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What Happened In June 1949 In History

Historical Events for June, 1949

  • 8th » The celebrities Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an Federal Bureau of Investigation called FBI report as Communist Party members.
  • 14th » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkeys in space or monkey in space.
  • 24th » The first Westerns on television e.g television western, 'Hopalong Cassidy', is aired on NBC starring William Boyd (actor) e.g William Boyd.
  • 25th » 'Long-Haired Hare', starring Bugs Bunny, is released in theaters.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1949

  • 2nd » Heather Couper, English astronomer and physicist
  • 2nd » Jack Pierce (baseball) e.g Jack Pierce, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
  • 2nd » Frank Rich, American journalist and critic
  • 3rd » Floyd Lloyd, Jamaican singer
  • 3rd » John Rothman, American actor
  • 4th » Gabriel Arcand, Canadian actor
  • 4th » Mark B. Cohen, American lawyer and politician
  • 5th » Ken Follett, Welsh author
  • 5th » Elizabeth Gloster, English lawyer and judge
  • 5th » Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee, Scottish politician
  • 6th » Ioannis Matzourakis, Greek footballer and manager
  • 6th » Holly Near, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 6th » Lindsay Posner, English director and manager
  • 7th » Christopher W. Morris, Canadian philosopher and academic
  • 8th » Emanuel Ax, Polish-American pianist and educator
  • 8th » Hildegard Falck, German runner
  • 8th » Jeffrey Mylett, American actor (d. 1986)
  • 9th » Kiran Bedi, Indian police officer and activist
  • 10th » Keith Best, Welsh politician
  • 10th » Kevin Corcoran, American actor, director, and producer
  • 10th » John Sentamu, Ugandan-English archbishop
  • 11th » Frank Beard (musician) or Frank Beard, American drummer and songwriter (ZZ Top and American Blues)
  • 11th » Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (d. 1977)
  • 12th » Tarak Ben Ammar, Tunisian film producer
  • 12th » Jens Böhrnsen, German politician, List of German presidents e.g President of Germany
  • 12th » Roger Aaron Brown, American actor
  • 12th » Ivo Linna, Estonian singer (Apelsin)
  • 12th » Marc Tardif, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 12th » John Wetton, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (King Crimson, Mogul Thrash, Family (band) Family, Roxy Music, UK (band) UK, and Asia (band) Asia)
  • 13th » Dennis Locorriere, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show)
  • 13th » Ulla Schmidt, German politician
  • 14th » Jim Lea, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Slade)
  • 14th » Malcolm McMahon, English archbishop
  • 14th » Antony Sher, South African-English actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 14th » Harry Turtledove, American author
  • 14th » Alan White (Yes drummer) Alan White, English drummer (Yes (band) Yes, Plastic Ono Band, White (band) White, and Circa (band) Circa)
  • 15th » Dusty Baker, American baseball player and manager
  • 15th » Simon Callow, English actor and director
  • 15th » Russell Hitchcock, Australian singer-songwriter (Air Supply)
  • 15th » Jim Varney, American actor (d. 2000)
  • 16th » Paulo Cézar Caju, Brazilian footballer
  • 16th » Ralph Mann, American hurdler
  • 17th » John Craven (economist) e.g John Craven, English economist and academic
  • 17th » Snakefinger, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Residents and Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers) (d. 1987)
  • 18th » Chris Van Allsburg, American author and illustrator
  • 18th » Jarosław Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Poland
  • 18th » Lech Kaczyński, Polish lawyer and politician, 4th President of Poland (d. 2010)
  • 18th » Lincoln Thompson, Jamaican singer-songwriter (The Tartans) (d. 1999)
  • 20th » Alan Longmuir, Scottish bass player and actor (Bay City Rollers)
  • 20th » Lionel Richie, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (Commodores)
  • 21st » John Agard, Guyanese-English author, poet, and playwright, poet
  • 21st » Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth, Scottish lawyer and judge
  • 22nd » Larry Junstrom, American bass player (38 Special (band) or 38 Special and Lynyrd Skynyrd)
  • 22nd » Brian Leveson, English lawyer and judge
  • 22nd » Alan Osmond, American singer (The Osmonds)
  • 22nd » Meryl Streep, American actress and singer
  • 22nd » Luís Filipe Vieira, Portuguese businessman
  • 22nd » Lindsay Wagner, American actress
  • 22nd » Elizabeth Warren, American academic and politician
  • 23rd » Gordon Bray, Australian sportscaster
  • 23rd » Sheila Noakes, Baroness Noakes, English accountant and politician
  • 24th » John Illsley, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Dire Straits)
  • 24th » Betty Jackson, English fashion designer
  • 25th » Richard Clarke (bishop) e.g Richard Clarke, Irish archbishop
  • 25th » Patrick Tambay, French race car driver
  • 26th » Adrian Gurvitz, English singer, songwriter
  • 27th » Vera Wang, American figure skater and fashion designer
  • 29th » Greg Burson, American voice actor (d. 2008)
  • 29th » Joan Clos i Matheu, Spanish politician, 116th Mayor of Barcelona
  • 29th » Dan Dierdorf, American football player and sportscaster
  • 29th » George Howarth, English engineer and politician
  • 29th » Ann Veneman, American politician, 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture
  • 30th » Uwe Kliemann, German footballer, coach, and manager
  • 30th » Andy Scott (guitarist) e.g Andy Scott, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Sweet (band) named Sweet)

Famous Deaths for June 1949

  • 10th » Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
  • 19th » Syed Zafarul Hasan, Indian philosopher and academic (b. 1885)
  • 25th » Buck Freeman, American baseball player (b. 1871)
  • 25th » James Steen (water polo) known as James Steen, American water polo player (b. 1876)
  • 26th » Kim Gu, Korean politician and educator, 13th Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea List of presidents e.g President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (b. 1876)
  • 27th » Frank Smythe, English botanist and mountaineer (b. 1900)
  • 29th » Themistoklis Sofoulis, Greek politician, 115th List of Prime Ministers of Greece or Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1860)
  • 30th » Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild, French financier and polo player (b. 1868)

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