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1950 Calendar

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•  January 17, 1950 – The Great Brinks Robbery – 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car Company’s offices in Boston, Massachusetts.
•  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 13, 1950 – The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
•  May 19, 1950 – A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
•  June 8, 1950 – Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history.
•  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.
•  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 21, 1950 – Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash. Twenty-one people are killed, seventeen of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
•  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 9, 1950 – David Johansen, American singer
•  January 16, 1950 – Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer (Can)
•  May 13, 1950 – Manning Marable, American academic and author (d. 2011)
•  June 13, 1950 – Michael Stark, Australian actor
•  August 12, 1950 – Jim Beaver, American actor and writer
•  October 1, 1950 – Mark Helias, American jazz double bass player and composer
•  November 16, 1950 – John Swartzwelder, American television writer and novelist
•  December 5, 1950 – Osvaldo Golijov, Argentine-born composer
•  December 23, 1950 – Ilchi Lee, Korean educator and author
•  December 25, 1950 – Karl Rove, former American presidential advisor