Historical Events for March 1950
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Months in 1950: January February April May June July August September October November December
Results 1 - 37 of 37
1st - Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of National China on Formosa
1st - Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London)
1st - USSR issues golden rubles
3rd - 3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name
6th - Silly Putty invented
7th - Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy & P Kennedy (USA)
7th - Ladies Figure Skating Championship in London won by Alena Vrzanova CZE
7th - Men Figure Skating Championship in London won by Richard Button (USA)
8th - 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters)
8th - Marshall Voroshilov of USSR announces they developed atomic bomb
9th - Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in NYC
12th - Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III
12th - Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda"
13th - General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232 (record)
14th - FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins
15th - "Consul" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 269 performances
15th - Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Consul," premieres in NYC
15th - NYC hires Dr Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker"
16th - 1st annual National Book Awards
17th - Belgian govt of Eyskens resigns
17th - Element 98 (Californium) announced
18th - "Touch & Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances
18th - CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship
19th - 5th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
19th - City College of NY defeats Bradley to win the NIT
23rd - "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 perfs
23rd - 22rd Academy Awards - "All King's Men," Crawford & De Havilland win
23rd - Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government
23rd - UN World Meteorological Org established
24th - Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship
24th - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman
24th - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button
27th - Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner's solo concert (Cleve OH)
27th - Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China
27th - WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville, KY (CBS) begins broadcasting
28th - 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: CCNY beats Bradley 71-68 NYC college becomes 1st to win NCAA & Natl Inv Basketball in same year
30th - Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ
