Historical Events for February 1950
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Months in 1950: January March April May June July August September October November December
Results 1 - 31 of 31
1st - USSR demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes
1st - Urko Kekkonen elected president of Finland
2nd - "Arms & the Girl" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 134 performances
2nd - 1st broadcast of "What's My Line," on CBS-TV
3rd - Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges
7th - Georges Bidault forms French govt
7th - Sen Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs
7th - US & Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime
9th - Sen Joseph McCarthy charges State Dept infested with 205 communists
11th - "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1
12th - Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb
12th - Sen Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist govt employees
14th - Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg
14th - USSR & China sign peace treaty
15th - KENS TV channel 5 in San Antonio, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
15th - WM Inge's "Come Back, Little Sheba," premieres in NYC
15th - WSYR (now WSTM) TV channel 3 in Syracuse, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting
15th - Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released
16th - Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS
16th - Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame
17th - 31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center NY
18th - "Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 35 performances
20th - Dylan Thomas arrives in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour
20th - WOL-AM in Washington DC swaps calls with WWDC
21st - WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting
22nd - Brockway & Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed)
24th - Labour wins British parliamentary election
25th - "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon & Woody Allen
26th - Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety," premieres in NYC
27th - General Chiang Kai-shek elected president of Nationalist China
28th - "Alive & Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 46 perfs
