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List of events
Events from the year 1949 in the United States .
Incumbents
Governors and
lieutenant governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama :
Jim Folsom (
Democratic )
Governor of Arizona :
Dan Edward Garvey (
Democratic )
Governor of Arkansas :
Benjamin Travis Laney (
Democratic ) (until January 11),
Sid McMath (
Democratic ) (starting January 11)
Governor of California :
Earl Warren (
Republican )
Governor of Colorado :
William Lee Knous (
Democratic )
Governor of Connecticut :
James C. Shannon (
Republican ) (until January 5),
Chester Bowles (
Democratic ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Delaware :
Walter W. Bacon (
Republican ) (until January 18),
Elbert N. Carvel (
Democratic ) (starting January 18)
Governor of Florida :
Millard F. Caldwell (
Democratic ) (until January 4),
Fuller Warren (
Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Georgia :
Herman Talmadge (
Democratic )
Governor of Idaho :
C. A. Robins (
Republican )
Governor of Illinois :
Dwight H. Green (
Republican ) (until January 10),
Adlai E. Stevenson II (
Democratic ) (starting January 10)
Governor of Indiana :
Ralph F. Gates (
Republican ) (until January 10),
Henry F. Schricker (
Democratic ) (starting January 10)
Governor of Iowa :
Robert D. Blue (
Republican ) (until January 13),
William S. Beardsley (
Republican ) (starting January 13)
Governor of Kansas :
Frank Carlson (
Republican )
Governor of Kentucky :
Earle C. Clements (
Democratic )
Governor of Louisiana :
Earl K. Long (
Democratic )
Governor of Maine :
Horace A. Hildreth (
Republican ) (until January 5),
Frederick G. Payne (
Republican ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Maryland :
William Preston Lane, Jr. (
Democratic )
Governor of Massachusetts :
Robert F. Bradford (
Republican ) (until January 6),
Paul A. Dever (
Democratic ) (starting January 6)
Governor of Michigan :
Kim Sigler (
Republican ) (until January 1),
G. Mennen Williams (
Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Governor of Minnesota :
Luther W. Youngdahl (
Republican )
Governor of Mississippi :
Fielding L. Wright (
Democratic )
Governor of Missouri :
Phil M. Donnelly (
Democratic ) (until January 10),
Forrest Smith (
Democratic ) (starting January 10)
Governor of Montana :
Sam C. Ford (
Republican ) (until January 3),
John W. Bonner (
Democratic ) (starting January 3)
Governor of Nebraska :
Val Peterson (
Republican )
Governor of Nevada :
Vail M. Pittman (
Democratic )
Governor of New Hampshire :
Charles M. Dale (
Republican ) (until January 6),
Sherman Adams (
Republican ) (starting January 6)
Governor of New Jersey :
Alfred E. Driscoll (
Republican )
Governor of New Mexico :
Thomas J. Mabry (
Democratic )
Governor of New York :
Thomas Dewey (
Republican )
Governor of North Carolina :
R. Gregg Cherry (
Democratic ) (until January 6),
W. Kerr Scott (
Democratic ) (starting January 6)
Governor of North Dakota :
Fred G. Aandahl (
Republican )
Governor of Ohio :
Thomas J. Herbert (
Republican ) (until January 10),
Frank J. Lausche (
Democratic ) (starting January 10)
Governor of Oklahoma :
Roy J. Turner (
Democratic )
Governor of Oregon :
John H. Hall (
Republican ) (until January 10),
Douglas McKay (
Republican ) (starting January 10)
Governor of Pennsylvania :
James H. Duff (
Republican )
Governor of Rhode Island :
John Orlando Pastore (
Democratic )
Governor of South Carolina :
Strom Thurmond (
Democratic )
Governor of South Dakota :
George T. Mickelson (
Republican )
Governor of Tennessee :
Jim Nance McCord (
Democratic ) (until January 16),
Gordon Browning (
Democratic ) (starting January 16)
Governor of Texas :
Beauford H. Jester (
Democratic ) (until July 11),
Allan Shivers (
Democratic ) (starting July 11)
Governor of Utah :
Herbert B. Maw (
Democratic ) (until January 3),
J. Bracken Lee (
Republican ) (starting January 3)
Governor of Vermont :
Ernest W. Gibson, Jr. (
Republican )
Governor of Virginia :
William M. Tuck (
Democratic )
Governor of Washington :
Monrad C. Wallgren (
Democratic ) (until January 12),
Arthur B. Langlie (
Republican ) (starting January 12)
Governor of West Virginia :
Clarence W. Meadows (
Democratic ) (until January 17),
Okey L. Patteson (
Democratic ) (starting January 17)
Governor of Wisconsin :
Oscar Rennebohm (
Republican )
Governor of Wyoming :
Lester C. Hunt (
Democratic ) (until January 3),
Arthur G. Crane (
Republican ) (starting January 3)
Lieutenant governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama :
James C. Inzer (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas :
Nathan Green Gordon (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of California :
Goodwin Knight (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado :
Homer L. Pearson (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Walter Walford Johnson (
Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut :
Robert E. Parsons (
Republican ) (until January 5),
William T. Carroll (
Democratic ) (starting January 5)
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware :
Elbert N. Carvel (
Democratic ) (until January 20),
Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (
Democratic ) (starting January 20)
Lieutenant Governor of Georgia :
Marvin Griffin (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho :
Donald S. Whitehead (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois :
Hugh W. Cross (
Republican ) (until January 10),
Sherwood Dixon (
Democratic ) (starting January 10)
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana :
Rue J. Alexander (
Republican ) (until January 2),
John A. Watkins (
Democratic ) (starting January 2)
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa :
Kenneth A. Evans (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas :
Frank L. Hagaman (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky :
Lawrence Wetherby (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana :
William J. Dodd (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts :
Arthur W. Coolidge (
Republican ) (until January 6),
Charles F. Sullivan (
Republican ) (starting January 6)
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan :
Eugene C. Keyes (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
John W. Connolly (
Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota :
C. Elmer Anderson (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi :
Sam Lumpkin (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri :
Walter Naylor Davis (
Democratic ) (until January 10),
James T. Blair, Jr. (
Democratic ) (starting January 10)
Lieutenant Governor of Montana :
Ernest T. Eaton (political party unknown) (until month and day unknown), Paul Cannon (
Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska :
Robert B. Crosby (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Charles J. Warner (
Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada :
Clifford A. Jones (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico :
Joseph Montoya (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of New York :
Joseph R. Hanley (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina :
Lynton Y. Ballentine (
Democratic ) (until January 6),
Hoyt Patrick Taylor (
Democratic ) (starting January 6)
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota :
Clarence P. Dahl (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio :
Paul M. Herbert (
Republican ) (until January 10),
George D. Nye (
Democratic ) (starting January 10)
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma :
James E. Berry (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania :
Daniel B. Strickler (
Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island :
John S. McKiernan (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina :
George Bell Timmerman, Jr. (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota :
Sioux K. Grigsby (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Rex A. Terry (
Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : George Oliver Benton (
Democratic ) (until month and day unknown),
Walter M. Haynes (
Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Texas :
Allan Shivers (
Democratic ) (until July 11), vacant (starting July 11)
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont :
Lee E. Emerson (
Republican ) (until month and day unknown),
Harold J. Arthur (
Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia :
Lewis Preston Collins II (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Washington :
Victor A. Meyers (
Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin :
Oscar Rennebohm (
Republican ) (until January 3),
George M. Smith (
Republican ) (starting January 3)
Events
January–March
January 20:
Harry S. Truman , the 33rd
president of the United States , begins his full term
Alben W. Barkley becomes the 35th U.S. vice president
January 2 –
Luis Muñoz Marín becomes the first democratically elected
Governor of Puerto Rico .
January 4 –
RMS Caronia (1947) of the
Cunard Line departs
Southampton for
New York City on her maiden voyage.
January 4–February 22 – Series of winter storms in
Nebraska ,
Wyoming ,
South Dakota ,
Utah ,
Colorado and
Nevada – winds of up to 72 mph – tens of thousands of cattle and sheep perish.
January 5 – President
Harry S. Truman unveils his
Fair Deal program.
January 11 –
Los Angeles, California , receives its first recorded
snowfall .
January 17 – The first
Volkswagen Beetle to arrive in the United States, a 1948 model, is brought to
New York City by Dutch businessman Ben Pon. Unable to interest dealers or importers in the Volkswagen, Pon sells the sample car to pay his travel expenses. Only two 1949 models will be sold in America that year, convincing Volkswagen chairman
Heinrich Nordhoff that the car has no future in the U.S. (The
VW Beetle goes on to become the greatest automobile phenomenon in American history.)
January 19 – The
Poe Toaster first appears at the grave of
Edgar Allan Poe .
January 20 – President
Harry S. Truman begins his full term.
Alben W. Barkley is sworn in as
Vice President of the United States .
January 25 – The first
Emmy Awards are presented at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
February 10 –
Arthur Miller 's tragedy
Death of a Salesman opens at the
Morosco Theatre on
Broadway in
New York City with
Lee J. Cobb in the title role of
Willy Loman and runs for 742 performances.
February 19 –
Ezra Pound is awarded the first
Bollingen Prize in poetry by the
Bollingen Foundation and
Yale University .
February 22 –
Grady the Cow , a 1,200-pound cow, gets stuck inside a silo on a farm in
Yukon, Oklahoma and garners national media attention.
March 2 – The
B-50 Superfortress
Lucky Lady II under Captain James Gallagher lands in
Fort Worth, Texas , after completing the first non-stop around-the-world
airplane flight (it was refueled in flight 4 times).
March 17 – The
Shamrock Hotel in
Houston, Texas , owned by oil tycoon
Glenn McCarthy , has its grand opening.
March 20 – The
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy ,
Denver & Rio Grande Western and
Western Pacific railroads inaugurate the
California Zephyr passenger train between
Chicago and
Oakland, California , as the first long-distance train to feature Vista Dome cars as regular equipment.
March 24 – The
21st Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by
Robert Montgomery , is held at the Academy Theater in
Hollywood ,
Los Angeles .
Laurence Olivier 's
Hamlet wins the most awards with four, including
Best Picture , while
John Huston wins
Best Director for
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre .
Jean Negulesco 's
Johnny Belinda receives the most nominations with 12.
March 26 – The first half of
Giuseppe Verdi 's opera
Aida , conducted by conductor
Arturo Toscanini , and performed in concert (i.e. no scenery or costumes), is telecast by
NBC , live from
Studio 8H at
Rockefeller Center . The second half is telecast a week later. This is the only complete
opera that Toscanini ever conducts on
television .
March 28 –
United States Secretary of Defense
James Forrestal resigns suddenly.
April–June
April 4:
NATO
April 4 – The
North Atlantic Treaty is signed in
Washington, D.C. , creating the
NATO defense alliance.
April 7 –
Rodgers and Hammerstein 's
South Pacific , starring
Mary Martin and
Ezio Pinza , opens on
Broadway and goes on to become R&H's second longest-running
musical . It becomes an instant classic of the
musical theatre . The score's biggest hit is the song Some Enchanted Evening .
April 13 – The 6.7 Mw
Olympia earthquake affected the Puget Sound region of western Washington with a maximum
Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe ), causing eight deaths and $25 million in damage.
April 23 – Development of the
USS United States (CVA-58) "supercarrier" is cancelled; high-ranking Navy officials resign in protest in what has been called the
Revolt of the Admirals .
May 1
Albert Einstein publishes
Why Socialism? in the first edition of the
Monthly Review .
May ? – A working group has been set up by
United States Department of State , to codify the White Paper. This team consists of more than 80 staff members, led by
Secretary of State
Dean Acheson , former
Columbia University Professor of Public International Law
Philip C. Jessup .
[1]
[2]
June 8 –
Red Scare : Celebrities including
Helen Keller ,
Dorothy Parker ,
Danny Kaye ,
Fredric March ,
John Garfield ,
Paul Muni and
Edward G. Robinson are named in an
FBI report as
Communist Party members.
June 14 – Albert II, a
rhesus monkey , becomes the first
primate to enter space, on
Hermes project
V-2
rocket Blossom IVB , but is killed on impact at return.
June 19 –
Glenn Dunaway wins the inaugural
NASCAR race at
Charlotte Speedway , a 3/4 mile oval in
Charlotte ,
North Carolina , but is disqualified due to illegal springs.
Jim Roper is declared the official winner.
June 24 – The first
television western ,
Hopalong Cassidy , airs on
NBC .
June 29 – The last U.S. troops withdraw from
South Korea .
July–September
August 10:
Department of Defense
October–December
Adm.
Gerald F. Bogan meets
Shah of Iran , December 3, 1949
Undated
Ongoing
Births
January 2
January 6 –
Carolyn D. Wright , poet (died
2016 )
January 7 –
Chavo Guerrero Sr. ,
professional wrestler (died
2017 )
[6]
January 8
January 10
January 11 –
Chris Ford , basketball player and coach (died
2023 )
January 13 –
Brandon Tartikoff , American television executive (died
1997 )
January 17 –
Chavo Guerrero Sr. , professional wrestler (died
2017 )
January 22 –
Steve Perry , musician
January 28 –
Gregg Popovich , basketball coach
[7]
January 30 –
Ken Wilber , philosopher
February 2 –
Brent Spiner , actor, comedian and singer
February 3 –
Arthur Kane , bass guitarist (died
2004 )
February 4 –
Michael Beck , actor
February 7 –
Joe English , drummer and songwriter
February 8 –
Brooke Adams , actress
February 11 –
George Winston , pianist (died
2023 )
[8]
February 15 –
Ken Anderson , American football player and coach
February 17 –
Dennis Green , American football player and coach (died
2016 )
February 18
February 19 –
Danielle Bunten Berry , born Dan(iel Paul) Bunten, software developer (died
1998 )
[9]
February 21 –
Jerry Harrison , songwriter
February 25
February 27 –
John Wockenfuss , baseball player (died
2022 )
[10]
February 28 –
Ilene Graff , actress and singer
March 2
March 3
March 4 –
Helen Frost , writer
March 10
March 12 –
Rob Cohen , film director
March 13 –
Julia Migenes , soprano
March 16
March 17 –
Patrick Duffy , television actor
March 20 –
Marcia Ball , blues musician
March 21 –
Eddie Money (Edward Mahoney), rock guitarist and singer (died
2019 )
[12]
March 25 –
Sue Klebold , author and activist
March 26 –
Ernest Lee Thomas , actor
March 28 –
Michael W. Young , geneticist and chronobiologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2017
March 29 –
Michael Brecker , jazz saxophonist (died
2007 )
April 1 –
Gil Scott-Heron , African American poet, jazz/soul musician and author (died
2011 )
April 2 –
Paul Gambaccini , broadcaster and author
April 5 –
Judith Resnik , astronaut (died
1986 )
[13]
April 7 –
Mitch Daniels , Academic Administrator, businessman, author, politician and the 49th
governor of Indiana
April 8 –
William O'Neal , FBI informant (died
1990 )
April 9 –
Stephen Hickman , illustrator
April 11 –
Dorothy Allison , novelist and campaigner
April 18 –
Geoff Bodine , race car driver
April 20 –
Jessica Lange , actress
April 22 –
Spencer Haywood , basketball player
April 23 –
Joyce DeWitt , actress
April 26 –
Jerry Blackwell , professional wrestler (died
1995 )
May 1
May 3 –
Ron Wyden , U.S. Senator from Oregon from 1996
May 4
May 6 –
Larry Rivers , basketball player and coach (died
2023 )
[16]
May 7 –
Deborah Butterfield , sculptor
May 9 –
Billy Joel , singer-songwriter and pianist
May 13 –
Zoë Wanamaker , actress
May 15 –
George Adams , basketball player
May 16 –
Rick Reuschel , baseball player
May 17 –
Earl Hebner , pro wrestling referee
May 18 –
Joseph R. Cistone , Catholic prelate (died
2018 )
May 19
May 22 –
May 26
May 28 –
Shelley Hamlin , professional golfer (died
2018 )
May 29 –
Robert Axelrod , voice actor (
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers ) (died
2019 )
June 2 –
Alan Brinkley , historian (died
2019 )
June 3 –
John Rothman , actor
June 4 –
Mark B. Cohen , Pennsylvania legislative leader
June 7 –
Larry Hama , comic book writer, artist, actor and musician
June 10
June 14 –
Harry Turtledove , novelist
June 20 –
Lionel Richie , African American singer-songwriter
June 22
June 23
June 27
June 28
June 29
Dan Dierdorf , American football offensive lineman, later sportscaster
Joe Moore , American football running back
July 1 –
Denis Johnson , writer (died
2017 )
July 3
July 5
July 6 –
Phyllis Hyman , singer and actress (died
1995 )
July 7
July 9 –
Jesse Duplantis , televangelist
July 12 –
Donda West , educator and civil rights activist (died 2007)
July 15 –
Richard Russo , novelist
July 16 –
Alan Fitzgerald , guitarist and keyboardist
July 17 –
Charley Steiner , sportscaster
July 19 –
Calvin O. Butts , academic administrator and pastor (died
2022 )
July 24 –
Michael Richards , actor and comedian
July 28 –
Vida Blue , baseball player (died
2023 )
[18]
July 29 –
Marilyn Quayle , wife of
Dan Quayle ,
Second Lady of the United States
July 31
August 1 –
Jim Carroll , author, poet and punk musician (died
2009 )
August 3 –
Peter Gutmann , journalist
August 4 –
John Riggins , American football player
August 6
August 8
August 9 –
Ted Simmons , baseball player
August 11
August 12 –
Mark Essex , mass murderer (died
1973 )
August 13 –
Pete Visclosky , politician
August 14 –
Bob Backlund , pro wrestler
August 15
August 16 –
Barbara Goodson , voice actress
August 17 –
Norm Coleman , U.S. Senator from Minnesota from 2003 to 2009
August 22
August 23 –
Leslie Van Houten , Manson Family member
August 24
August 29 –
Stan Hansen , professional wrestler
August 31
September 1 –
Leslie Feinberg , transgender activist
September 7 –
Lee McGeorge Durrell , zoologist
September 8
September 10 –
Bill O'Reilly , conservative political commentator
September 13 –
John W. Henry , foreign exchange advisor and
Boston Red Sox owner
September 14
September 15 –
Joe Barton , politician
September 16 –
Ed Begley, Jr. actor and environmentalist
September 19
September 21 –
Artis Gilmore , basketball player
September 23 –
Bruce Springsteen , singer-songwriter
September 26 –
Jane Smiley , novelist
September 27 –
Mike Schmidt , baseball player and coach
September 29 –
Burton Richardson , game show announcer
October 1 –
Isaac Bonewits , author, occultist (died
2010 )
October 2
October 3 –
Haunani-Kay Trask , activist, educator and poet (died
2021 )
[23]
October 5
October 8
October 13 –
Rick Vito , musician
October 14 –
Katha Pollitt , writer
October 15 –
Tanya Roberts , actress (d.
2021 )
October 17 –
Bill Hudson , musician and actor
October 21 –
LaTanya Richardson , African-American actress
October 22 –
Stiv Bators , singer (
The Dead Boys ) (died
1990 )
October 24
October 25 –
Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. , film producer, record producer, singer and voice artist (son of
Alvin and the Chipmunks creator
Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. )
October 27 –
Cheryl Keeton , murder victim (died
1986 )
October 29 –
Paul Orndorff , professional wrestler (died
2021 )
[24]
October 30
November 1
November 2
November 3
November 5 –
Jimmie Spheeris , singer, songwriter (died
1984 )
November 6 –
Joseph C. Wilson , United States diplomat (died
2019 )
November 7 –
Judi Bari , environmental activist (died
1997 )
November 8 –
Bonnie Raitt , blues singer and guitarist
[26]
November 9 –
Julie Beckett , teacher and disability rights activist (died
2022 )
[27]
November 10
November 12 –
Jack Reed , U.S. Senator from Rhode Island from 1997
November 14 –
James Young , hard rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (
Styx )
November 19 –
Ahmad Rashad , sportscaster, television personality
November 20 –
Jeff Dowd , film producer and political activist
November 22 –
David Pietrusza , author, historian
November 23 –
Tom Joyner , radio host
November 24 –
Linda Tripp , key figure in the
Clinton-Lewinsky scandal (died
2020 )
November 25 –
Mike Joy ,
NASCAR commentator
November 26 –
Juanin Clay , actress (died
1995 )
November 29
December 1 –
Kurt Schmoke , African-American lawyer and politician (
Dean ,
Howard Law School ,
Mayor of Baltimore )
December 4 –
Jeff Bridges , film actor
December 5
December 6 –
Doug Marlette , editorial cartoonist (died
2007 )
December 9
December 10 –
Dick Cohen , politician,
Minnesota Senate
December 13
December 14 –
Bill Buckner , baseball player (died
2019 )
December 15 –
Don Johnson , television actor
December 16 –
Billy Gibbons , rock guitarist (
ZZ Top )
December 20
December 22 –
Ray Guy , American football player (died
2022 )
[30]
December 23 –
Brian J. O'Neill , politician
December 24 –
Randy Neugebauer , politician
December 25
December 28 –
Sam Katz , politician,
Philadelphia
December 30 –
Jerry Coyne , biologist
Deaths
January 6 –
Victor Fleming , film director (born
1889 )
January 11 –
Nelson Doubleday , publisher (born 1889)
January 14 –
Harry Stack Sullivan , psychiatrist (born
1892 )
February 1 –
Herbert Stothart , composer (born
1885 )
March 7
March 17 –
Felix Bressart , German American actor (born
1892 )
March 20 –
Irving Fazola , jazz clarinetist (born
1912 ; heart attack)
March 25 –
Jack Kapp , president of the U.S. branch of
Decca Records (born
1901 )
April 6 –
Joseph J. Sullivan , gambler (born
1870 )
April 15 –
Wallace Beery , film actor (born 1885)
April 22 –
Charles Middleton , actor (born 1874)
May 10 –
Emilio de Gogorza , baritone (born
1872 )
May 13 –
Sawnie R. Aldredge , attorney and judge (born
1890 )
May 22 –
James Forrestal , U.S. Secretary of Navy and Defense (born
1892 )
May 27 –
Robert Ripley , creator of
Ripley's Believe It or Not! (born
1890 )
June 14 –
Russell Doubleday , author and publisher (born
1872 )
June 25 –
Buck Freeman , baseball player (born
1871 )
[31]
July 7 –
Bunk Johnson , African American jazz trumpeter (born
1879 )
July 18 –
Alice Corbin Henderson , poet (born
1881 )
July 24 –
Virginia M. Alexander , African American physician and community activist (born
1899 )
July 26 –
Linda Arvidson , silent film actress (born 1884)
July 27 –
Ellery Harding Clark , field athlete (born
1874 )
August 9
August 16 –
Margaret Mitchell , novelist (born
1900 ; killed in road accident)
August 18 –
Paul Mares , dixieland jazz cornet player (born 1900; lung cancer)
September 10 –
Wiley Rutledge , U.S. Supreme Court Justice (born
1894 )
September 12 –
Harry Burleigh , African American baritone and classical composer (born 1866)
September 18 –
Frank Morgan , character actor (born
1890 )
September 19 –
Will Cuppy , humorist (born
1884 )
September 20 –
Richard Dix , film actor (born
1893 )
September 22 –
Sam Wood , film director (born
1883 )
September 27 –
David Adler , architect (born
1882 )
October 1 –
Buddy Clark , singer (born
1911 ; killed in aviation accident)
October 14 –
Fritz Leiber (Sr.) , actor (born
1882 )
October 15 –
Elmer Clifton , film actor and director (born 1890)
October 23 –
Almanzo Wilder , writer, husband of
Laura Ingalls Wilder (born
1857 )
October 26 –
Emil Liston , sports coach and administrator (born
1890 )
October 31 –
Edward Stettinius, Jr. , U.S. Secretary of State (born 1900; coronary thrombosis)
November 2 –
Jerome F. Donovan , politician (born
1872 )
November 3 –
Solomon R. Guggenheim , philanthropist (born
1861 )
November 25 –
Bill Robinson ("Bojangles"), African American dancer (born
1878 )
December 6
December 7 –
Rex Beach , adventure novelist and Olympic water polo player (born
1877 )
December 25 –
Leon Schlesinger , film producer (born
1884 )
December 28
See also
References
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[1]
^ 唐耐心《在塵埃中的模式:中美關係和承認的爭議,1949-1950》1983年出版[
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^ "FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1949, THE FAR EAST: CHINA, VOLUME IX"
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^
"Company Overview of Myron Corporation" . BusinessWeek. June 20, 2012. Archived from
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^ From Harding to Hiroshima by Barrington Boardman (1988), p. 14.
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