1950
Year 1950 (MCML ) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar . It is also the index year, or year 0, that scientists use for before present figures.
Events of 1950
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
August 5 - Florence Chadwick swims across English Channel in 13 hours, 22 minutes.
August 5 - A bomb-laden B-29 Superfortress crashes into a residential area in California: 17 dead, 68 injured.
August 6 - Riot in Brussels in monarchist demonstrations.
August 8 - Winston Churchill supports idea of pan-European army allied with Canada and USA.
August 12 - In his Encyclical Humani Generis , Pope Pius XII declares evolution to be a serious hypothesis that did not contradict essential Catholic teachings.
August 15 - Earthquake and floods in Assam , India: 574 deaths, 5,000,000 believed homeless.
August 22 - Foundation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary , Tagbilaran City, Philippines.
August 23 - Legendary singer-actor Paul Robeson , whose passport has recently been revoked because of his alleged Communist affiliations, meets with U.S. officials in an effort to get it reinstated. He is unsuccessful, and it is not reinstated until 1958.
September
October
November
November 1 - Pope Pius XII witnesses the "Miracle of the Sun " at the Vatican[2] and defines a new dogma of Roman Catholicism : that God assumed Mary's body into Heaven after her death.
November 1 - Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman, who is staying at the Blair-Lee House in Washington, D.C. during White House repairs.
November 4 - United Nations ends the diplomatic isolation of Spain .
November 8 - Korean War: While in an F-80 , United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown intercepts two North Korean MiG-15s near the Yalu River and shoots them down in the first jet -to-jet dogfight in history.
November 10 - A US Air Force B-50 Superfortress bomber, experiencing an in-flight emergency, jettisoned and detonated a Mark 4 nuclear bomb over Quebec, Canada. The device lacked its plutonium core.
November 11 - The Mattachine Society is founded in Los Angeles as the first Gay -liberation organization.
November 13 - Colonel Carlos Delgado Chalbaud is kidnapped and murdered in Caracas .
November 13 - A Curtiss Reid Flying Services plane crashes while enroute to Paris from Rome killing all 52 on board.
November 18 - The United Nations accepts the formation of Libyan national council
November 20 - T. S. Eliot speaks against television in the UK.
November 22 - Anti-British riots in Egypt.
November 22 - Shirley Temple announces her retirement from show business.
November 25 - Phenomenal winter storm ravages the Northeastern United States, brings 30 to 50 inches of snow , temperatures below zero, and kills 323 people.
November 26 - Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China move into North Korea and launch a massive counterattack against South Korean and American forces at Chosin, ending any thought of a quick end to the conflict.
November 28 - Greece and Yugoslavia reform diplomatic relations.
November 29 - Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force a retreat of United Nations forces from North Korea.
November 29 - National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA founded.
November 30 - Douglas MacArthur threatens to use nuclear weapons in Korea.
December
Undated
Ongoing
World population
Total world population : 2,518,629,000
Africa : 221,214,000
Asia : 1,398,488,000
Europe : 547,403,000
Latin-America : 167,097,000
Northern America : 171,616,000
Oceania : 12,812,000.
Births
January-February
January 5 - John Manley , Canadian politician
January 5 - Charlie Richmond , Canadian entrepreneur and inventor
January 12 - Sheila Jackson Lee , American politician
January 12 - Dorrit Moussaieff , First Lady of Iceland
January 16 - Debbie Allen , American actress, dancer, and choreographer
January 17 - Cristina Galbó , Spanish actress
January 17 - Luis López Nieves , Puerto Rican writer
January 18 - Gilles Villeneuve , Canadian race car driver (d. 1982 )
January 20 - Edward Hirsch , American poet
January 21 - Billy Ocean , West Indian-born musician
January 23 - Richard Dean Anderson , American actor
January 24 - Gennifer Flowers , Accused President Clinton of sexual misconduct
January 24 - Benjamin Urrutia , Ecuadoran author and scholar
January 26 - Janet Lupo , American model
January 27 - Amos Grunebaum , Israeli-born obstetrician and gynecologist
January 27 - Derek Acorah , Spiritualist medium
January 29 - Jody Scheckter , South African race car driver
January 30 - Trinidad Silva , American actor (d. 1988 )
February 1 - Kazimierz Nycz , Polish clergyman
February 3 - Morgan Fairchild , American actress
February 4 - Pamela Franklin , British actress
February 6 - Natalie Cole , American singer
February 10 - Mark Spitz , American swimmer
February 12 - Michael Ironside , Canadian actor
February 12 - Steve Hackett , British songwriter and guitarist
February 13 - Peter Gabriel , British musician
February 15 - Tsui Hark , Hong Kong film director
February 16 - Peter Hain , British politician
February 18 - Cybill Shepherd American Actress, Singer and Former Fashion Model
February 18 - John Hughes , American film director, producer, and writer
February 19 - Andy Powell , British musician (Wishbone Ash )
February 20 - Ken Shimura , Japanese television performer and actor
February 20 - Tony Wilson , English impresario (d. 2007 )
February 22 - Julius Erving , American basketball player
February 22 - Julie Walters , English actress
February 22 - Miou-Miou , French actress
February 22 - Ellen Greene , American actress
February 25 - Neil Jordan , Irish film director, writer, and producer
February 25 - Néstor Kirchner , President of Argentina
February 26 - Helen Clark , Prime Minister of New Zealand
February 26 - Bill Ritter , ABC TV News Anchor
March-April
March 2 - Karen Carpenter , American singer and drummer (d. 1983 )
March 4 - Rick Perry , Governor of Texas
March 9 - Doug Ault , baseball player (d. 2004 )
March 9 - Danny Sullivan , American race car driver
March 11 - Bobby McFerrin , American singer
March 11 - Jerry Zucker , American film producer, director, and writer
March 13 - William H. Macy , American actor
March 18 - Brad Dourif , American actor
March 18 - Richard Kretchmer , English artist and historian
March 20 - William Hurt , American actor
March 22 - Jocky Wilson , Scottish darts player
March 26 - Teddy Pendergrass , American singer
March 26 - Martin Short , Canadian-born comedian
March 29 - Bud Cort , American actor
March 30 - Robbie Coltrane , British actor and comedian
April 3 - Sally Thomsett , British actress
April 4 - Christine Lahti , American actress
April 5 - Agnetha Fältskog , Swedish singer and songwriter (ABBA )
April 5 - Harpo , Swedish pop musician
April 10 - Ken Griffey, Sr. , baseball player
April 12 - Kari Palaste , Finnish architect
April 20 - Steve Erickson , American novelist
April 22 - Peter Frampton , English musician
April 25 - Lenora Branch Fulani , American Presidential candidate
April 28 - Jay Leno , American comedian and talk show host
April 29 - Paul Holmes , New Zealand radio and television broadcaster
May-June
July-August
July 5 - Michael Monarch , American musician (Steppenwolf )
July 5 - Huey Lewis , American musician
July 11 - Pervez Hoodbhoy , Pakistani Nuclear physicist and social activist
July 11 - J. R. Morgan , British classical scholar
July 18 - Sir Richard Branson , British entrepreneur
July 18 - Glenn Hughes , American vocalist (d. 2001 )
July 19 - Per-Kristian Foss , Norwegian Minister of Finance
July 19 - Simon Cadell , British actor
July 26 - Susan George , British actress
August 1 - Roy Williams , American basketball coach
August 7 - Alan Keyes , American political activist
August 11 - Erik Brann , American Musician, Guitarist (d. 2003 )
August 11 - Gennadiy Nikonov , Russian weapon designer
August 15 - Anne, Princess Royal
August 15 - Neil J. Gunther Australian/American physicist and computer scientist
August 16 - Hasely Crawford , West Indian athlete
August 16 - Marshall Manesh , Persian actor
August 26 - Carl Deuker , American author
August 27 - Charles Fleischer , American actor
September-October
September 1 -Dr. Phil McGraw , TV psychologist
September 1 - Mikhail Fradkov , a Russian politician, the current Prime Minister of Russia
September 2 - Rosanna DeSoto , American actress
September 7 - Julie Kavner , American actress
September 10 - Joe Perry (musician) , American guitarist Aerosmith
September 14 - Paul Kossoff , British guitarist (Free ) (d. 1976 )
September 14 - Masami Kuwashima , Japanese race car driver
September 16 - Loyd Grossman , American television presenter and chef
September 17 - Narendra Modi , Chief Minister of Gujarat
September 21 - Charles Clarke , British politician
September 21 - Bill Murray , American actor and comedian
September 22 - Kirka , Finnish singer
September 24 - Kristina Wayborn , Swedish actress
September 27 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , Japanese actor
September 28 - John Sayles , American director and screenwriter
October 1 - Randy Quaid , American actor
October 5 - Jeff Conaway , American actor
October 5 - Edward P. Jones , American writer
October 9 - Jody Williams , American teacher and aid worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
October 10 - Nora Roberts , American novelist
October 12 - Caroline Ellis , British actress
October 12 - Kaga Takeshi , Japanese actor
October 18 - Wendy Wasserstein , American playwright (d. 2006 )
October 20 - Tom Petty , American singer
October 22 - Bill Owens , Governor of Colorado
October 28 - Sihem Bensedrine , Tunisian human rights activist
October 29 - Abdullah Gül , Turkish 11th president
October 31 - John Candy , Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994 )
October 31 - Jane Pauley , American television broadcaster and journalist
November-December
November 1 - Robert B. Laughlin , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
November 3 - Joe Queenan , American humorist and social critic
November 3 - Massimo Mongai , Italian author
November 4 - Charles Frazier , American author
November 10 - Debra Hill , American producer (d. 2005 )
November 10 - Bob Orton, Jr. , American professional wrestler
November 13 - Mary Lou Metzger , American singer and dancer
November 21 - Alberto Juantorena , Cuban athlete
November 22 - Lyman Bostock , baseball player (d. 1978 )
November 28 - Russell Alan Hulse , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
November 28 - Ed Harris , American actor
December 1 - Keith Thibodeaux , American actor and musician
December 2 - Amin Saikal , Afghan-Australian academic
December 5 - Camarón de la Isla , Spanish singer (d. 1992 )
December 10 - Tom Towles , American actor
December 13 - Wendie Malick , American actress
December 15 - Don Johnson , American actor
December 16 - Roy Schuiten , Dutch cyclist (d. 2006 )
December 17 - Laurence F. Johnson , American futurist and educator
December 17 - Wendy Brown , wife of Gordon Brown
December 18 - Leonard Maltin , American film critic
December 19 - Manny Trillo , baseball player
December 23 - Michael C. Burgess , American politician
December 28 - Alex Chilton , American musician (The Box Tops )
Deaths
January-June
January 17 - Seiichi Hatano , Japanese philosopher (b. 1877 )
January 21 - George Orwell , English author (b. 1903 )
February 6 - Georges Imbert , Alsatian chemist (b. 1884 )
February 7 - D. K. Broster , British historical novelist (b. 1877 )
February 25 - George Minot , American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1885 )
March 5 - Sid Grauman , American restaurateur (b. 1895 )
March 19 - Walter Haworth , British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883 )
March 19 - Edgar Rice Burroughs , American author (b. 1875 )
March 24 - James Rudolph Garfield , American politician (b. 1865 )
March 30 - Joe Yule , Scottish-born comedian (b. 1894 )
April 26 - G. Murray Hulbert , American politician (b. 1881 )
May 1 - Lothrop Stoddard , American eugenicist (b. 1883 )
May 9 - Esteban Terradas i Illa , Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883 )
May 10 - Belle da Costa Greene , American librarian, bibliographer, and archivist (b. 1883 )
June 4 - Kazys Grinius , President of Lithuania (b. 1866 )
June 24 - Darwan Singh Negi , Indian VC recipient (b. 1881 )
July-December
July 12 - Elsie de Wolfe , American socialite and interior decorator (b. 1865 )
July 17 - Evangeline Booth , General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865 )
July 22 - William Lyon Mackenzie King , Canadian politician (b. 1874 )
August 22 - Kirk Bryan , American geologist (b. 1888 )
August 23 - Frank Phillips , American oil executive (b. 1873 )
August 26 - Ransom E. Olds , American automotive pioneer (b. 1864 )
August 27 - Cesare Pavese , Italian poet and novelist (b. 1908 )
September 6 - Olaf Stapledon , British author and philosopher (b. 1886 )
September 10 - Raymond Sommer , American race car driver (b. 1906 )
September 11 - Jan Smuts , Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1870 )
September 21 - Arthur Milne , British physicist (b. 1896 )
October 13 - Ernest Haycox , American writer (b. 1899 )
October 19 - Charles Ballantyne , Canadian politician (b. 1867 )
October 23 - Al Jolson , American musician (b. 1886 )
October 29 - King Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858 )
November 2 - George Bernard Shaw , Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856 )
November 3 - Koiso Kuniaki , Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1880 )
November 25 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen , Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873 )
November 25 - Gustaf John Ramstedt , Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873 )
November 28 - James Corbitt hanged for murder by Albert Pierrepoint
November 30 - Werner Haase , Hitler's personal physician (b. 1900 )
December 2 - Dinu Lipatti , Romanian pianist (b. 1917 )
December 5 - Sri Aurobindo , Indian guru (b. 1872 )
December 11 - Leslie Comrie , New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer (b. 1893 )
December 12 - Peter Fraser , former Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1884 )
December 15 - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel , Indian political leader (b.1875 )
December 27 - Max Beckmann , German painter (b. 1884 )
Nobel prizes
Notes
↑ a b "Year by Year 1950" -- History Channel International ↑ Joseph Pelletier "The Sun Danced at Fatima", Doubleday, New York (1983), pp150,151 External links
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