1949

World History

Tokyo Rose goes on trial in San Francisco for treason.

Minimum wage jumps from 40 cents to 75 cents per hour.

Two bedroom home in U.S. sells for approximately $10,000.

Churchill Downs History

Ponder, a 16-1 shot, wins the 75th Derby, telecast on a limited basis by local TV.

Col. Matt J. Winn, generally credited with making the Kentucky Derby the greatest horse race in the world, dies October 6 at age 88. He witnessed each of the first 75 Derbys, the first as a 13-year-old from the flat-bed of his father’s grocery wagon, parked in the infield.