Historical Events for June 1950
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Results 1 - 46 of 46
1st - WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
2nd - ST Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Wash Senators
3rd - French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal
4th - CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election
4th - Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25)
5th - US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation
6th - German DR & Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border
6th - Turkey: The Adhan in Arabic is legalized.
8th - Boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs)
8th - Jean Duvieusart becomes Belgian premier
8th - Test Cricket debut of Ramadhin & Valentine (8-104 1st inn) v England
8th - Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Field Marshal in Australian history.
10th - 50th US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club PA
10th - 82nd Belmont: William Boland aboard Middleground wins in 2:28.6
10th - Germany doesn't annex Oder-Neissegrens
11th - Ben Hogan wins US Open golf tournament
12th - 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die
12th - Connie Mack named Honorary Manager of the All-Star Game
13th - South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act"
15th - Dutch police seize condoms
17th - 1st kidney transplant (Chicago)
17th - Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia & Syria sign security pact
18th - Cleve Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2
20th - Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia
20th - Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2
21st - Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit
23rd - Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women
23rd - Yanks & Tigers hit record 11 HRs, Tigers win 10-9
23rd - Indians' Luke Easter hits longest ball in Cleveland Stadium history, 477 feet, into upper deck, Section 4
24th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Western Women's Golf Open
24th - French government-Bidault resigns
24th - NY Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 HRs & a triple
25th - Israeli airline El Al begins service
25th - Johnny Pramesa (Reds) & Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park HRs
25th - Korean conflict begins; N Korea invades S Korea
25th - UN member states begin using integrated forces against N Korea
26th - Pres Gottwald of Czech confirms Milada Horakova's death sentence
27th - "Liar" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 12 performances
27th - 32nd PGA Championship: Chandler Harper at Scioto CC Columbus Ohio
27th - US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
27th - North Koreans troop reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict
28th - "Michael Todd's Peep Show" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 278 perfs
28th - North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War
29th - US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994)
29th - West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin & Valentine
30th - US Gen MacArthur visits front in South Korea/asks for US troops
