September 14, 1947 — Jon Bauman born
Jon Bauman – better known to a generation of Americans as Bowser of Sha Na Na – hails from Brooklyn,...
September 22, 2018
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July 5, 1948 — The National Health Service begins in the UK
Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan was a Welshman from Tredegar who rose through the union ranks to become Minister of Health in...
September 19, 2018
August 14, 1948 — Bradman out for a duck in his last game
Donald Bradman was one of the greatest batsman ever to play cricket at a first class level, and quite possibly...
September 17, 2018
April 7, 1949 — “South Pacific” opens on Broadway
“South Pacific” was a musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, based on James Michener’s “Tales of the South Pacific”, an anthology...
September 9, 2018
August 10, 1949 — John George Haigh is executed for murder
The murderous career of John George Haigh is an object lesson in the importance of forensics in obtaining convictions. Haigh...
August 29, 2018
September 6, 1949 — Howard Unruh goes on a killing spree
Sometimes, you really think that these things should have been caught earlier than they were. Surely, for example, someone in...
August 24, 2018
September 23, 1949 — Bruce Springsteen born
The favourite son of Freehold, New Jersey, Bruce Springsteen is the greatest poet of the American working class. Nicknamed ‘The...
August 22, 2018
October 8, 1949 — DiMaggio leads the New York Yankees to victory in the World Series
It wasn’t quite a lockout, but it was close. The 1949 World Series, played between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the...
August 19, 2018
October 31, 1949 — Cecil B DeMille’s “Samson and Delilah” is released
Cecil B DeMille’s “Samson and Delilah” was the second film version of the tale, and the first to be in...
August 14, 2018
February 9, 1950 — Joe McCarthy claims there are Communists in the State Department
Joe McCarthy was a shameless political hack who hitched his wagon to that never-failing engine of conservative vote winning: the...
August 9, 2018
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