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1950 Historical Event(s)
February 17, 1950
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Tiger in Chinese astrology.
April 27, 1950
– Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
May 1, 1950
– Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth.
May 19, 1950
– A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
June 28, 1950
– Bodo League massacre: Korean War.
June 29, 1950
– The United States defeats England during the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
July 11, 1950
– Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
July 16, 1950
– Chaplain-Medic massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army.
October 11, 1950
– Television: CBS’s mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
November 5, 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.
Who Were Born On 1950?
January 5, 1950
– Ioan Petru Culianu, Romanian educator (d. 1991)
March 26, 1950
– Alan Silvestri, American film composer
May 12, 1950
– Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor
May 13, 1950
– Manning Marable, American academic and author (d. 2011)
May 18, 1950
– Thomas Gottschalk, German television show host
July 3, 1950
– James Hahn, American politician
July 4, 1950
– Philip Craven, British International Paralympic Committee president
September 21, 1950
– Charles Clarke, British politician
December 2, 1950
– Amin Saikal, Afghan-Australian academic
December 6, 1950
– Karlheinz Subklewe, German footballer