Historical Events for August 1950
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Months in 1950: January February March April May June July September October November December
Results 1 - 47 of 47
1st - 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons)
1st - American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule
1st - Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act)
1st - King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King
1st - Territory of Guam created
5th - Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title
5th - Florence Chadwick swims English Canal (13:23)
7th - Police bar white players-Lou Chirban, Stan Mierko, & Frank Dyle, from playing in Negro League
8th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
9th - Lusty Song wins Hambletonian
11th - 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885)
11th - Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Bkln Dodger, 7-0
11th - Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time
11th - King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium
12th - NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa
12th - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Humani generis
13th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
13th - Pres Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai
15th - 8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000
15th - Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
15th - Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium
15th - Indies Constitution goes into effect
15th - Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian premier
15th - Pres Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia
15th - Rotterdam harbor strike begins
15th - Srikakulam district is formed in Andhra Pradesh, India.
16th - West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England
17th - Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands
17th - Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) & Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs
18th - Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
19th - ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch)
22nd - Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)
22nd - Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in natl tennis competition
22nd - Rotterdam harbor strike end
23rd - Jack Holden wins marathon (2:32:12)
23rd - West Germany & Japan readmitted to Intl Amateur Athletic Federation
24th - 1st US Negro delegate to UN appointed-ES Sampson
24th - Edith Sampson named 1st black US delegate to UN
24th - Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews
25th - Pres Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike
25th - Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title
26th - 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1)
27th - 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC
27th - General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist
28th - Earle & Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr
29th - Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52
31st - Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves
