Historical Events for October 1950
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Months in 1950: January February March April May June July August September November December
Results 1 - 47 of 47
1st - Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning HR)
1st - South Korean troops exceed 38° latitude during Korean War
1st - Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), NY 6, Cleveland 0
2nd - 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers
2nd - Mao Tse Tung proclaims in telegram to Stalin, China intervenes Korea
2nd - Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases
2nd - Bob Shaw of Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD receptions
2nd - Chic Cards Jim Hardy passes for 6 touchdowns vs Balt Colts (55-13)
2nd - Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz first published
3rd - 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah)
3rd - Indonesian army opens assault on Ambon, South Moluccas
3rd - Baseball rules Phils lefty Curt Simmons cannot play in World Series despite his being on furlough from Army
4th - French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam
5th - "Pardon Our French" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 100 perfs
7th - NY Yankees sweep Phila Phillies in 47th World Series
7th - US forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel
7th - Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head
7th - Whitey Ford wins his 1st World Series game, 5-2
7th - William H Jackson, becomes deputy director of CIA
7th - Yanks win 13th world championship sweeping Phillies
8th - 4th NHL All-Star Game: Detroit beat All-Stars 7-1 at Detroit
8th - Cleveland Browns play Pittsburgh for 1st time, beat Steelers 30-17
11th - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS
12th - "Call Me Madam" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 644 performances
14th - Rev Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison
18th - Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years
19th - Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
19th - UN forces entered Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
21st - Chinese forces occupy Tibet
21st - Death penality abolished in Belgium
21st - Patty Berg wins LPGA Hardscrabble Women's Golf Invitation
21st - Tom Powers of Duke scores 6 touchdowns
22nd - LA Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27
25th - Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life
25th - Jean Anouilh's "La Repetition, ou L'Amour Pani," premieres in Paris
25th - Sukarno appointed president of Republic Indonesia
26th - 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea
26th - Branch Rickey resigns as Brooklyn Dodger president
26th - Mother Teresa found her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India
26th - South Korean troops reach Chosan at Chinese boundary
27th - Paul Creston's 3rd Symphony "Triumph of St Joan," premieres
29th - British minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns
29th - Wally Triplett avgs 735 yards on 3 kickoff returns
29th - Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7
30th - David Diamond's 3rd Symphony, premieres
30th - Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.
31st - Collazo & Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, DC
