Historical Events for Year 1950 (Part 4)
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Months in Year 1950: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Results 451 - 508 of 508
Nov 15th - 1st Negro player in organized hockey-Arthur Dorrington signed
Nov 15th - Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey (Atl City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League
Nov 16th - Egyptian king Faruk demands departure of all British troops
Nov 16th - UN gets US govt approval to issue postage stamps
Nov 16th - US pres Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat
Nov 18th - South Korea Pres Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
Nov 19th - US General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe
Nov 22nd - 7,021 see lowest NBA score, Ft Wayne Pistons 19, Minneapolis Lakers 18
Nov 22nd - 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills NY
Nov 23rd - Howard Swanson's "Short Symphony," premieres
Nov 24th - "Guys & Dolls" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 1200 performances
Nov 24th - UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas
Nov 24th - US infantry division conquerors Chonju Korea
Nov 25th - "Tickets, Please" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 245 performances
Nov 25th - 38th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 13-0
Nov 25th - UN gives Eritrea to Ethiopia
Nov 26th - China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River
Nov 27th - Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
Nov 27th - Trial against RC clergy "imperialistic conspiracy" begins in Prague
Nov 28th - Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager
Nov 29th - National Council of Church of Christ in US forms
Nov 30th - US Pres Truman threatens China with atom bomb
Dec 2nd - Vic Toweel knocks down Danny O'Sullivan 14 times in a title fight
Dec 3rd - Cleve Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Phila 13-7)
Dec 3rd - Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast
Dec 3rd - Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts
Dec 5th - Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
Dec 5th - Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India
Dec 6th - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud
Dec 10th - Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize
Dec 11th - Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract
Dec 11th - Hindemiths Concerto for clarinet, premieres
Dec 12th - 16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB)
Dec 12th - Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus & high school rule
Dec 13th - "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 perfs
Dec 13th - James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial
Dec 14th - "Bless You All" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 84 perfs
Dec 14th - UN Gen Assembly establishes High Comm for Refugees (Nobel 1954)
Dec 14th - Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), & Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner
Dec 15th - Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone to retain heavyweight boxing title
Dec 15th - NYC's Port Authority opens
Dec 16th - "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 perfs
Dec 16th - Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"
Dec 19th - Gen Eisenhower named NATO commander
Dec 19th - Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion
Dec 20th - "Harvey," starring James Stewart, premieres in NY
Dec 21st - "Out of This World" opens at New Century Theater NYC for 157 perfs
Dec 21st - Cole Porter's musical "Out of this World," premieres in NYC
Dec 22nd - 2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77
Dec 24th - Cleveland Browns win NFL championship, beat LA 30-28
Dec 25th - Cleve Browns beat LA Rams 30-28 in NFL championship game
Dec 25th - Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart
Dec 25th - Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey & smuggled back to Scotland
Dec 26th - Gillette & Mutual buy All Star & World Series rights ($6M for 6 yrs)
Dec 28th - Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea
Dec 28th - The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
Dec 30th - Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia become Independent states in France Union
Dec 31st - Jockeys W Shoemaker & Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year
