Page 7: Historical Events In 1950

May 13   On this day in history diner's Club issues its first credit cards   

May 13   On this day in history the birth of Stevie Wonder, American singer   

May 17   On this day in history eduardo Fabini, composer, dies at 67   

May 18   "Liar" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 12 performances on this day in history.   

May 19   NY Times reports of worlds smallest & dumbest mechanical brain on this day in history.   

May 20   On this day in history 76th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2   

May 21   On this day in history vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia   

May 22   Celal Bayar elected president of Turkey in the year 1950.   

May 22   On this day in history dutch poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize   

May 25   Bkln-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC in the year 1950.   

May 25   On this day in history brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens in NYC   

May 26   On this day in history antonina Neshdanova, Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies   

May 27   On this day in history "Arms & the Girl" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 134 performances   

May 27   On this day in history bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Wallace Stevens   

Jun 02   In the year 1950 sT Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs Wash Senators   

Jun 02   In the year 1950 stanislas Bizot, French checker player (world champ 1925), dies at 70   

Jun 03   On this day in history french expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal   

Jun 04   On this day in history cVP wins Belgian parliamentary election   

Jun 04   On this day in history sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies   

Jun 05   In the year 1950 uS Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation   

Jun 08   On this day in history boston Red Sox beat St Louis Browns 29-4 (win by record 25 runs)   

Jun 08   On this day in history general Sir Thomas Blamey, Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces, South West Pacific Area, World War Two, made a Field Marshal, the only Australian appointment to this rank in Australian military history   

Jun 10   The West turns down Soviet plans to reunify Germany on this day in history.   

Jun 13   South African parliament accept "Groups Area Act" in the year 1950.   

Jun 15   Itzigsohn discover asteroid 1581 Abanderada, 1582 Martir & 1779 Parana on this day in history.   

Jun 17   1st kidney transplant (Chicago) on this day in history.   

Jun 17   In the year 1950 syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies   

Jun 17   On this day in history the first kidney transplant (Chicago)   

Jun 18   Cleve Indians score 14 runs in 1st inning, beat A's 21-2 on this day in history.   

Jun 19   In the year 1950 a G Wilson discovers asteroid #1980 Tezcatlipoca   

Jun 20   Claude Jennings, cricketer (Aust opening bat in 1912 Triangular), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 20   On this day in history dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia   

Jun 20   On this day in history joe Dimaggio's 2,000th hit   

Jun 21   Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1950 birth of lou Gramm, rocker   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of david Shifrin, American classical clarinetist   

Jan 03   Beth Anderson, composer was born in the year 1950.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of victoria Principal, American actress   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of chris Stein, rock guitarist and co-founder of Blondie (Heart of Glass, Call Me) born in Brooklyn, New York   

Jan 05   Michael O'Donoghue, writer/performer was born in the year 1950.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of ioan Petru Culianu, Romanian-born professor (d. 1991)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of john Manley, Canadian politician   

Jan 02   Emil Jannings, actor (The Way of All Flesh), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   In the year 1950 isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71   

Jan 08   On this day in history george Rowe, cricketer (15 wckts in 4 Tests for S Af 1895-1902), dies   

Jan 11   On this day in history karin Michaelis, writer, dies at 77   

Jan 12   In the year 1950 koos van de Griend, composer, dies at 44   

Jan 15   In the year 1950 death of gen Henry "Hap" Arnold, U.S. General of the Air Force (b. 1886)   

Jan 21   George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46 in the year 1950.   

Jan 22   Alan Hale, actor (Little John-Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 57 on this day in history.