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March 2, 1949

On March 2, 1949, captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute. Spencer Haywood, Tommy Mottola, Holly Near would arrive in the same year.

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Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.

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1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1949th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 949th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade.

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On March 2, 1949

  1. 1949 Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas, after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.

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Died on March 2, 1949

Sarojini Naidu Indian political activist and poet (1879–1949)

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The class of 1949

Others born in 1949

Spencer Haywood 1949– American basketball player
Tommy Mottola 1949– American businessman and music publisher
Holly Near 1949– American folk singer and songwriter
Emanuel Ax 1949– Polish-American pianist and educator
Hildegard Falck 1949– German runner
Billy Joel 1949– American singer-songwriter and pianist

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