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Months in Year 1950: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Results 301 - 400 of 508

Aug 22nd - Rotterdam harbor strike end
Aug 23rd - Jack Holden wins marathon (2:32:12)
Aug 23rd - West Germany & Japan readmitted to Intl Amateur Athletic Federation
Aug 24th - 1st US Negro delegate to UN appointed-ES Sampson
Aug 24th - Edith Sampson named 1st black US delegate to UN
Aug 24th - Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews
Aug 25th - Pres Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike
Aug 25th - Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title
Aug 26th - 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1)
Aug 27th - 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC
Aug 27th - General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist
Aug 28th - Earle & Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr
Aug 29th - Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52
Aug 31st - Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves
Sep 1st - 13 North Korean divisions open assault on UN lines
Sep 1st - West Berlin granted a constitution
Sep 3rd - "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
Sep 4th - 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines
Sep 4th - D McI Hodgson of St Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna
Sep 4th - Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250
Sep 4th - Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
Sep 5th - 64th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63)
Sep 5th - 70th US Mens Tennis: Art Larsen beats Herbert Flam (63 46 57 64 63)
Sep 5th - 98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown, Florida (state record)
Sep 7th - Monasteries shut down in Hungary
Sep 9th - "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 293 perfs
Sep 9th - "Where's Chartev?" closes at St James Theater NYC after 792 perfs
Sep 9th - 1st use of TV laugh track-Hank McCune
Sep 9th - Massive arrests of communists in France
Sep 10th - Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium
Sep 11th - "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts
Sep 11th - 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited
Sep 11th - 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton Ohio
Sep 11th - Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence
Sep 12th - Belgian govt dismisses all communist civil servants
Sep 14th - Western allies rearm West Germany
Sep 15th - During Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in South Korea
Sep 15th - East German premier Grotewohl pleads for German reunification
Sep 15th - For a record 6th time, NY Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 HRs in one game
Sep 15th - Longest game in Phila's Shribe Park, Phils beat Reds 8-7 in 19
Sep 15th - UN lands at Inchon to drive North Korean troops out of the south
Sep 15th - US troop land on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul
Sep 16th - Cleveland Rams (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, beat Phila 35-10)
Sep 16th - Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam
Sep 17th - San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, lose 21-17
Sep 18th - Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher, receives dharma transmission
Sep 19th - European Payment Union forms in Paris
Sep 19th - Great Three acknowledge Bond govt as only German govt
Sep 19th - UN reject membership of China's People Republic
Sep 21st - George Marshall sworn in as the 3rd Secretary of Defense of United States.
Sep 22nd - Nobel peace prize awarded to Ralph J Bunche (1st black winner)
Sep 22nd - Omar N Bradley promoted to rank of 5-star general
Sep 23rd - Patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open
Sep 23rd - Phila A's Joe Astroth is 4th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th)
Sep 23rd - US Mustangs accidentally bombs British on Hill 282 Korea, 17 killed
Sep 24th - "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel
Sep 26th - Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament
Sep 26th - Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England
Sep 26th - Phils pitcher Jim Konstanty makes record 71st appearance of year
Sep 26th - UN troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul
Sep 27th - Dr Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize
Sep 27th - Ezzard Charles beats Joe Louis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Sep 27th - Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles KOs Joe Louis in NYC
Sep 28th - Indonesia becomes 60th member of UN
Sep 29th - "Tin Pan Alley TV," last airs on ABC-TV
Sep 29th - Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories
Sep 29th - Yanks clinch 2nd consecutive pennant under Casey Stengel
Sep 30th - 1st congress of International Astronautical Federation opens in Paris
Sep 30th - Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time
Sep 30th - WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
Oct 1st - Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning HR)
Oct 1st - South Korean troops exceed 38° latitude during Korean War
Oct 1st - Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), NY 6, Cleveland 0
Oct 2nd - 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers
Oct 2nd - Mao Tse Tung proclaims in telegram to Stalin, China intervenes Korea
Oct 2nd - Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases
Oct 2nd - Bob Shaw of Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD receptions
Oct 2nd - Chic Cards Jim Hardy passes for 6 touchdowns vs Balt Colts (55-13)
Oct 2nd - Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz first published
Oct 3rd - 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah)
Oct 3rd - Indonesian army opens assault on Ambon, South Moluccas
Oct 3rd - Baseball rules Phils lefty Curt Simmons cannot play in World Series despite his being on furlough from Army
Oct 4th - French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam
Oct 5th - "Pardon Our French" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 100 perfs
Oct 7th - NY Yankees sweep Phila Phillies in 47th World Series
Oct 7th - US forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel
Oct 7th - Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head
Oct 7th - Whitey Ford wins his 1st World Series game, 5-2
Oct 7th - William H Jackson, becomes deputy director of CIA
Oct 7th - Yanks win 13th world championship sweeping Phillies
Oct 8th - 4th NHL All-Star Game: Detroit beat All-Stars 7-1 at Detroit
Oct 8th - Cleveland Browns play Pittsburgh for 1st time, beat Steelers 30-17
Oct 11th - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS
Oct 12th - "Call Me Madam" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 644 performances
Oct 14th - Rev Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison
Oct 18th - Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years
Oct 19th - Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
Oct 19th - UN forces entered Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
Oct 21st - Chinese forces occupy Tibet
Oct 21st - Death penality abolished in Belgium

Famous Birthdays

Results 301 - 400 of 749

May 15th - Nicholas Hammond, American actor
May 16th - Jock Bartley, rocker (Firefall)
May 16th - Johannes Bednorz, German superconductivity physicist (Nobel 1987)
May 16th - Ray Condo, Canadian rockabilly musician
May 17th - A A Johnson, MP
May 17th - Christian Lacroix, French couturier (Chic Frills)
May 17th - Keith Bradley, MP
May 17th - Howard Ashman, American lyricist (d. 1991)
May 17th - Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian politician
May 18th - Rodney Milburn Jr, USA, hurdler (Olympic-gold-1972)
May 18th - Thomas Gottschalk, Bamberg Germany, (Telespiele)
May 20th - Yvon Lambert, French Canadian ice hockey player
May 20th - Reinaldo Merlo, Argentine footballer
May 21st - Roger Hodgson, London, rocker (Supertramp)
May 22nd - Bernie Taupin, lyricist (writes with Elton John)
May 22nd - Alekos Alavanos, Greek politician
May 23rd - Linda Thompson, Memphis Tn, actress (Hee Haw)
May 24th - Jo Ann Washam, LPGA golfer
May 24th - Larry Seidlin, American judge
May 28th - Ian Bradley, British writer and academic
May 28th - Jim Harris, American professional wrestler
May 29th - Rebbie [Maureen] Jackson, Gary Indiana, singer (R U Tuff Enuff)
May 29th - Talat Ali, cricketer (Pakistani opening batsman in ten Tests 1972-80)
May 30th - Bertrand Delanoë, French politician
May 30th - Paresh Rawal, Indian actor
May 31st - Edward Barker, cartoonist
May 31st - Gregory Harrison, Catalina Calif, actor (Trapper John, Logan's Run)
May 31st - Tom Berenger, Chicago IL, actor (Big Chill, Someone to Watch Over Me)
Jun 1st - Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink, Dutch minister of Traffic (VVD)
Jun 1st - Charlene [D'Angelo], singer (I've Never Been To Me)
Jun 1st - Gemma Craven, Dublin, actress (Wagner, Story of Slipper & Rose)
Jun 1st - Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov, colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-10, TM-16)
Jun 1st - Graham Russell, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply)
Jun 2nd - Joanna Gleason, Toronto Canada, actress (Morgan-Hello Larry)
Jun 2nd - Toni Alessandrini, Chicago Ill, actress (Vice Academy Part 2)
Jun 2nd - [Antone] Chubby Tavares, rocker (Tavares)
Jun 3rd - Marlene Elejarde, Havana Cuba, 4x100m runner (Olympic-silver-1968)
Jun 3rd - Suzi Quatro[cchio], Detroit, singer (Stumblin')/actress (Happy Days)
Jun 3rd - Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter
Jun 3rd - Christos Verelis, Greek politician
Jun 4th - Brian Rose, cricketer (England batsman in 9 Tests 1977-81)
Jun 4th - Dagmar Krause, West Germany, singer (Henry Cow, Art Bears)
Jun 4th - Wayne Powers, New Rochelle NY, actor (Laverne & Shirley, 13 East)
Jun 5th - Adrian Cosma, Romania, team handball (Olympic-silver-1976)
Jun 5th - Ronnie Dyson, US, singer (Hair, All over your face)
Jun 5th - J. J. Bittenbinder, American television host and author
Jun 6th - Chantal Akerman, actor/director (Akermania, Je Tu II Elle)
Jun 7th - Gary Graham American actor
Jun 8th - Elmar Oliveira, Waterbury Connecticut, violinist (Naumburg 1978)
Jun 8th - Kathy Whitton Baker, Midland Tx, actress (Right Stuff, 16 Candles)
Jun 11th - Debbie "Pokey" Watson, US, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1968)
Jun 11th - Lindsey de Paul, singer
Jun 11th - Michael Swan, Palo Alto Calif, actor (Duncan-As The World Turns)
Jun 13th - Michael Stark, Australian actor
Jun 13th - Gerd Zewe, German footballer
Jun 14th - Jeremy Sinden, actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem)
Jun 14th - Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury
Jun 15th - Mark Arnott, Chicago IL, actor (Return of the Secaucus 7)
Jun 15th - Noddy Holder, rock vocalist/guitarist (Slade-Cum On Feel The Noize)
Jun 15th - Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist
Jun 16th - James Smith, US, singer (Stylistics-Can't Give you Anything)
Jun 16th - Jesse Dizon, Oceanside Calif, actor (Ramon-Operation Petticoat)
Jun 17th - Cathy Sherk, LPGA golfer
Jun 18th - Annelie Ehrhardt, German DR, 100m hurdler (Olympics-gold-1972)
Jun 19th - Constance Forslund, San Diego Calif, actress (Shining Season)
Jun 19th - Ann Wilson, American musician
Jun 20th - Lionel Richie, Alabama, singer (Commodores, Hello, Penny Lover)
Jun 21st - Joey Kramer, NYC, hard rock drummer (Aerosmith-Toys in the Attic)
Jun 21st - Terry Miskolczi, Dunnville ON, Canadian Tour golfer (1976 Alberta-3rd)
Jun 21st - Anne Carson, Canadian poet
Jun 21st - Gérard Lanvin, French actor
Jun 22nd - Murphy Cross, Harve de Grace Md, actor (Phyl & Mikhy, Perfect)
Jun 23rd - Sally Geeson, Sussex England, actress (Bless This House)
Jun 23rd - Douglas C. Lord, Canadian businessman
Jun 24th - Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, Kingston Jamaica, rocker (Black Uhuru)
Jun 24th - Leon J P M Frissen, Dutch MP (CDA)
Jun 24th - Mercedes R Lackey, US, sci-fi author (Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn)
Jun 24th - Nancy Allen, NYC, actress (Carrie, 1941, Robocop, Dress to Kill)
Jun 25th - Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 33)
Jun 25th - Tatyana Averina, USSR, speed skater 1K, 3K (Olympic-gold-1976)
Jun 25th - Nitza Saul, Israeli actress
Jun 27th - Benjamin Peterson, US, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1972)
Jun 27th - Julia Duffy, Minneapolis Mn, actress (Stephanie-Newhart, Baby Talk)
Jun 28th - Ken Arthur, Australian softball asst coach (Olympics-bronze-96)
Jun 28th - Mauricio Rojas, Swedish politician
Jun 30th - Donna Jean Willmott, Akron Ohio, FALN member (FBI most wanted)
Jun 30th - Pablo Castillo, jockey
Jul 1st - David Duke, American politician, K.K.K. member
Jul 2nd - Johnny Colla, Calif, rock sax (Huey Lewis & The News-Need a New Drug)
Jul 3rd - Damon Harris, Balt Md, rocker (Temptations-My Girl)
Jul 3rd - Ewen Chatfield, NZ cricketer pace bowler (1975-89)
Jul 3rd - James Hahn, American politician
Jul 4th - David Jensen, rock British DJ
Jul 5th - Gary Matthews, baseball player (1973 NL rookie of year)
Jul 5th - Huey Lewis, rocker
Jul 5th - Michael Monarch, LA Calif, rock guitarist (Steppenwolf)
Jul 6th - Phyllis Hyman, jazz Singer
Jul 6th - Ramon Guzman, jockey
Jul 6th - Sultan Rakhmanov, Super heavyweight (Olympic-gold-1980)
Jul 6th - John Byrne, American comic book author & artist

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