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1950 Calendar

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•  February 14, 1950 – Chinese Civil War: The National Revolutionary Army instigates the unsuccessful Battle of Tianquan against the People’s Liberation Army.
•  February 17, 1950 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Tiger in Chinese astrology.
•  June 29, 1950 – The United States defeats England during the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
•  August 17, 1950 – Hill 303 massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army.
•  August 24, 1950 – Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
•  August 25, 1950 – President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation’s railroads to avert a strike.
•  September 4, 1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
•  September 15, 1950 – Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon
•  October 3, 1950 – Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San, primarily pitting Australian and British forces against communist China, begins.
•  December 17, 1950 – The F-86 Sabre’s first mission over Korea.

•  January 5, 1950 – Charlie Richmond, Canadian entrepreneur
•  May 11, 1950 – Dane Iorg, American baseball player
•  May 20, 1950 – Yvon Lambert, Canadian ice hockey player
•  July 20, 1950 – Tantoo Cardinal, Canadian actress
•  September 28, 1950 – John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
•  September 30, 1950 – Renato Zero, Italian musician
•  November 1, 1950 – Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
•  December 3, 1950 – Alberto Juantorena, Won gold in both the 400 and 800 meters at the 1976 Summer Olympics
•  December 6, 1950 – Karlheinz Subklewe, German footballer
•  December 23, 1950 – Vicente del Bosque, Spanish football manager