1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1950 - Events. January 5 - U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the U.S. January 6 - The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Britain in response. January 9 - The Israeli government recognizes the People's Republic of China. January 11 - Huk gu ...

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1950 - January. January 21 - George Orwell, English author (b. 1903) 1950 - February. February 6 - Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884) February 25 - George Minot, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1885) 1950 - March. March 5 - Sid Grauman, American restaurateur (b. 1895) March 9 - Danny Sullivan, American race car driver March 19 - W ...

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During the 1950 edition, more than 320,000 visitors were able to admire the Cadillac Debutante, a special convertible trimmed in leopard skins. There was no Autorama or Motorama in 1952. Cadillac celebrated its Golden Anniversary [50 years of production] in 1952 and two show cars were on display at various venues around the country: the Townsman, a custom Series Sixty Special sedan and the Cadillac Eldorado special convertible that went ...

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1950 - January. January 5 - U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the U.S. January 6 - The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Britain in response. January 9 - The Israeli government recognizes the People's Republic of China. January 11 - Huk guerrillas attack the town of Hermosa in Bataan, Philippines. January 12 - Huk guerillas attack ...

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1950 in aviation - March. March 20 - Royal Air Force Avro Lincoln bombers are sent to Singapore to be used against the Communist guerillas of Malaya in the Malayan Emergency. 1950 in aviation - April. April 8 - Soviet Lavochkin La-11 shoots down an American PB4Y Privateer over the Baltic Sea with all 10 crew lost. 1950 in aviation - June. June 1 - BEA commences the first regular passenger service to be flown by ...

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During the 1950s, a couple of relatively new developments changed the world: World War II had only been over for five years when the decade of the 50's began, and television was beginning to make a major impact internationally. In boxing, changes connected to these developments could be seen too, as boxers who fought at the 1940s conflict returned to their homes and many of them were back in the ring. Television producers were in love with sports, which provided the viewer with an opportunity to observe sporting events life, and boxing was n ...

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1950 in film - Top grossing films. North America Cinderella (Disney) (#6 in year of release) Samson and Delilah Battleground King Solomon's Mines Cheaper by the Dozen Annie Get Your Gun Father of the Bride 1950 in film - Academy Awards. Best Picture: All About Eve - 20th Century-Fox Best Actor: José Ferrer - ...

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The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the baby boom from returning GIs who went to college under the G.I. Bill and settled in suburban America. Most of the internal conflicts that had developed in earlier decades like women's rights, civil rights, imperialism, and war were relatively suppressed or neglected during this time as a returning world from the brink hoped to see a m ...

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D.O.A. is a 1950 movie that helped define the film noir genre. The frantically-paced plot revolves around a doomed man's quest to find out who has murdered him—and why—before he dies. D.O.A. 1950 film - Plot. The film begins with Frank Bigelow (O'Brien) stumbling into a police station to report a murder: his own. The flashback that follows shows Bigelow's unwise decision to take off for a weekend of partying in San Francisco before settling down to married life with his bride-to-be Paula (Britton ...

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1950s - World leaders. Prime Minister Robert Menzies (Australia) Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent (Canada) Prime Minister John Diefenbaker (Canada) Chairman Mao Zedong (People's Republic of China) President Chiang Kai-shek (Republic of China on Taiwan) President Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt) Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (India) Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion (Israel) Emperor Hirohito (Japan) Pope Pius XII Pope John XX ...

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The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the baby boom from returning GIs who went to college under the G.I. Bill and settled in suburban America. Most of the internal conflicts that had developed in earlier decades like women's rights, civil rights, imperialism, and war were relatively suppressed or neglected during this time as a returning world from the brink hoped to see a more con ...

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1 special election held due to resignation of Raymond E. Baldwin (R-CT) 2 special election held due to death of Bert H. Miller (D-ID). 3 special election held due to death of Joseph Melville Broughton (D-NC) 4 special election held due to resignation of J. Howard McGrath (D-RI) to become Attorney General ...

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1950 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: New York Yankees over Philadelphia Phillies (4-0) All-Star Game, July 11 at Comiskey Park: National League, 4-3 (14 innings) 1950 in baseball - Other champions. Caribbean World Series: Carta Vieja (Panama) College World Series: Texas First Japan Series: Mainichi Orions over Shochiku Robins (4-2) Little League World Se ...

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1950 in South Africa - May. 1 May - 18 blacks are killed by police and more than 30 are injured on the Witwatersrand in a massive stay-away from work called for by the African National Congress 1950 in South Africa - June. 24 June - The South Africa national football team beats the Australia national football team 3-2 at Kingsmead, Durban ...

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Cinderella 1950 film - Production. Made on the cusp, between the classic "golden age" Disney animations of the 1930s and 1940s, and the less critically acclaimed productions of the 1950s, Cinderella is representive of both eras. Cinderella was the first full-bodied feature produced by the studio since Bambi in 1942; World War II and low box office returns had forced Walt Disney to produce a series of inexpensive package films such as The Three Caballeros and Fun a ...

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1950 in rail transport - March events. March 2 - The Nickel Plate Railroad runs its first mainline freight train powered by diesel locomotives, as two yard switchers are pressed into service to handle a train from Peru, Indiana, to Michigan City. 1950 in rail transport - May events. May 6 - Pacific Electric quits the Los Angeles to San Bernadino railway post office, the last interurban RPO in the United States.See also:

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The opening scene reveals that a man has been killed, and his corpse is seen floating face down in a swimming pool. The dead man (who narrates the rest of the movie) explains he was Joe Gillis, an unsuccessful film writer. The film fades into flashback as he describes his attempt to flee by auto from two repossession agents. He turns into a driveway on Sunset Boulevard in order to escape them, and sees what he assumes to be a deserted mansion. He enters the house, where he meets a German butler and an eccentric older woman who mistakes him f ...

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January January 13 - Mikoyan-Gurevich I-330, prototype of the MiG-17 January 19 - Avro Canada CF-100 RCAF 18101 March March 26 - XA2D Skyshark April April 30 - SNCASE Grognard May May 5 - Scottish Aviation Prestwick Pioneer prototype G-AKBF May 10 - de Havilland Heron June June 19 - Hawker P.1081 VX279 June 27 - IAe Pulqui II October O ...

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