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Months in 1950: January February March April May June July August September October December

Results 1 - 55 of 55

1st - 1st negro player in NBA, (Celtic's Charles Cooper) Ft Wayne Ind
1st - 82°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov
1st - Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill Pres Truman at Blair House
1st - Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.
1st - Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
2nd - "Barrier" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances
2nd - Phillies reliever Jim Konstanty wins NL MVP
4th - "Barrier" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
4th - "Consul" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 269 performances
4th - Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon
4th - US troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea
5th - Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record
5th - Philippines president Quirino ends emergency crisis
6th - Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as VP/GM of Pitts Pirates
6th - Chinese offensive halts at Chongchon River, North Korea
6th - King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India
7th - Carlo Terron's "Processo Agli Innocenti," premieres in Milan
7th - French women & children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta
8th - 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War
8th - Boston Red Sox 1B Walt Dropo wins AL Rookie of Year
8th - In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place
8th - Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year
9th - Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year
9th - Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year
9th - White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930
10th - After 9 years, Cleve Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau
10th - Clifford Odet's "Country Girl," premieres in NYC
10th - Jacobo Arbenz Guzman elected pres of Guatemala
10th - Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner
10th - Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar
12th - Gene Roberts sets NFL NY Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards
13th - US win 1st world championship bridge contest
13th - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
15th - 1st Negro player in organized hockey-Arthur Dorrington signed
15th - Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey (Atl City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League
16th - Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops
16th - UN gets US govt approval to issue postage stamps
16th - US pres Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat
18th - South Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
19th - US General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe
22nd - 7,021 see lowest NBA score, Ft Wayne Pistons 19, Minneapolis Lakers 18
22nd - 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills NY
23rd - Howard Swanson's "Short Symphony," premieres
24th - "Guys & Dolls" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1200 performances
24th - UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas
24th - US infantry division conquerors Chonju Korea
25th - "Tickets, Please" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 245 performances
25th - 38th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 13-0
25th - UN gives Eritrea to Ethiopia
26th - China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River
27th - Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
27th - Trial against RC clergy "imperialistic conspiracy" begins in Prague
28th - Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager
29th - National Council of Church of Christ in US forms
30th - US Pres Truman threatens China with atom bomb