/24/1949 Cargo airlines 1st licensed by US Civil Aeronautics Board
Special : 06/11/1949 Cary Middlecoff wins US Open golf tournament
Special : 02/17/1949 Chaim Weitzman elected 1st president of Israel
Special : 02/27/1949 Chaim Weizmann becomes 1st Israeli president
Special : 12/07/1949 Chang Kai-shek flees to Taiwan
Special : 12/11/1949 Chic Bear Johnny Lujack passes for 6 touchdowns vs Chic Cards (52-29)
Special : 01/22/1949 Chinatown telephone exchange closed
Special : 11/30/1949 Chinese Communists captured Chungking
Special : 12/08/1949 Chinese Nationalist govt moves from Chinese mainland to Formosa
Special : 04/23/1949 Chinese Red army conquerors Nanjing
Special : 10/14/1949 Chinese Red army occupies Canton
Special : 05/25/1949 Chinese Red army occupies Shanghai
Special : 01/27/1949 Chinese liner "Taiping" collides with a collier off south China
Special : 07/06/1949 Cin Red Walker Cooper gets 10 RBIs
Special : 12/11/1949 Cleveland Browns beat SF '49ers 21-7 in final AAFC championship game
Special : 11/09/1949 Costa Rica adopts Constitution
Special : 05/05/1949 Council of Europe established
Special : 04/23/1949 Courtesy mail boxes for motorists started in SF
Special : 07/15/1949 Czech tennis stars Jaroslav Drobny & Vladimir Cernik, defect to US
Special : 06/03/1949 Dragnet is 1st broadcast on radio (KFI in Los Angeles)
Special : 12/09/1949 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Indonesian sovereignty
Special : 06/23/1949 Dutch Constellation plunge at Bari in sea, 33 die
Special : 07/12/1949 Dutch KLM Constellation crashes near Bombay, 45 die
Special : 06/30/1949 Dutch troops evacurate Djakarta
Special : 04/25/1949 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #1922 Zulu
Special : 08/28/1949 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #2651 Karen
Special : 08/22/1949 E L Johnson discovers asteroid #3184
Special : 08/05/1949 Earthquake hits Quito; about 6000 die
Special : 05/30/1949 East Germans constitution approved
Special : 10/12/1949 Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman ambassador nominated in US
Special : 06/22/1949 Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for boxing title
Special : 12/05/1949 Ezzard Charles defeats Jersey Joe Walcott for heavyweight boxing title
Special : 02/04/1949 Failed assassination attempt on Shah of Persia
Special : 07/23/1949 Fausto Coppi wins Tour de France
Special : 09/21/1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation
Special : 05/23/1949 Federal Republic of [West] Germany proclaimed (Republic Day)
Special : 09/03/1949 Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives
Special : 09/02/1949 Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China)
Special : 07/06/1949 Freak heat wave sent central coast of Portugal to 158øF for 2 minutes
Special : 06/16/1949 Gas turbine-electric locomotive demonstrated, Erie Pa
Special : 08/11/1949 Gaston Eyskens forms Belgian cabinet
Special : 01/05/1949 General Track orders ceases-fire on Sumatra
Special : 10/28/1949 Georges Bidault elected president of France
Special : 05/01/1949 Gerard Kuiper discovers Nereid, (2nd satellite of Neptune)
Special : 10/07/1949 German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day)
Special : 02/19/1949 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #3282
Special : 08/21/1949 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #3654
Special : 02/02/1949 Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident
Special : 11/06/1949 Greeks civil war ends
Special : 06/21/1949 H L Giclas discovers asteroid #1886 Lowell
Special : 08/10/1949 Heavyweight Ezzard Charles KOs Gus Lesnevich in NY
Special : 10/14/1949 Heavyweight Ezzard Charles KOs Pat Valentino
Special : 09/06/1949 Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes
Special : 02/05/1949 Huaso sets official world equestrian high-jump record, 2.47 m, Chic
Special : 02/08/1949 Hungarian Cardinal Mindszenty gets lifelong sentence
Special : 08/20/1949 Hungary (Magyar People's Republic) accepts constitution
Special : 08/18/1949 Hungary adopts constitution
Special : 12/29/1949 Hungary nationalized its industries
Special : 11/26/1949 India adopts a constitution as a British Commonwealth Republic
Special : 12/30/1949 India recognizes People's Republic of China
Special : 07/20/1949 Israel's 19 month war of independence ends
Special : 06/10/1949 Istvan Dobi becomes Hungarian premier
Special : 10/06/1949 Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) sentenced to 10 years & $10,000 fine
Special : 09/22/1949 J Dobrzycki & A Kwiek discovers asteroid #1572 Posnania
Special : 11/18/1949 Jackie Robinson, Bkln Dodgers, named NL's MVP
Special : 04/20/1949 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany, California
Special : 02/07/1949 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st $100,000/year baseball player (NY Yankees)
Special : 03/01/1949 Joe Louis retires as heavyweight boxing champ
Special : 09/23/1949 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1749 Telamon & #3745
Special : 09/16/1949 KABC TV channel 7 in Los Angeles, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 01/02/1949 KDKA TV channel 2 in Pittsburgh, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 03/16/1949 KFMB TV channel 8 in San Diego, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 05/05/1949 KGO TV channel 7 in San Francisco, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 09/01/1949 KMTV TV channel 3 in Omaha, NB (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 01/16/1949 KNBH (now KNBC) TV channel 4 in Los Angeles, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast
Special : 11/30/1949 KOTV TV channel 6 in Tulsa, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 01/01/1949 KPRC TV channel 2 in Houston, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 04/03/1949 KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS
Special : 12/03/1949 KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins
Special : 11/15/1949 KRON (Channel 4, SF) signs on, from 7 to 10 PM
Special : 11/15/1949 KRON TV channel 4 in San Francisco, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 06/01/1949 KSL TV channel 5 in Salt Lake City, UT (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 01/01/1949 KTTV TV channel 11 in Los Angeles, CA (MET) begins broadcasting
Special : 11/07/1949 King Faruk disbands Egyptian parliament
Special : 12/13/1949 Knesset votes to transfer Israel's capital to Jerusalem
Special : 03/22/1949 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1574 Meyer
Special : 01/19/1949 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1577 Reiss
Special : 11/23/1949 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1594 Danjon
Special : 03/07/1949 L Boyer discovers asteroid #1597 Laugier
Special : 09/13/1949 Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in NYC
Special : 07/19/1949 Laos becomes associated state within French Union
Special : 07/31/1949 Lightning strikes a baseball field in Fla, kills SS & 3rd baseman
Special : 07/02/1949 Louise Brough wins Wimbledon
Special : 09/25/1949 Louise Suggs wins US Woman's Golf championship
Special : 01/15/1949 Mao's Red army conquers Ten-tsin
Special : 09/04/1949 Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook)
Special : 02/19/1949 Mass arrests of communists in India
Special : 04/25/1949 Michael Brown, rocker (Left Banke-Don't Walk Away Renee)
Special : 08/14/1949 Military coup under colonel Sami Hinnawi in Syria
Special : 04/13/1949 Minneapolis beats Washington, 4 games to 2, for NBA championship
Special : 06/09/1949 Mrs Georgia Neese Clark of Kansas becomes 1st woman treasurer of US
Special : 08/04/1949 NBL & NBAA merge into National Basketball Association
Special : 12/09/1949 NFL merges Cleve Browns, SF '49ers & Balt Colts from AAFC
Special : 08/21/1949 NY Giants beat Phillies on a forfeit, due to fan's throwing debris
Special : 07/05/1949 NY Giants purchase Monty Irvin & Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks
Special : 10/09/1949 NY Yankees beat Dodgers 4 games to 1 in 46th World Series
Special : 11/29/1949 Nationalist regime of China leaves for Taiwan/Formosa
Special : 08/10/1949 Natl Military Establishment renamed Dept of Defense
Special : 04/23/1949 Netherland annexes Elten & Tudderen
Special : 11/02/1949 Netherland recognizes Indonesia as a sovereign state
Special : 03/31/1949 Newfoundland becomes Canada's 10th province
Special : 09/17/1949 North Atlantic Treaty Council meets for 1st time
Special : 08/24/1949 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established
Special : 10/07/1949 Otto Greatwohl becomes 1st premier of German DR
Special : 02/12/1949 Panic in Quito Ecuador, after "War of the World" played on radio
Special : 09/21/1949 Peoples Republic of China forms
Special : 12/18/1949 Phila Eagles beat LA Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game
Special : 03/04/1949 Piet Van de Pol becomes world champion billiard player
Special : 07/13/1949 Pope Pius XII excommunicates communist novels
Special : 01/20/1949 Pres Truman announces his point 4 program
Special : 10/26/1949 Pres Truman increases minimum wage from 40› to 75›
Special : 10/06/1949 Pres Truman signs Mutual Defense Assistance Act (for NATO)
Special : 01/05/1949 President Harry S Truman labels his administration the "Fair Deal"
Special : 06/25/1949 Presidential election in Syria (some women allowed to vote)
Special : 05/09/1949 Prince Rainier III becomes leader of Monaco
Special : 11/19/1949 Prince Rainier III coronation in Monaco
Special : 05/02/1949 Pulitzer prize awarded to Arthur Miller (Death of a salesman)
Special : 12/27/1949 Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia
Special : 04/18/1949 Republic of Ireland withdraws from British Commonwealth
Special : 08/28/1949 Riot prevents Paul Robeson from singing near Peekskill NY
Special : 05/27/1949 Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin
Special : 10/27/1949 S Arend discovers asteroid #1573 Vaisala
Special : 04/10/1949 Sam Snead wins Masters golf tournament
Special : 07/21/1949 Senate ratifies North Atlantic Treaty by a vote of 82-13
Special : 06/08/1949 Siam changes name to Thailand
Special : 05/11/1949 Siam renames itself Thailand
Special : 06/29/1949 South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages
Special : 10/02/1949 St Louis Browns use 9 pitchers, lose to Whites Sox 4-3
Special : 07/25/1949 St Louis Cardinal Stan Musial hits for thew cycle beating Bkln 14-1
Special : 06/14/1949 State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor
Special : 12/16/1949 Sukarno becomes president Indonesia, Mokammed Hatta premier
Special : 02/12/1949 Team Canada beats Denmark 47-0 in hockey
Special : 07/01/1949 Ted Schroeder wins Wimbledon
Special : 09/20/1949 Tennis player Pancho Gonzales turns professional
Special : 09/12/1949 Theodor Heuss elected 1st pres/Conrad Adenauer 1st PM of German FR
Special : 01/01/1949 Tokelau (Union) Islands declared part of New Zealand
Special : 06/02/1949 Transjordan renamed Jordan
Special : 10/15/1949 Tripura accedes to Indian union
Special : 09/23/1949 Truman announces evidence of USSR's 1st nuclear device detonation
Special : 05/14/1949 Truman signs bill establishing a rocket test range at Cape Canaveral
Special : 03/29/1949 Turkey recognizes Israel
Special : 06/29/1949 US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II
Special : 02/26/1949 USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight
Special : 09/22/1949 USSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb
Special : 08/29/1949 USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb
Special : 07/14/1949 USSR explodes their 1st atom bomb
Special : 10/02/1949 USSR recognizes People's Republic of China
Special : 02/12/1949 Unidentified aircraft bomb Jerusalem
Special : 12/27/1949 United States of Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
Special : 11/29/1949 Uranium explosions in East Germany kills 3,700
Special : 02/24/1949 V-2/WAC-Corporal 1st rocket to outer space, White Sands, NM, 400 km
Special : 07/20/1949 Vasil Kolarov elected premier of Bulgaria
Special : 06/27/1949 W Baade discovers asteroid #1566 Icarus
Special : 02/25/1949 WAC Corporal rocket achieves height of 400k (record)
Special : 03/08/1949 WAGA TV channel 5 in Atlanta, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 05/--/1949 WAPI (now WVMT) TV channel 13 in Birmingham, AL (NBC) 1st broadcast
Special : 03/08/1949 WBAP-FM, Fort Worth Texas, begins broadcasting
Special : 12/01/1949 WBNG TV channel 12 in Binghamton, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 10/05/1949 WBNS TV channel 10 in Columbus, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 07/01/1949 WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 07/15/1949 WBTV TV channel 3 in Charlotte, NC (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 07/01/1949 WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 07/26/1949 WCPO TV channel 9 in Cincinnati, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 10/16/1949 WDAF TV channel 4 in Kansas City, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 10/03/1949 WERD, 1st black-owned radio station, opens in Atlanta
Special : 09/17/1949 WFAA TV channel 8 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 09/22/1949 WFMY TV channel 2 in Greensboro-High Point, NC (CBS) 1st broadcast
Special : 03/18/1949 WGAL TV channel 8 in Lancaster, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 01/26/1949 WHIO TV channel 7 in Dayton, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 03/15/1949 WICU TV channel 12 in Erie, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 09/15/1949 WJAC TV channel 6 in Johnstown, PA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 07/10/1949 WJAR TV channel 10 in Providence, RI (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 12/19/1949 WJW TV channel 8 in Cleveland, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 09/15/1949 WJXT TV channel 4 in Jacksonville, FL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 12/01/1949 WKTV TV channel 2 in Utica, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 06/06/1949 WKY (now KTVY) TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast
Special : 03/15/1949 WLWD (now WDTN) TV channel 2 in Dayton, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 04/03/1949 WLWS (now WCMH) TV channel 4 in Columbus, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 12/11/1949 WOAI (now KMOL) TV channel 4 in San Antonio, TX (NBC) 1st broadcast
Special : 10/31/1949 WOC (now KWQC) TV channel 6 in Davenport, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
Special : 10/05/1949 WOR (now WWOR) TV channel 9 in New York-Secaucus, NY (IND) begins
Special : 08/15/1949 WOTV TV channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 06/14/1949 WROC TV channel 8 in Rochester, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special : 05/30/1949 WRTV TV channel 6 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 11/15/1949 WSAZ TV channel 3 in Huntington-Charleston, NV (NBC) 1st broadcast
Special : 01/16/1949 WTOP (now WUSA) TV channel 9 in Washington, DC (CBS) 1st broadcast
Special : 11/11/1949 WTTV TV channel 4 in Bloomington-Indianapol, IN (IND) 1st broadcast
Special : 03/21/1949 WTVJ TV channel 4 in Miami, FL (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
Special : 08/30/1949 WTVN (now WSYX) TV channel 6 in Columbus, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special : 06/26/1949 Walter Baade discovers asteroid Icarus inside orbit of Mercury
Special : 05/08/1949 West German constitution approved
Special : 05/12/1949 West begins Berlin Airlift to get supplies around Soviet blockade
Special : 10/07/1949 Wilhelm Pieck becomes 1st president of German DR
Special : 02/11/1949 Willie Pep is 1st 126lb to regain boxing championship
Special : 04/19/1949 Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth
Special : 10/19/1949 Yanks trade Joe Gordon to Cleveland for Allie Reynolds
I think that's about it.