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

Results 301 - 450 of 508

Aug 22nd - Rotterdam harbor strike end
Aug 23rd - Jack Holden wins marathon (2:32:12)
Aug 23rd - West Germany & Japan readmitted to Intl Amateur Athletic Federation
Aug 24th - 1st US Negro delegate to UN appointed-ES Sampson
Aug 24th - Edith Sampson named 1st black US delegate to UN
Aug 24th - Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews
Aug 25th - Pres Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike
Aug 25th - Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title
Aug 26th - 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1)
Aug 27th - 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC
Aug 27th - General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist
Aug 28th - Earle & Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr
Aug 29th - Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52
Aug 31st - Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs & a single in a game vs Braves
Sep 1st - 13 North Korean divisions open assault on UN lines
Sep 1st - West Berlin granted a constitution
Sep 3rd - "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
Sep 4th - 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines
Sep 4th - D McI Hodgson of St Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna
Sep 4th - Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250
Sep 4th - Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
Sep 5th - 64th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63)
Sep 5th - 70th US Mens Tennis: Art Larsen beats Herbert Flam (63 46 57 64 63)
Sep 5th - 98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown, Florida (state record)
Sep 7th - Monasteries shut down in Hungary
Sep 9th - "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 293 perfs
Sep 9th - "Where's Chartev?" closes at St James Theater NYC after 792 perfs
Sep 9th - 1st use of TV laugh track-Hank McCune
Sep 9th - Massive arrests of communists in France
Sep 10th - Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium
Sep 11th - "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts
Sep 11th - 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited
Sep 11th - 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton Ohio
Sep 11th - Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence
Sep 12th - Belgian govt dismisses all communist civil servants
Sep 14th - Western allies rearm West Germany
Sep 15th - During Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in South Korea
Sep 15th - East German premier Grotewohl pleads for German reunification
Sep 15th - For a record 6th time, NY Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 HRs in one game
Sep 15th - Longest game in Phila's Shribe Park, Phils beat Reds 8-7 in 19
Sep 15th - UN lands at Inchon to drive North Korean troops out of the south
Sep 15th - US troop land on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul
Sep 16th - Cleveland Rams (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, beat Phila 35-10)
Sep 16th - Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam
Sep 17th - San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, lose 21-17
Sep 18th - Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher, receives dharma transmission
Sep 19th - European Payment Union forms in Paris
Sep 19th - Great Three acknowledge Bond govt as only German govt
Sep 19th - UN reject membership of China's People Republic
Sep 21st - George Marshall sworn in as the 3rd Secretary of Defense of United States.
Sep 22nd - Nobel peace prize awarded to Ralph J Bunche (1st black winner)
Sep 22nd - Omar N Bradley promoted to rank of 5-star general
Sep 23rd - Patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open
Sep 23rd - Phila A's Joe Astroth is 4th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th)
Sep 23rd - US Mustangs accidentally bombs British on Hill 282 Korea, 17 killed
Sep 24th - "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel
Sep 26th - Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament
Sep 26th - Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England
Sep 26th - Phils pitcher Jim Konstanty makes record 71st appearance of year
Sep 26th - UN troops in Korean War recapture South Korean capital of Seoul
Sep 27th - Dr Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize
Sep 27th - Ezzard Charles beats Joe Louis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Sep 27th - Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles KOs Joe Louis in NYC
Sep 28th - Indonesia becomes 60th member of UN
Sep 29th - "Tin Pan Alley TV," last airs on ABC-TV
Sep 29th - Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories
Sep 29th - Yanks clinch 2nd consecutive pennant under Casey Stengel
Sep 30th - 1st congress of International Astronautical Federation opens in Paris
Sep 30th - Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time
Sep 30th - WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
Oct 1st - Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning HR)
Oct 1st - South Korean troops exceed 38° latitude during Korean War
Oct 1st - Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), NY 6, Cleveland 0
Oct 2nd - 1st strip of Charlie Brown, "Li'l Folks," later "Peanuts" in 9 papers
Oct 2nd - Mao Tse Tung proclaims in telegram to Stalin, China intervenes Korea
Oct 2nd - Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases
Oct 2nd - Bob Shaw of Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD receptions
Oct 2nd - Chic Cards Jim Hardy passes for 6 touchdowns vs Balt Colts (55-13)
Oct 2nd - Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz first published
Oct 3rd - 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah)
Oct 3rd - Indonesian army opens assault on Ambon, South Moluccas
Oct 3rd - Baseball rules Phils lefty Curt Simmons cannot play in World Series despite his being on furlough from Army
Oct 4th - French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam
Oct 5th - "Pardon Our French" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 100 perfs
Oct 7th - NY Yankees sweep Phila Phillies in 47th World Series
Oct 7th - US forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel
Oct 7th - Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head
Oct 7th - Whitey Ford wins his 1st World Series game, 5-2
Oct 7th - William H Jackson, becomes deputy director of CIA
Oct 7th - Yanks win 13th world championship sweeping Phillies
Oct 8th - 4th NHL All-Star Game: Detroit beat All-Stars 7-1 at Detroit
Oct 8th - Cleveland Browns play Pittsburgh for 1st time, beat Steelers 30-17
Oct 11th - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS
Oct 12th - "Call Me Madam" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 644 performances
Oct 14th - Rev Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison
Oct 18th - Connie Mack retires as manager of A's after 50 years
Oct 19th - Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
Oct 19th - UN forces entered Pyongyang, capital of North Korea
Oct 21st - Chinese forces occupy Tibet
Oct 21st - Death penality abolished in Belgium
Oct 21st - Patty Berg wins LPGA Hardscrabble Women's Golf Invitation
Oct 21st - Tom Powers of Duke scores 6 touchdowns
Oct 22nd - LA Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27
Oct 25th - Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life
Oct 25th - Jean Anouilh's "La Repetition, ou L'Amour Pani," premieres in Paris
Oct 25th - Sukarno appointed president of Republic Indonesia
Oct 26th - 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea
Oct 26th - Branch Rickey resigns as Brooklyn Dodger president
Oct 26th - Mother Teresa found her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India
Oct 26th - South Korean troops reach Chosan at Chinese boundary
Oct 27th - Paul Creston's 3rd Symphony "Triumph of St Joan," premieres
Oct 29th - British minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns
Oct 29th - Wally Triplett avgs 735 yards on 3 kickoff returns
Oct 29th - Cleveland Browns' Marion Motley sets record for highest avg gain in a game with 17.1 (10 attempts), Cleveland 45, Pittsburgh 7
Oct 30th - David Diamond's 3rd Symphony, premieres
Oct 30th - Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.
Oct 31st - Collazo & Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, DC
Nov 1st - 1st negro player in NBA, (Celtic's Charles Cooper) Ft Wayne Ind
Nov 1st - 82°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Nov
Nov 1st - Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill Pres Truman at Blair House
Nov 1st - Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.
Nov 1st - Pope Pius XII claims Papal Infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
Nov 2nd - "Barrier" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances
Nov 2nd - Phillies reliever Jim Konstanty wins NL MVP
Nov 4th - "Barrier" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
Nov 4th - "Consul" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 269 performances
Nov 4th - Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon
Nov 4th - US troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea
Nov 5th - Cleveland Browns' Tommy James intercepts 3 passes, club record
Nov 5th - Philippines president Quirino ends emergency crisis
Nov 6th - Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as VP/GM of Pitts Pirates
Nov 6th - Chinese offensive halts at Chongchon River, North Korea
Nov 6th - King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India
Nov 7th - Carlo Terron's "Processo Agli Innocenti," premieres in Milan
Nov 7th - French women & children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta
Nov 8th - 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War
Nov 8th - Boston Red Sox 1B Walt Dropo wins AL Rookie of Year
Nov 8th - In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place
Nov 8th - Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year
Nov 9th - Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year
Nov 9th - Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year
Nov 9th - White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930
Nov 10th - After 9 years, Cleve Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau
Nov 10th - Clifford Odet's "Country Girl," premieres in NYC
Nov 10th - Jacobo Arbenz Guzman elected pres of Guatemala
Nov 10th - Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner
Nov 10th - Spanish dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar
Nov 12th - Gene Roberts sets NFL NY Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards
Nov 13th - US win 1st world championship bridge contest
Nov 13th - General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.