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

Historical Events

Results 401 - 500 of 508

Oct 21st - Patty Berg wins LPGA Hardscrabble Women's Golf Invitation
Oct 21st - Tom Powers of Duke scores 6 touchdowns
Oct 22nd - LA Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27
Oct 25th - Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life
Oct 25th - Jean Anouilh's "La Repetition, ou L'Amour Pani," premieres in Paris
Oct 25th - Sukarno appointed president of Republic Indonesia
Oct 26th - 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea
Oct 26th - Branch Rickey resigns as Brooklyn Dodger president
Oct 26th - Mother Teresa found her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India
Oct 26th - South Korean troops reach Chosan at Chinese boundary
Oct 27th - Paul Creston's 3rd Symphony "Triumph of St Joan," premieres
Oct 29th - British minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns
Oct 29th - Wally Triplett avgs 735 yards on 3 kickoff returns
Oct 29th - Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7
Oct 30th - David Diamond's 3rd Symphony, premieres
Oct 30th - Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.
Oct 31st - Collazo & Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, DC
Nov 1st - 1st negro player in NBA, (Celtic's Charles Cooper) Ft Wayne Ind
Nov 1st - 82°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov
Nov 1st - Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill Pres Truman at Blair House
Nov 1st - Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.
Nov 1st - Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
Nov 2nd - "Barrier" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances
Nov 2nd - Phillies reliever Jim Konstanty wins NL MVP
Nov 4th - "Barrier" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
Nov 4th - "Consul" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 269 performances
Nov 4th - Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon
Nov 4th - US troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea
Nov 5th - Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record
Nov 5th - Philippines president Quirino ends emergency crisis
Nov 6th - Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as VP/GM of Pitts Pirates
Nov 6th - Chinese offensive halts at Chongchon River, North Korea
Nov 6th - King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India
Nov 7th - Carlo Terron's "Processo Agli Innocenti," premieres in Milan
Nov 7th - French women & children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta
Nov 8th - 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War
Nov 8th - Boston Red Sox 1B Walt Dropo wins AL Rookie of Year
Nov 8th - In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place
Nov 8th - Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year
Nov 9th - Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year
Nov 9th - Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year
Nov 9th - White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930
Nov 10th - After 9 years, Cleve Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau
Nov 10th - Clifford Odet's "Country Girl," premieres in NYC
Nov 10th - Jacobo Arbenz Guzman elected pres of Guatemala
Nov 10th - Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner
Nov 10th - Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar
Nov 12th - Gene Roberts sets NFL NY Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards
Nov 13th - US win 1st world championship bridge contest
Nov 13th - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
Nov 15th - 1st Negro player in organized hockey-Arthur Dorrington signed
Nov 15th - Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey (Atl City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League
Nov 16th - Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops
Nov 16th - UN gets US govt approval to issue postage stamps
Nov 16th - US pres Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat
Nov 18th - South Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
Nov 19th - US General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe
Nov 22nd - 7,021 see lowest NBA score, Ft Wayne Pistons 19, Minneapolis Lakers 18
Nov 22nd - 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills NY
Nov 23rd - Howard Swanson's "Short Symphony," premieres
Nov 24th - "Guys & Dolls" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1200 performances
Nov 24th - UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas
Nov 24th - US infantry division conquerors Chonju Korea
Nov 25th - "Tickets, Please" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 245 performances
Nov 25th - 38th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 13-0
Nov 25th - UN gives Eritrea to Ethiopia
Nov 26th - China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River
Nov 27th - Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
Nov 27th - Trial against RC clergy "imperialistic conspiracy" begins in Prague
Nov 28th - Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager
Nov 29th - National Council of Church of Christ in US forms
Nov 30th - US Pres Truman threatens China with atom bomb
Dec 2nd - Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight
Dec 3rd - Cleve Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Phila 13-7)
Dec 3rd - Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast
Dec 3rd - Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts
Dec 5th - Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
Dec 5th - Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India
Dec 6th - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud
Dec 10th - Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize
Dec 11th - Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract
Dec 11th - Hindemiths Concerto for clarinet, premieres
Dec 12th - 16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB)
Dec 12th - Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus & high school rule
Dec 13th - "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 perfs
Dec 13th - James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial
Dec 14th - "Bless You All" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 84 perfs
Dec 14th - UN Gen Assembly establishes High Comm for Refugees (Nobel 1954)
Dec 14th - Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), & Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner
Dec 15th - Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone to retain heavyweight boxing title
Dec 15th - NYC's Port Authority opens
Dec 16th - "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 perfs
Dec 16th - Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"
Dec 19th - Gen Eisenhower named NATO commander
Dec 19th - Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion
Dec 20th - "Harvey," starring James Stewart, premieres in NY
Dec 21st - "Out of This World" opens at New Century Theater NYC for 157 perfs
Dec 21st - Cole Porter's musical "Out of this World," premieres in NYC
Dec 22nd - 2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77
Dec 24th - Cleveland Browns win NFL championship, beat LA 30-28

Famous Birthdays

Results 401 - 500 of 749

Jul 6th - Hélène Scherrer, Canadian politician
Jul 10th - Willie Ford, US R&B-singer (Dramatics-Me & Mrs Jones)
Jul 10th - Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Greek politician
Jul 11th - Bonnie Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-Jump, I'm So Excited)
Jul 11th - Jim Higgs, cricketer (Australian leg-spinner 1978-81)
Jul 11th - Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani nuclear physicist
Jul 11th - Bruce McGill, American actor
Jul 12th - Eric Carr, rock drummer (Kiss-Beth)
Jul 13th - George D "Pinky" Nelson, Iowa, PhD/astro (STS 41C, STS 61-C, STS-26)
Jul 13th - Ma Ying-jeou, President of the Republic of China, former mayor of Taipei, former chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT)
Jul 14th - Bruce Oldfield, British mode-designer
Jul 14th - Gwen Guthrie, American singer (d. 1999)
Jul 15th - Alan Hurst, cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1974-79)
Jul 15th - Colin Barnett, Australian politician
Jul 15th - Arianna Huffington, Greek-born newspaper columnist
Jul 16th - Camille Saviola, Bronx NY, actress (Nightlife)
Jul 16th - Valery Yevgenyevich Maksimenko, Russian colonel/cosmonaut
Jul 16th - Tom Terrell, musicologist, deejay
Jul 16th - Pierre Paradis, Quebec politician
Jul 16th - Dennis Priestley, English darts player
Jul 17th - Derek de Lint, Dutch actor
Jul 17th - P.J. Soles, German-born American actress
Jul 18th - Richard Branson, British music enterperneur (Virgin Atlantic)
Jul 18th - Glenn Hughes, American singer (Village People) (d. 2001)
Jul 18th - Jack Layton, Canadian politician
Jul 18th - Kostas Eleftherakis, Greek footballer
Jul 19th - Simon Cadell, English actor (Hi-Di-Hi, Pride & Extreme Prejudice)
Jul 19th - Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian Minister of Finance
Jul 19th - Freddy Moore, American songwriter
Jul 20th - Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress
Jul 20th - Naseeruddin Shah, Indian actor
Jul 21st - Larry Tolbert, rock drummer (Raydio)
Jul 21st - Ubaldo Fillol, Argentinian footballer
Jul 23rd - Alan Turner, Aussie cricket left-handed opener (World Cup ton 1975)
Jul 23rd - Belinda J Montgomery, Winnipeg, actress (Man From Atlantis)
Jul 23rd - Blair Thornton, rock guitarist (Bachman-Turner-Overdrive)
Jul 23rd - Ian Thomas, rocker
Jul 23rd - Kaity Tong, news anchor (WABC-TV NYC)
Jul 23rd - Alex Kozinski, Romanian-born American judge
Jul 24th - Dan Hedaya, actor (Cheers, Marvin's Room, Clueless)
Jul 24th - Goutam Ghose, director (Patang, Voyage Beyond, Paar)
Jul 24th - Sam Behrens, actor (Jake Meyer-General Hospital, Sunset Beach, LA Law)
Jul 25th - Mark Clarke, rocker (Uriah Heep)
Jul 26th - Paul McHale, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania)
Jul 26th - Susan George, London England, actress (Straw Dogs, Mandingo)
Jul 26th - Nelinho, Brazilian footballer
Jul 26th - Rich Vogler, American race car driver (d. 1990)
Jul 27th - Michael Vaughn, rocker (Paper Lace)
Jul 27th - Simon Jones, Willshire England, comedian (News is the News)
Jul 28th - Shahyar Ghanbari, Iranian poet
Jul 29th - Maricica Puica, Romania, 2K runner (world record)
Jul 29th - Radu Voina, Romania, team handball (Oly-silver/2 bronze-1972, 76, 80)
Jul 30th - Frank Stallone, NYC, Sylvestor's brother/actor (Barfly, Outlaw Force)
Jul 30th - Wime de Craene, Flemish chansonnier/composer
Jul 31st - Lane Davies, actor (Mason-Santa Barbara, Impure Thoughts)
Aug 1st - Doug Tract, Bronx NY, radio DJ (Greaseman)
Aug 2nd - Kathryn Harrold, Tazewell Va, actress (MacGruder & Loud)
Aug 2nd - Lance Ito, judge (OJ Simpson trial)
Aug 2nd - Mathieu Carriere, Hanover W Germany, actor (Bay Boy, Woman in Flames)
Aug 2nd - Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate (d. 1994)
Aug 3rd - JoMari Payton Noble, Albany GA, actress (Harriette-Family Matters)
Aug 3rd - Waldemar Cierpinski, German DR, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1976, 80)
Aug 5th - Holly Palance, LA Calif, actress (Thorn Birds, Ripley's Believe It)
Aug 5th - Rosi Mittermaier, German FR, slalom/downhill (Olympic-gold-1976)
Aug 6th - Dorian Harewood, Dayton Ohio, actor (Earl-Glitter, Trauma Center)
Aug 6th - Nathan Purdee, actor (Nathan-Young & Restless, Hank-1 Life to Live)
Aug 6th - Winston E Scott, Miami Fla, USN Commander/astronaut (STS 72, 87)
Aug 7th - David James Wottle, 800m runner (Olympic-gold-1972)
Aug 7th - Rodney Crowell, Houston TX, country singer (She's Crazy for Leavin')
Aug 8th - Willie Hall, rocker
Aug 9th - Roelof S "Roel" Bakker, Dutch actor/director (Love Potion)
Aug 10th - A L Harris, clinicaloncologist
Aug 10th - Eric Braunn, rocker (Iron Butterfly)
Aug 10th - James Reynolds, Oskaloosa Ks, actor (Abe Carver-Days of our Lives)
Aug 10th - Rémy Girard, Canadian actor
Aug 11th - Erik Braunn, Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
Aug 11th - Steve Wozniak, co-founder (Apple Computers)
Aug 11th - Gennidy Nikonov, Russian weapons inventor
Aug 12th - Kid Creole, singer (Cocoanuts)
Aug 12th - Jim Beaver, American actor and writer
Aug 13th - Andre van de Berg, actor/director (Transport)
Aug 14th - Gary Larson, cartoonist (Far Side)
Aug 15th - Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Windsor, Engl, Princess/olympic equestrian
Aug 15th - Tess Harper, Mammoth Sp AR, actress (Amityville 3D, Tender Mercies)
Aug 15th - Thomas Aldrich, country drummer (Black Oak Arkansas)
Aug 15th - William "Bill" Griffin, US singer (Miracles-Love Machine)
Aug 15th - Tommy Aldridge, American musician
Aug 15th - Tom Kelly, American baseball manager
Aug 16th - Hasely Crawford, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic-gold-1976)
Aug 16th - Jeff[rey R] Thomson, cricketer (great Aussie fast bowler 1972-85)
Aug 16th - Marshall Manesh, Iranian-born American actor
Aug 16th - Stockwell Day, Canadian politician
Aug 18th - Candice Earley, Ft Hood TX, actress (Donna Tyler-All My Children)
Aug 18th - Dennis Elliot, London, rock drummer (Foreigner)
Aug 18th - Lynn Adams, Kingsville TX, LPGA golfer
Aug 19th - Graeme Beard, cricketer (NSW medium-pace all-rounder 3 Tests 1980)
Aug 19th - Jennie Bond, British journalist
Aug 21st - Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer
Aug 21st - Arthur Bremer, American criminal, who shot George C Wallace in May 1972.
Aug 22nd - Teresa Davis, rocker

Famous Deaths

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