Historical Events for May 1950
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Results 1 - 36 of 36
1st - Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry)
1st - Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade
1st - New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China
1st - Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers & Hammerstein (South Pacific)
1st - WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
2nd - Carlo Terrons "Giuditta," premieres in Milan
2nd - Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration
2nd - Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China PR
5th - Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand
6th - "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 perfs
6th - 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6
6th - Liz Taylor's 1st marriage (Conrad Hilton Jr)
8th - Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons
9th - French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
9th - Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville
10th - 1st Neth-US telex sent
11th - Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
11th - Eugene Ionesco's "La Cantatrice Chauve," premieres in Paris
12th - Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar," premieres in Paris
13th - Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards
13th - The first round of the Formula 1 World Championship is held at Silverstone.
14th - Pitts Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 HRs
18th - "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 12 performances
18th - Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders
19th - NY Times reports of worlds smallest & dumbest mechanical brain
20th - 76th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2
21st - Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia
22nd - Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey
22nd - Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize
22nd - Richard Strauss' "4 Last Songs" (4 letzte Lieder) in London
25th - Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC
27th - "Arms & the Girl" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 134 performances
27th - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens
30th - Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
31st - Due to rain, Indy 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins
31st - Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial
