What Happened on July 1, 1949

Historical Events

Historic Publication

"Magna Carta of the Information Age" "A Mathematical Theory of Communication", article of book by Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver laying foundation for information theory, published in "Scientific American" [1]

Mathematician and Electrical Engineer Claude Shannon

WBRC TV channel 6 in Birmingham, AL (ABC) begins broadcasting
WCCO TV channel 4 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
Wimbledon Men's Tennis: American Ted Schroeder beats Jaroslav Drobný 3-6, 6-0, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 for his only Wimbledon singles title

1949 History