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1950 Calendar

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•  January 26, 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.
•  February 17, 1950 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Tiger in Chinese astrology.
•  April 28, 1950 – Bhumibol Adulyadej marries Queen Sirikit after their quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 19, 1949.
•  July 16, 1950 – Chaplain-Medic massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army.
•  August 20, 1950 – Korean War: United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Naktong River and assault the city of Taegu.
•  August 25, 1950 – President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation’s railroads to avert a strike.
•  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.
•  November 13, 1950 – General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
•  December 12, 1950 – Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services.
•  December 16, 1950 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight with communist North Korea in the Korean War.

•  January 25, 1950 – John Terry, American actor
•  February 5, 1950 – Jonathan Freeman, American actor
•  February 26, 1950 – Jonathan Cain, American musician (Journey, Bad English, The Babys)
•  March 23, 1950 – Corinne Clery, French actress
•  July 16, 1950 – Pierre Paradis, Quebec politician
•  August 12, 1950 – Jim Beaver, American actor and writer
•  August 29, 1950 – Frank Henenlotter, American director
•  September 30, 1950 – Renato Zero, Italian musician
•  December 18, 1950 – Heinz-Josef Kehr, German footballer
•  December 25, 1950 – Yehuda Poliker, Israeli singer-songwriter