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Events on the year of 1950 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo China
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01 Jan 1950 Standard practice uses this day as the origin of the age scale Before Present
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06 Jan 1950 "Happy as Larry" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 3 performances
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06 Jan 1950 Britain recognizes Communist government of China
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06 Jan 1950 The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
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07 Jan 1950 "Happy as Larry" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 3 performances
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07 Jan 1950 Mental health wing of Mercy Hospital burns, kills 41 (Davenport Ia)
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12 Jan 1950 USSR re-introduces death penalty for treason, espionage & sabotage
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12 Jan 1950 Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die
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14 Jan 1950 "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 420 performances
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14 Jan 1950 The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
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14 Jan 1950 "As the Girls Go" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY after 420 performances
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14 Jan 1950 US recalls all consular officials from China
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15 Jan 1950 4,000 attend National Emergency Civil Rights Conference in Washington DC
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16 Jan 1950 Belgium, Luxembourg & Netherlands recognize Israel
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17 Jan 1950 "Alive & Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 46 performances
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17 Jan 1950 The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
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17 Jan 1950 "Alive & Kicking" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY for 46 performances
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17 Jan 1950 11 men rob Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities
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18 Jan 1950 Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion
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18 Jan 1950 Christopher Fry's "Venus Observed" premieres in London
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19 Jan 1950 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane
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20 Jan 1950 "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 35 performances
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20 Jan 1950 Suriname becomes independent part in Realm of the Netherlands
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20 Jan 1950 "Dance Me a Song" opens at Royale Theater New York City NY for 35 performances
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21 Jan 1950 "Lend an Ear" closes at National Theater NYC after 460 performances
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21 Jan 1950 American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
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21 Jan 1950 New York jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury
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21 Jan 1950 "Lend an Ear" closes at National Theater New York City NY after 460 performances
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21 Jan 1950 T S Eliot's "Cocktail Party" premieres in New York City NY
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22 Jan 1950 Polly Riley wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
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23 Jan 1950 AP picks "Miracle Braves" of 1914 as greatest sports upset
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23 Jan 1950 NFL rule changes open way for 2-platoon system (offense & defense)
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23 Jan 1950 The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
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23 Jan 1950 3rd edition of Joseph Kane's Famous 1st Facts published
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23 Jan 1950 Israeli Knesset resolves that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel
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23 Jan 1950 Rebel army of cap Raymond Westerner occupies Bandung
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24 Jan 1950 Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history
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26 Jan 1950 The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
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26 Jan 1950 India becomes a republic ceasing to be a British dominion
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27 Jan 1950 2nd Emmy Awards Ed Wynn Show & Texaco Star Theater win
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28 Jan 1950 Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud
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30 Jan 1950 "Robert Montgomery Presents" dramatic anthology premieres on NBC TV
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31 Jan 1950 President Truman OKs building of hydrogen bomb
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31 Jan 1950 United States President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
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31 Jan 1950 President Truman reveals that he ordered the Atomic Energy Commission to develop the hydrogen bomb
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01 Feb 1950 Urko Kekkonen elected President of Finland
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01 Feb 1950 USSR demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes
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02 Feb 1950 "Arms & the Girl" opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 134 performances
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03 Feb 1950 Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs arrested on spy charges
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07 Feb 1950 Georges Bidault forms French government
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07 Feb 1950 Sen Joe McCarthy finds "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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07 Feb 1950 US and Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime
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08 Feb 1950 The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
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09 Feb 1950 Sen Joseph McCarthy charges State Department infested with 205 communists
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09 Feb 1950 Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
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11 Feb 1950 "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1
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11 Feb 1950 "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1
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12 Feb 1950 Senator Joe McCarthy claims to have list of 205 communist government employees
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12 Feb 1950 Albert Einstein warns against hydrogen bomb
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14 Feb 1950 Chinese Civil War: The National Revolutionary Army instigates the unsuccessful Battle of Tianquan against the People's Liberation Army.
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14 Feb 1950 Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg
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14 Feb 1950 USSR & China sign peace treaty
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15 Feb 1950 WSYR (now WSTM) TV channel 3 in Syracuse, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting
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15 Feb 1950 Walt Disney's "Cinderella" released
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15 Feb 1950 KENS TV channel 5 in San Antonio TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
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15 Feb 1950 WM Inge's "Come Back, Little Sheba" premieres in New York NY
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16 Feb 1950 Longest-running prime-time game show, "What's My Line" begins on CBS
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16 Feb 1950 Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball's Hall of Fame
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17 Feb 1950 31 die in a train crash in Rockville Center, New York
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18 Feb 1950 "Dance Me a Song" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 35 performances
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20 Feb 1950 Dylan Thomas arrives in New York NY for his 1st US poetry reading tour
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20 Feb 1950 WOL-AM in Washington DC swaps calls with WWDC
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21 Feb 1950 WOI TV channel 5 in Ames-Des Moines, IA (ABC / PBS) begins broadcasting
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22 Feb 1950 Brockway and Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (rev ed)
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22 Feb 1950 Brockway & Weinstock publish "Men of Music" (revised edition)
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24 Feb 1950 Labour wins British parliamentary election
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25 Feb 1950 "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen
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26 Feb 1950 Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety" premieres in New York NY
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27 Feb 1950 General Chiang Kai-shek elected President of Nationalist China
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28 Feb 1950 "Alive & Kicking" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 46 performances
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01 Mar 1950 Chiang Kai-shek resumed the presidency of National China on Formosa
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01 Mar 1950 Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years for atomic espionage (London)
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01 Mar 1950 USSR issues golden rubles
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01 Mar 1950 Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
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03 Mar 1950 3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name
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06 Mar 1950 Silly Putty invented
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07 Mar 1950 Ice Pairs Championship at London won by K Kennedy and P Kennedy (USA)
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07 Mar 1950 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in London won by Alena Vrzanova CZE
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07 Mar 1950 Men Figure Skating Championship in London won by Richard Button (USA)
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07 Mar 1950 Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
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08 Mar 1950 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters)
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08 Mar 1950 Marshall Voroshilov of the USSR announces they developed atomic bomb
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09 Mar 1950 Willie Sutton robs Manufacturers Bank of $64,000 in New York City
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12 Mar 1950 Pope Pius XII encyclical "On combating atheistic propaganda"
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12 Mar 1950 The Llandow air disaster occurs near Sigingstone, Wales, in which 80 people die when their aircraft crashed, making it the world's deadliest air disaster at the time.
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12 Mar 1950 Belgium votes (58%) for return of King Leopold III
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13 Mar 1950 General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232 (record)
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14 Mar 1950 FBI's "10 Most Wanted Fugitives" program begins
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15 Mar 1950 "Consul" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 269 performances
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15 Mar 1950 New York City hires Dr Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker"
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15 Mar 1950 Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Consul" premieres at Barrymore Theater NYC for 269 performances
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15 Mar 1950 NYC hires Dr Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker"
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16 Mar 1950 Communist Czechoslovakia's ministry of foreign affairs asks nuncios of Vatican to leave the country.
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16 Mar 1950 1st annual National Book Awards
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17 Mar 1950 Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium".
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17 Mar 1950 Belgian government of Eyskens resigns
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17 Mar 1950 Element 98 (Californium) announced
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18 Mar 1950 "Touch & Go" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 176 performances
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18 Mar 1950 CCNY beats Bradley 69-61 for the NIT championship
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19 Mar 1950 5th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
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19 Mar 1950 City College of New York defeats Bradley to win the NIT
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23 Mar 1950 "Great to Be Alive" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 52 performances
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23 Mar 1950 22nd Academy Awards: "All King's Men", Broderick Crawford & Olivia de Havilland win
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23 Mar 1950 Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government
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23 Mar 1950 UN World Meteorological Organization established
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24 Mar 1950 Gracie de Moss wins LPGA Pro-Ladies Golf Championship
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24 Mar 1950 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Yvonne C Sherman
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24 Mar 1950 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button
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27 Mar 1950 Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner's solo concert (Cleveland OH)
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27 Mar 1950 Netherlands recognizes People's Republic of China
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27 Mar 1950 WHAS TV channel 11 in Louisville KY (CBS) begins broadcasting
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28 Mar 1950 12th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: City College of New York beats Bradley 71-68; CCNY becomes 1st to win NCAA & National Invitation Basketball in same year
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30 Mar 1950 Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, New Jersey
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02 Apr 1950 WTAR (now WTKR) TV channel 3 in Norfolk, VA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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04 Apr 1950 Dirk Stikker becomes Chairman of OES
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05 Apr 1950 Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests begins
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06 Apr 1950 John F Dulles becomes advisor to US Secretary of State Acheson
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08 Apr 1950 "Miss Liberty" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 308 performances
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08 Apr 1950 India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat–Nehru Pact.
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09 Apr 1950 14th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 283
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09 Apr 1950 4th Tony Awards: Cocktail Party and South Pacific win
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11 Apr 1950 Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco
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11 Apr 1950 US B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia
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14 Apr 1950 1st edition of British strip "Eagle"
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14 Apr 1950 1st edition of British strip "Eagle"
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14 Apr 1950 Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands
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18 Apr 1950 1st opening night-game, Cards beat Pirates, 4-2
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18 Apr 1950 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip
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18 Apr 1950 New York Yankees win 15-10 after trailing Red Sox 9-0 in 6th
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18 Apr 1950 1st opening night-game, St Louis Cardinals beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2
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18 Apr 1950 Polish Catholic church & government sign accord over relations
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18 Apr 1950 Sam Jethroe is 1st black to play for Boston Braves
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19 Apr 1950 Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
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19 Apr 1950 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39
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20 Apr 1950 Baltimore's Memorial Stadium opens - Orioles of International League
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23 Apr 1950 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat the New York Rangers, 4 games to 3
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23 Apr 1950 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phillies 6, Braves 5)
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23 Apr 1950 4th NBA Championship Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 2
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23 Apr 1950 Nationalist China evacuates Hainan Island
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24 Apr 1950 "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 320 performances
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24 Apr 1950 Independent republic of South Molukkas declared
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24 Apr 1950 President Harry Truman denies there are communists in US government
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25 Apr 1950 Chuck Cooper becomes the 1st black to play in the NBA
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25 Apr 1950 Ambon proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan)
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26 Apr 1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Maryland is run
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26 Apr 1950 University of Miami ends William & Mary straight tennis match victories at 82
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27 Apr 1950 "Tickets, Please" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 245 performances
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27 Apr 1950 Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
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27 Apr 1950 South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races
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28 Apr 1950 Bhumibol Adulyadej marries Queen Sirikit after their quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 19, 1949.
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30 Apr 1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA 144-hole Golf Weathervane
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01 May 1950 Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize (poetry)
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01 May 1950 Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade
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01 May 1950 Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific)
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01 May 1950 WJIM (now WLNS) TV channel 6 in Lansing, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 May 1950 Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth.
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02 May 1950 Carlo Terrons "Giuditta, " premieres in Milan
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02 May 1950 Dutch 1st Chamber accept Laws on immigration
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02 May 1950 Dutch Prime Minister Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China PR
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05 May 1950 Phumiphon Abundet crowned as King Rama IX of Thailand
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05 May 1950 Bhumibol Adulyadej is crowned King Rama IX of Thailand.
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06 May 1950 "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 performances
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06 May 1950 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6
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08 May 1950 Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons
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09 May 1950 French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS
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09 May 1950 Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman Declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
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10 May 1950 1st Netherlands-US telex sent
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11 May 1950 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die
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11 May 1950 Eug
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12 May 1950 Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar, " premieres in Paris
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12 May 1950 Darius Milhauds opera "Bolivar" premieres in Paris France
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13 May 1950 The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
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13 May 1950 Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards
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14 May 1950 Pittsburgh Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 homeruns
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18 May 1950 "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 12 performances
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18 May 1950 Tommy Glaviano makes 3 consecutive errors on grounders
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19 May 1950 A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
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19 May 1950 Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce.
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19 May 1950 New York Times reports of world's smallest & dumbest mechanical brain
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20 May 1950 76th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2
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21 May 1950 Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia
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22 May 1950 Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey
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22 May 1950 Dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize
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22 May 1950 Richard Strauss' "4 Last Songs" (4 letzte Lieder) in London
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25 May 1950 Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens in New York City
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25 May 1950 Public transport: Green Hornet disaster. A Chicago Surface Lines streetcar crashes into a fuel truck, killing 33.
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27 May 1950 "Arms & the Girl" closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 134 performances
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27 May 1950 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens
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29 May 1950 The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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30 May 1950 Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
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31 May 1950 Due to rain, Indianapolis 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins
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31 May 1950 Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial
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01 Jun 1950 WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
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02 Jun 1950 St. Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs. Washingston Senators
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03 Jun 1950 French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal
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03 Jun 1950 The first successful ascent of an Eight-thousander; the summit of Annapurna is reached by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal.
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04 Jun 1950 CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election
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04 Jun 1950 Dutch cyclist Wim van Est wins Bordeaux-Paris (586 km in 17:25)
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05 Jun 1950 US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation
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06 Jun 1950 German DR and Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border
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08 Jun 1950 Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs)
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08 Jun 1950 Jean Duvieusart becomes Belgian Premier
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08 Jun 1950 Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history.
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10 Jun 1950 50th US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club, Pennsylvania
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10 Jun 1950 82nd Belmont: William Boland aboard Middleground wins in 2:28.6
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11 Jun 1950 Ben Hogan wins US Open golf tournament
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12 Jun 1950 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die
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12 Jun 1950 Connie Mack named Honorary Manager of the All-Star Game
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13 Jun 1950 South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act"
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15 Jun 1950 Dutch police seize condoms
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15 Jun 1950 Itzigsohn discover asteroid 1581 Abanderada, 1582 Martir & 1779 Parana
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17 Jun 1950 Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Syria sign security pact
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17 Jun 1950 1st kidney transplant (Chicago)
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19 Jun 1950 A G Wilson discovers asteroid #1980 Tezcatlipoca
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20 Jun 1950 Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia
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20 Jun 1950 Joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit, Yanks beat Indians 8-2
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21 Jun 1950 Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit
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23 Jun 1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women
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23 Jun 1950 Yanks & Tigers hit record 11 HRs, Tigers win 10-9
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24 Jun 1950 French government-Bidault resigns
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24 Jun 1950 New York Giant Wes Westrum hits 3 HRs and a triple
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24 Jun 1950 M Itzigsohn discovers asteroid #1821 Aconcagua
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25 Jun 1950 Johnny Pramesa (Reds) and Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park HRs
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25 Jun 1950 Korean conflict begins; North Korea invades South Korea
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25 Jun 1950 UN member states begin using integrated forces against North Korea
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25 Jun 1950 The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
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25 Jun 1950 Israeli airline El Al begins service
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27 Jun 1950 "Liar" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 12 performances
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27 Jun 1950 32nd PGA Championship: Chandler Harper at Scioto Country Club - Columbus, Ohio
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27 Jun 1950 North Koreans troop reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict
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27 Jun 1950 The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
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27 Jun 1950 Pres Truman orders Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict
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27 Jun 1950 UN Security Council calls on members for troops to aid South Korea
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27 Jun 1950 US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
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28 Jun 1950 Korean War: Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
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28 Jun 1950 Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers, argued to be between 100,000 and 200,000 are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
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28 Jun 1950 Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge to in attempt to slow North Korea's offensive.
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28 Jun 1950 Korean War: North Korean Army conducted Seoul National University Hospital Massacre.
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28 Jun 1950 North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea [or 01041951?]
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29 Jun 1950 US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994)
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29 Jun 1950 West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin and Valentine
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30 Jun 1950 US General MacArthur visits front in South Korea / asks for US troops
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30 Jun 1950 Pres Truman orders US troops into Korea
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01 Jul 1950 "Lost in the Stars" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 281 performances
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01 Jul 1950 1st 407 US soldiers flown to South Korea
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01 Jul 1950 WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
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02 Jul 1950 Indian Bob Feller, wins his 200th game, 5-3 over Detroit
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02 Jul 1950 The Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down.
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03 Jul 1950 1st time US and North Korean forces clash in Korean War
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03 Jul 1950 Casey Stengel asks Joe DiMaggio to play 1st base (handles 13 chances)
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04 Jul 1950 Braves Sid Gordon ties season grand slam record with 4
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04 Jul 1950 Truman signs public law 600 (Puerto Ricans write own constitution)
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04 Jul 1950 Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
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05 Jul 1950 Law of Return passes, guarantees all Jews right to live in Israel
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05 Jul 1950 Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.
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05 Jul 1950 Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
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06 Jul 1950 German DR recognizes Oder-Neisse borders with Poland
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07 Jul 1950 1st Farnborough airshow held
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07 Jul 1950 64th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Budge Patty beats Sedgman (61 8-10 62 63)
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07 Jul 1950 79th British Golf Open: Bobby Locke shoots a 279 at Royal Troon
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08 Jul 1950 33.4 cm rain fall at York, Nebraska (state record)
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08 Jul 1950 57th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Louise Brough beats M duPont (61 36 61)
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08 Jul 1950 Gen Douglas MacArthur named commander-in-chief, UN forces in Korea
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08 Jul 1950 Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea
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09 Jul 1950 13.15" (33.40 cm) of rainfall, York, Nebraska (state 24-hour record)
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10 Jul 1950 "Your Hit Parade" premieres on NBC (later CBS) TV
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11 Jul 1950 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chicago Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game
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11 Jul 1950 Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
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11 Jul 1950 NL beats AL 4-3 (14 inn) in 17th All Star Game (Comiskey Park Chic)
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12 Jul 1950 ILTF re-admit Germany and Japan in Davis Cup, Poland and Hungary withdraws
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13 Jul 1950 Doctors remove 7 bone fragments from Ted Williams elbow
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14 Jul 1950 Korean War: North Korean troops initiate the Battle of Taejon.
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14 Jul 1950 RE Wayne awarded 1st Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea
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15 Jul 1950 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1750 Eckert
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16 Jul 1950 Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army.
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16 Jul 1950 Single day 16 team HR record set at 37 (NL-25, AL-12)
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16 Jul 1950 Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro
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17 Jul 1950 Indonesian troops land on Buru, South-Molukka
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19 Jul 1950 French / Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh
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19 Jul 1950 New York Yanks obtain their 1st black players, Elston Howard and Frank Barnes
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19 Jul 1950 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Summi maeroris
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20 Jul 1950 "Arthur Murray Party" premieres on ABC TV (later DuMont, CBS, NBC)
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20 Jul 1950 Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
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22 Jul 1950 Frank Worrell completes 261 vs. England at Trent Bridge
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22 Jul 1950 King Leopold, after 6 years in exile, returns to Belgium
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24 Jul 1950 Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
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24 Jul 1950 V-2/WAC Corporal rocket launch; 1st launch from Cape Canaveral
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25 Jul 1950 the Korean People's Army crossed the 38th parallel starting The Korean War.
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25 Jul 1950 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroids #1799 Koussevitzky,
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26 Jul 1950 KNIL (Royal Dutch East Indies Army) unites
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27 Jul 1950 President Truman promises aid to Taiwan
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29 Jul 1950 Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run
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29 Jul 1950 Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.
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01 Aug 1950 1st Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons)
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01 Aug 1950 American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule
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01 Aug 1950 Guam adopts constitution (Organic Act)
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01 Aug 1950 King Leopold of Belgium abdicates, Baudouin becomes King
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01 Aug 1950 Territory of Guam created
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05 Aug 1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title
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05 Aug 1950 Florence Chadwick swims English Canal (13:23)
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07 Aug 1950 Police bar white players-Lou Chirban, Stan Mierko, and Frank Dyle, from playing in Negro League
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08 Aug 1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
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09 Aug 1950 Lusty Song wins Hambletonian
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11 Aug 1950 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885)
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11 Aug 1950 Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Brooklyn Dodger, 7-0
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11 Aug 1950 Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time
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11 Aug 1950 King Boudouin I takes oath as royal Prince of Belgium
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12 Aug 1950 New York Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 20-6 in Ottawa
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12 Aug 1950 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Humani generis
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12 Aug 1950 Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre—American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
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13 Aug 1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
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13 Aug 1950 President Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai
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15 Aug 1950 8.6 earthquake in India kills 20,000 to 30,000
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15 Aug 1950 Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
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15 Aug 1950 Indians make their 1st triple play at Cleveland Stadium
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15 Aug 1950 Indies Constitution goes into effect
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15 Aug 1950 Joseph Pholien becomes Belgian Premier
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15 Aug 1950 President Sukarno proclaims unity of Indonesia
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15 Aug 1950 Rotterdam harbor strike begins
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15 Aug 1950 8.6 quake kills over 1,000 in Assam, India
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16 Aug 1950 West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England
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17 Aug 1950 Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs
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17 Aug 1950 Indonesia gains independence from the Netherlands
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19 Aug 1950 ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic & Acrobat Ranch)
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22 Aug 1950 Abdel Rehim swims English Channel (10:50)
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22 Aug 1950 Althea Gibson becomes 1st black competetor in National tennis competition
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22 Aug 1950 Rotterdam harbor strike end
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23 Aug 1950 Jack Holden wins marathon (2:32:12)
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23 Aug 1950 West Germany and Japan readmitted to International Amateur Athletic Federation
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24 Aug 1950 Edith Sampson named 1st black US delegate to UN
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24 Aug 1950 Operation Magic Carpet concludes transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews
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24 Aug 1950 1st US Negro delegate to UN appointed-ES Sampson
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24 Aug 1950 Operation Magic Carpet-45,000 Yemenite Jews move to Israel
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25 Aug 1950 President Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike
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25 Aug 1950 Sugar Ray Robinson KOs Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title
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26 Aug 1950 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York (4-1)
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27 Aug 1950 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC
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27 Aug 1950 General Foods blacklists Jean Muir of Aldrich Family as a communist
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29 Aug 1950 Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
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29 Aug 1950 Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52
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31 Aug 1950 Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs and a single in a game vs. Braves
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01 Sep 1950 13 North Korean divisions open assault on UN lines
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01 Sep 1950 West Berlin granted a constitution
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03 Sep 1950 "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
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04 Sep 1950 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines
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04 Sep 1950 D McI Hodgson of St. Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna
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04 Sep 1950 Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250
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04 Sep 1950 Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
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05 Sep 1950 64th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Osborne duPont beats D Hart (63 63)
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05 Sep 1950 70th US Mens Tennis: Art Larsen beats Herbert Flam (63 46 57 64 63)
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05 Sep 1950 98.3 cm rainfall at Yankeetown, Florida (state record)
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07 Sep 1950 Monasteries shut down in Hungary
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09 Sep 1950 1st use of TV laugh track-Hank McCune
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09 Sep 1950 Massive arrests of communists in France
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10 Sep 1950 Joe DiMaggio becomes 1st to hit 3 HR in a game at Griffith Stadium
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11 Sep 1950 "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts
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11 Sep 1950 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited
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11 Sep 1950 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton Ohio
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11 Sep 1950 Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence
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12 Sep 1950 Belgian government dismisses all communist civil servants
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14 Sep 1950 Western allies rearm West Germany
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15 Sep 1950 East German Premier Grotewohl pleads for German reunification
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15 Sep 1950 For a record 6th time, New York Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 HRs in one game
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15 Sep 1950 UN lands at Inchon to drive North Korean troops out of the south
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15 Sep 1950 US troop land on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul
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15 Sep 1950 Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon
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15 Sep 1950 During Korean conflict, UN forces land at Inchon in the south
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15 Sep 1950 Longest game in Phila's Shribe Park, Phils beat Reds 8-7 in 19
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15 Sep 1950 Yankee Johnny Mize hits 3 homers (6th time he has done that)
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16 Sep 1950 Cleveland Rams (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, beat Philadelphia 35-10)
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16 Sep 1950 Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam
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17 Sep 1950 San Francisco 49ers (formerly AAFC) play 1st NFL game, lose 21-17
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18 Sep 1950 Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher, receives dharma transmission
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19 Sep 1950 European Payment Union forms in Paris
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19 Sep 1950 Great Three acknowledge Bond government as only German government
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22 Sep 1950 Nobel peace prize awarded to Ralph J Bunche (1st black winner)
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22 Sep 1950 Omar N Bradley promoted to rank of 5-star general
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23 Sep 1950 Patty Berg wins LPGA Sunset Hills Golf Open
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23 Sep 1950 Philadelphia Athletics Joe Astroth is 4th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (6th)
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23 Sep 1950 US Mustangs accidentally bombs British on Hill 282 Korea, 17 killed
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23 Sep 1950 Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II occurred.
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24 Sep 1950 "Operation Magic Carpet"-All Jews from Yemen move to Israel
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24 Sep 1950 Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A blue moon is seen as far away as Europe.
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26 Sep 1950 Australia wins Davis Cup tennis tournament
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26 Sep 1950 Phils pitcher Jim Konstanty makes record 71st appearance of year
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26 Sep 1950 United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
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26 Sep 1950 Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.
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26 Sep 1950 Because of forest fire in Br Columbia, blue moon appears in England
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26 Sep 1950 UN troops in Korean War recaptured South Korean capital of Seoul
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27 Sep 1950 Dr Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize
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27 Sep 1950 Ezzard Charles beats Joe Louis in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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27 Sep 1950 Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles KOs Joe Louis in New York City
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27 Sep 1950 Heavyweight champ Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis
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28 Sep 1950 Indonesia becomes 60th member of UN
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28 Sep 1950 Indonesia joins the United Nations.
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29 Sep 1950 "Tin Pan Alley TV, " last airs on ABC-TV
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29 Sep 1950 Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories
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29 Sep 1950 Yanks clinch 2nd consecutive pennant under Casey Stengel
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30 Sep 1950 1st Congress of International Astronautical Federation opens in Paris
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30 Sep 1950 WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Oct 1950 Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), New York 6, Cleveland 0
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01 Oct 1950 Phillies win NL pennant on last day of season (10th inning HR)
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02 Oct 1950 Bob Shaw of Chicago Cardinals sets NFL record with 5 TD receptions
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02 Oct 1950 Chicago Cards Jim Hardy passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Baltimore Colts (55-13)
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02 Oct 1950 Mao Tse Tung proclaims in telegram to Stalin, China intervenes Korea
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02 Oct 1950 Red Sox Dom DiMaggio leads AL with only 15 stolen bases
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02 Oct 1950 Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published.
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03 Oct 1950 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV (Beulah)
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03 Oct 1950 Baseball rules Phils lefty Curt Simmons cannot play in World Series despite his being on furlough from Army
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03 Oct 1950 Indonesian army opens assault on Ambon, South Moluccas
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03 Oct 1950 Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San, primarily pitting Australian and British forces against communist China, begins.
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04 Oct 1950 French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam
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05 Oct 1950 "Pardon Our French" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 100 performances
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07 Oct 1950 New York Yankees sweep Philadelphia Phillies in 47th World Series
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07 Oct 1950 US forces invade Korea by crossing 38th parallel
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07 Oct 1950 Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head
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07 Oct 1950 Whitey Ford wins his 1st World Series game, 5-2
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07 Oct 1950 William H Jackson, becomes Deputy Director of CIA
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07 Oct 1950 Yanks win 13th world championship sweeping Phillies
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07 Oct 1950 Mother Teresa build an order called Missionary of Charity
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08 Oct 1950 4th NHL All-Star Game: Detroit beat All-Stars 7-1 at Detroit
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08 Oct 1950 Cleveland Browns play Pittsburgh for 1st time, beat Steelers 30-17
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09 Oct 1950 Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre started.
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11 Oct 1950 Television: CBS's mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
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12 Oct 1950 "Call Me Madam" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 644 performances
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14 Oct 1950 Rev Sun Young Moon liberated from Hung Nam prison
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18 Oct 1950 Connie Mack retires as manager of the A's after 50 years
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19 Oct 1950 Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
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19 Oct 1950 The People's Liberation Army takes control of the town of Chamdo; this is sometimes called the "Invasion of Tibet".
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19 Oct 1950 The People's Republic of China joins the Korean War by sending thousands of troops across the Yalu River to fight United Nations forces.
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19 Oct 1950 Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
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19 Oct 1950 UN forces entered Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea
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21 Oct 1950 Death penality abolished in Belgium
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21 Oct 1950 Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade and the North Korean 239th Regiment during the Battle of Yongju.
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21 Oct 1950 Chinese forces occupy Tibet
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21 Oct 1950 Tom Powers of Duke scores 6 touchdowns
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22 Oct 1950 LA Rams beat Baltimore Colts 70-27
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25 Oct 1950 Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life
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25 Oct 1950 Sukarno appointed President of the Republic of Indonesia
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26 Oct 1950 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea
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26 Oct 1950 Mother Teresa found her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India
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26 Oct 1950 South Korean troops reach Chosan at Chinese boundary
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26 Oct 1950 Branch Rickey resigns as Brooklyn Dodger president
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29 Oct 1950 British Minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns
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29 Oct 1950 Wally Triplett averages 735 yards on 3 kickoff returns
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30 Oct 1950 Pope Pius XII witnesses the "Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican.
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31 Oct 1950 Collazo & Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, DC
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01 Nov 1950 Puerto Rican nationalists try to kill President Truman at Blair House
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01 Nov 1950 Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
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01 Nov 1950 Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary.
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02 Nov 1950 "Barrier" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances
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02 Nov 1950 Phillies reliever Jim Konstanty wins NL MVP
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04 Nov 1950 "Barrier" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
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04 Nov 1950 Indonesian troops reconquer Ambonese capital Ambon
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04 Nov 1950 US troops vacate Pyongyang North Korea
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05 Nov 1950 Philippines President Quirino ends emergency crisis
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05 Nov 1950 Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
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06 Nov 1950 Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as VP / GM of Pittsburgh Pirates
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06 Nov 1950 Chinese offensive halts at Chongchon River, North Korea
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06 Nov 1950 King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India
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07 Nov 1950 French women and children leaves Hanoi / Tonkin-delta
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08 Nov 1950 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War
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08 Nov 1950 Boston Red Sox 1B Walt Dropo wins AL Rookie of Year
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08 Nov 1950 In the Korean War, 1st jet battle takes place
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08 Nov 1950 Walt Dropo of Boston Red Sox selected AL Rookie of Year
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09 Nov 1950 Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year
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09 Nov 1950 Phillies skipper Eddie Sawyer selected as Manager of Year
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09 Nov 1950 White Sox release Luke Appling, who had been a Sox since 1930
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10 Nov 1950 After 9 years, Cleveland Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau
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10 Nov 1950 Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner
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10 Nov 1950 Spanish Dictator Franco ends war in Gibraltar
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10 Nov 1950 Jacobo Arbenz Guzm
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12 Nov 1950 Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giant rushing record (218 yards) vs. Chicago Cards
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13 Nov 1950 US win 1st world championship bridge contest
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15 Nov 1950 Arthur Dorrington is 1st black man in organized hockey (Atl City Seagulls of Eastern Amateur Hockey League
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15 Nov 1950 1st Negro player in organized hockey-Arthur Dorrington signed
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16 Nov 1950 Egyptian King Faruk demands departure of all British troops
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16 Nov 1950 US President Truman proclaims emergency crisis caused by communist threat
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16 Nov 1950 UN gets US government approval to issue postage stamps
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18 Nov 1950 South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
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19 Nov 1950 US General Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe
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22 Nov 1950 7,021 see lowest NBA score, Ft Wayne Pistons 19, Minneapolis Lakers 18
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22 Nov 1950 79 die in a train crash in Richmond Hills, New York
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24 Nov 1950 "Guys & Dolls" opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 1200 performances
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24 Nov 1950 UN troops begin an assault intending to end Korean War by Christmas
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24 Nov 1950 US infantry division conquerors Chonju Korea
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25 Nov 1950 "Tickets, Please" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 245 performances
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25 Nov 1950 38th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 13-0
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25 Nov 1950 UN gives Eritrea to Ethiopia
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26 Nov 1950 Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
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26 Nov 1950 China enters Korean conflict, sends troops across Yalu River
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27 Nov 1950 Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
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27 Nov 1950 Trial against RC clergy "imperialistic conspiracy" begins in Prague
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29 Nov 1950 National Council of Church of Christ in US forms
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29 Nov 1950 Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
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29 Nov 1950 National Council of the Church of Christ in US established
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30 Nov 1950 US President Truman threatens China with atom bomb
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03 Dec 1950 Cleveland Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Philadelphia 13-7)
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03 Dec 1950 Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast
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05 Dec 1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
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05 Dec 1950 Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India
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06 Dec 1950 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud
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09 Dec 1950 Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
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10 Dec 1950 Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize
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10 Dec 1950 1st black American awarded Nobel Peace Prize - Ralph J Bunche
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11 Dec 1950 Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract
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11 Dec 1950 Hindemiths Concerto for clarinet, premieres
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12 Dec 1950 Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services.
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12 Dec 1950 16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB)
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12 Dec 1950 Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus & high school rule
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13 Dec 1950 "Let's Make an Opera" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 performances
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13 Dec 1950 James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial
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14 Dec 1950 "Bless You All" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 84 performances
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14 Dec 1950 UN General Assembly establishes High Commissioner for Refugees (Nobel 1954)
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14 Dec 1950 Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), & Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner
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15 Dec 1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Nick Barone to retain heavyweight boxing title
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15 Dec 1950 NYC's Port Authority opens
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16 Dec 1950 Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism"
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16 Dec 1950 Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight in support of communist North Korea.
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16 Dec 1950 "Let's Make an Opera" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 performances
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17 Dec 1950 The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.
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19 Dec 1950 General Eisenhower named NATO commander
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19 Dec 1950 Tibet's Dalai Lama flees Chinese invasion
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20 Dec 1950 "Harvey, " starring James Stewart, premieres in New York
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21 Dec 1950 "Out of This World" opens at New Century Theater NYC for 157 performances
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21 Dec 1950 Cole Porter's musical "Out of this World" premieres at New Century Theater NYC for 157 performances
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22 Dec 1950 2 self-propelled trains of Long Island RR collide, killing 77
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24 Dec 1950 Cleveland Browns win NFL championship, beat Los Angeles 30-28
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25 Dec 1950 The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.
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25 Dec 1950 Cleveland Browns beat Los Angeles Rams 30-28 in NFL championship game
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25 Dec 1950 Coronation Stone, taken from Scone in Scotland by Edward I in 1296, stolen from Westminster Abbey & smuggled back to Scotland
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25 Dec 1950 Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart
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26 Dec 1950 Gillette & Mutual buy All Star & World Series rights ($6 million for 6 years)
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28 Dec 1950 Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea
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30 Dec 1950 Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia become Independent states in France Union
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31 Dec 1950 Jockeys Willie Shoemaker & Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year
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