1950 - September - Article Index

Article - Astrology: Dragons Throughout The Ages - Dragons Importance In Astrology.
Chinese astrologers refer to the Moon's Nodes as the Dragon's Head and Tail and give it tremendous attention as to the placement in the n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Inchon: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Inchon - Planning
The idea to land UN forces at Inchon was suggested by MacArthur after he visited the Korean battlefield on June 29, 1950, four days after...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North Korea: Encyclopedia Ii - North Korea - History
Japanese rule of Korea ended after World War II in 1945. Korea was occupied by the Soviet Union north of the 38th Parallel and by the Uni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1991: Encyclopedia Ii - 1991 - Deaths
1991 - January-February. January 5 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (b. 1922) January 8 - Steve Clark, English guitarist (Def Leppard) (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1880: Encyclopedia - 1880
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950: Encyclopedia - 1950
1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1950 - Events. January 5 - U.S. Senator Estes Kefau...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vannevar Bush: Encyclopedia - Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush (March 11, 1890 – June 30, 1974) was an American engineer and science administrator, known for his political role in the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Years In Television: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Years In Television - 1950s
See also. 1959-60 United States network television schedule ... See also:List of years in television, List of years in television -...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Korean War: Encyclopedia Ii - Korean War - Depiction
Korean War - Artistic depiction. Artist Pablo Picasso's painting Massacre in Korea (1951) depicted violence against civilians during th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1903: Encyclopedia - 1903
1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). It also had the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Armstrong Custer: Encyclopedia Ii - George Armstrong Custer - Family Tree
George Armstrong Custer - First generation. George Armstrong Custer was a fifth-generation descendant of Arnold Kuster and his third wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - California Baptist University: Encyclopedia Ii - California Baptist University - History
California Baptist University - 1950s. Founded in 1950 as California Baptist College in El Monte, California, the new college enrolled ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pirna: Encyclopedia Ii - Pirna - History
Pirna - Stone Age. Tools made of flint from the late paleolithic (about 12,000-8,000 BC), at the end of the latest ice age, are evidenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1976: Encyclopedia Ii - 1976 - Deaths
1976 - January. January 8 - Zhou Enlai, Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898) January 10 - Howlin' Wolf, American musici...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1880: Encyclopedia Ii - 1880 - Events
1880 - May - August. May 13 - In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway. June 29 - Fran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - Eritrea - Religion
The dominant religions are Christianity and Islam, each group representing roughly 50% of the population. The Christians consist primaril...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jerusalem: Encyclopedia Ii - Jerusalem - History
According to one Jewish tradition, Jerusalem was founded by Shem and Eber, ancestors of Abraham. It has played an important historical ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harold Wilson: Encyclopedia Ii - Harold Wilson - In Parliament
As the War drew to an end, he began searching for a seat to fight at the impending general election. Eventually he was selected for Ormsk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Encyclopedia Ii - Royal Canadian Mounted Police - The Rcmp In Wartime
Royal Canadian Mounted Police - The Boer War. During the Boer War, members of the North West Mounted Police were given leaves of absenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sony: Encyclopedia Ii - Sony - Notable Products And Technologies
See also: List of Sony Trademarks Sony - 1950. Reel-to-reel tape recorders (1950-??) Transistor radios (1955-) Sony - 1960. Trinit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1875: Encyclopedia Ii - 1875 - Events
1875 - January - April. January 12 - Kwang-su becomes emperor of China. February 27 - Newton Booth, 11th Governor of California resign...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Subhash Chandra Bose: Encyclopedia Ii - Subhash Chandra Bose - Early Life
Subhash Chandra Bose was born to an affluent Bengali family in Cuttack, Orissa. His father, Janakinath Bose, was a public prosecutor who ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 In Baseball: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 In Baseball - Major League Baseball Final Standings
  * The asterisk denotes the club that won the Wild card for its respective league. ... See also:2003 in baseball, 2003 in baseba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1949 In Baseball: Encyclopedia Ii - 1949 In Baseball - Champions
1949 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn Dodgers (4-1) All-Star Game, July 12 at Ebbets ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1977 In Baseball: Encyclopedia Ii - 1977 In Baseball - Champions
1977 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2); Reggie Jackson, MVP American...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - B. B. King: Encyclopedia Ii - B. B. King - Discography
This discography aims for completeness but is as-yet incomplete. B. B. King - Albums. King of the Blues (1960) My Kind of Blues (1960)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Radio Luxembourg: Encyclopedia Ii - Radio Luxembourg - History
Luxembourg was special, because while radio stations all over Europe were exclusively government-owned and operated well into the 1980s, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ken Jennings: Encyclopedia Ii - Ken Jennings - Endorsements
Jennings’ success has resulted in him being a popular individual amongst corporations looking for public endorsers. H&R Block, the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mexico City: Encyclopedia Ii - Mexico City - History
After centuries of pre-Columbian civilization, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés first arrived in the area, then the Aztec capital Ten...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ernest Hemingway: Encyclopedia Ii - Ernest Hemingway - Works
Ernest Hemingway - Novels/Noveletta. (1925) The Torrents of Spring (1926) The Sun Also Rises (1929) A Farewell to Arms (1937) To Have ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Frank Lloyd Wright: Encyclopedia Ii - Frank Lloyd Wright - Works
Frank Lloyd Wright - 1880's. Hillside Home School I, Spring Green, Wisconsin, 1887 Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park, Illin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - Nepal - History
Neolithic tools found in the Kathmandu Valley indicate that people have been living in the Himalayan region for at least 9,000 years. It ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Disneyland: Encyclopedia Ii - Disneyland - Disneylands Around The World
Despite the problems on the opening day, Disneyland was clearly an enormous success. It attracted visitors worldwide in unprecedented vol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ann Coulter: Encyclopedia Ii - Ann Coulter - Personal Background
Ann Coulter was born in New York City into a Catholic family that she has described as "upper middle class". She was born on December 8, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gore Vidal: Encyclopedia Ii - Gore Vidal - Biography
He was born Eugene Luther Vidal in West Point, New York, the son of Eugene Vidal and Nina Gore. His birth took place at the United States...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eniac: Encyclopedia Ii - Eniac - Description
ENIAC received a lot of press for its sheer size, but in some ways it was not the state-of-the-art of its era. Unlike Konrad Zuse's Z3 of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Booth: Encyclopedia - William Booth
For the England and Yorkshire cricketer, see Major William Booth William Booth (April 10, 1829 – August 20, 1912) was the founder and 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genesis P-orridge: Encyclopedia Ii - Genesis P-orridge - Trouble In England
In February 1992 GP-O, the family, and various members of the TOPY entourage, had just come from Kathmandu, where they had distributed ri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joseph Cotten: Encyclopedia Ii - Joseph Cotten - Biography And Career
Joseph Cotten - Early Life and Career. Born in Petersburg, Virginia, Cotten worked as an advertising agent after graduating from the Wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - E. E. Cummings: Encyclopedia Ii - E. E. Cummings - Education And Early Career
From 1911 to 1916 Cummings attended Harvard, from which he received a B.A. degree in 1915 and a Master's degree for English and Classical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marilyn Monroe: Encyclopedia Ii - Marilyn Monroe - Early Life
Marilyn Monroe was born on June 1, 1926 in the charity ward of the Los Angeles County Hospital. Her registered name was Norma Jeane Morte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianity In Korea: Encyclopedia - Christianity In Korea
Over the past few decades, the world has witnessed the dramatic growth of the Christian faith in South Korea. Almost a third of the popul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyclo-cross: Encyclopedia - Cyclo-cross
Bicycle | Cycling Bike trials riding Cyclo-cross (sometimes CX or Cyclo-X) is a form of bicycle racing. Races take place typically in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2004 In Sports: Encyclopedia Ii - 2004 In Sports - Ice Skating
2004 in sports - Long track speed skating. January 2 - Winners at the 2003 Canada Post All Round Canadian Championships at Calgary, Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Football League: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Football League - Format
League training camps open in May, with regular season games beginning by late June and finishing by early November. The current season f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South Korea: Encyclopedia Ii - South Korea - Economy
Main article: Economy of South Korea As one of the East Asian Tigers, South Korea has achieved an impressive record of growth and integra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Indians: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Indians - Politics
List of Indians - P-R. P Chidambaram P.K. Vasudevan Nair P. V. Narasimha Rao Pranab Mukherjee Pratapsinh Rane, Chief Minister of Goa R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Jackson 5: Encyclopedia Ii - The Jackson 5 - Discography
For a full listing of albums and singles, see Jackson 5 discography. The Jackson 5 - Top Ten US and UK singles. The following singles r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Armstrong Custer: Encyclopedia Ii - George Armstrong Custer - Controversial Legacy
After his death, Custer achieved the lasting fame that eluded him in life. The public saw him as a tragic military hero and gentleman who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marilyn Monroe: Encyclopedia Ii - Marilyn Monroe - Early Life
Although she would eventually become one of the most celebrated actors in film history, Monroe's beginnings were humble. She was born in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joe Orton: Encyclopedia Ii - Joe Orton - Orton As Playwright
In the early 1960s Orton began to write plays. He wrote his last novel in 1961 (Head to Toe) and soon after had writing accepted. In 1963...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christianity In Korea: Encyclopedia Ii - Christianity In Korea - Underpinnings Of Christian Growth
It may be worth noting here that during the period when Korea was closed to foreigners there was an extremely high number of martyrdoms o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Workers' Party Of Korea: Encyclopedia - Workers' Party Of Korea
The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK; Korean chosŏn'gŭl: 조선로동당; hanja: 朝鮮勞動黨; McCune-Reischauer: Chosŏn Rodong-dang; r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Margaret Thatcher: Encyclopedia Ii - Margaret Thatcher - Family Life
Lady Thatcher's husband, Sir Denis Thatcher, died in June 2003. The couple had been married for fifty-two years and had two children, twi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2nd Prince Chun: Encyclopedia - 2nd Prince Chun
The 2nd Prince Chun (Chinese: 醇親王) (February 12, 1883 - February 3, 1951) was born Zaifeng (Chinese: 載灃; Wade-Giles: Tsai-feng)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin D. Roosevelt: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Scholarly Secondary Sources
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Foreign Policy and World War II. Barnes, Harry Elmer. Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace: A Critical Examinatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aberdeen: Encyclopedia Ii - Aberdeen - Churches
Like most Scottish burghs, Aberdeen has many churches, most of them of good design. The East and West churches of St Nicholas' Kirk, thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Border Blaster: Encyclopedia - Border Blaster
A border blaster, in contrast to an international broadcast station, was a licensed commercial radio station that transmitted at very hig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Department Stores: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Department Stores - United States Of America
List of department stores - Defunct U.S. chains liquidated or not acquired by extant chains. Alexander's (New York metropolitan area)....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Shepard: Encyclopedia - Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) (Rear Admiral, USN, Ret.) was the first U.S. astronaut in space, though ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Delaware: Encyclopedia Ii - Delaware - Transportation
The transportation system in Delaware is under the governance and supervision of the Delaware Department of Transportation, also known as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Schutzstaffel: Encyclopedia Ii - Schutzstaffel - Future Visions
Historical analysis of SS records and documents of its senior members has provided historians with a picture of what the SS could have be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1973 Oil Crisis: Encyclopedia Ii - 1973 Oil Crisis - Arab Oil Embargo
On October 16th, 1973, as part of the political strategy that included the Yom Kippur War, OAPEC cut production of oil, and placed an emb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joseph Mccarthy: Encyclopedia Ii - Joseph Mccarthy - The Army-mccarthy Hearings
Early in 1954, the Army accused McCarthy and his chief counsel, Roy Cohn, of pressuring the Army to give favorable treatment to another f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Winnipeg Manitoba: Encyclopedia Ii - Winnipeg Manitoba - Famous Winnipegers
Winnipeg Manitoba - Born in Winnipeg. Randy Bachman, musician, (The Guess Who) & Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) Ashleigh Banfield,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Thermopylae: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Thermopylae
In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in a mountain pass. Though vast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Vietnam: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Vietnam - 1980s
Vietnam's third constitution, based on that of the USSR, was written in 1980. Through the 1980s, Vietnam received nearly $3 billion a yea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joan Crawford: Encyclopedia Ii - Joan Crawford - Marriages
In 1929 at the time she wed her first husband, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Crawford bought a mansion at 426 North Bristol Avenue in Brentwood,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elizabeth Taylor: Encyclopedia Ii - Elizabeth Taylor - Awards And Honours
Taylor received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1992. The following year, 1993, she received the AFI Life Achievement Award. And ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nepal: Encyclopedia Ii - Nepal - Demographics
Nepal has a estimated population of 27.7 million as of July 2005, with a growth rate of 2.2%. 39% of the population is 14 years and below...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ann Richards: Encyclopedia Ii - Ann Richards - Political Career
In 1976, Richards ran against and defeated a three-term incumbent on the Travis County, Texas Commissioner Court, holding the position fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New York City: Encyclopedia Ii - New York City - Skyline
New York City has one of the most famous skylines in the world; because of both its high residential density, and the extremely high real...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harry S. Truman: Encyclopedia Ii - Harry S. Truman - Political Career
In 1922, with the help of the Kansas City Democratic machine led by boss Tom Pendergast, Truman was elected judge of the County Court of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eritrea: Encyclopedia Ii - Eritrea - History
Main article: History of Eritrea Eritrea had been ruled by many powers before it was colonised by the Italians in 1885. Previously, the c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guiding Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Guiding Light - History
The series was created by Irna Phillips, who based it on personal experiences. After giving birth to a still-born baby at age 19, she fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - George Armstrong Custer: Encyclopedia Ii - George Armstrong Custer - Custer In Popular Culture
George Armstrong Custer - Films. George Custer has been played in motion pictures by Francis Ford (1912 twice), Ned Finley (1916), Dust...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Israeli Arab: Encyclopedia Ii - Israeli Arab - Legal And Political Status
Arab Israelis are citizens of Israel with equal political rights. In 1948, Israel's Declaration of Independence called upon the Arab inha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mother Teresa: Encyclopedia Ii - Mother Teresa - Criticism
After Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's suspension of civil liberties in 1975, Mother Teresa said: "People are happier. There are mor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science Fiction On Television: Encyclopedia Ii - Science Fiction On Television - Japanese Television Science Fiction
Known for meticulous use of miniatures and hundreds of sci-fi themed anime, Japan has a long history of producing science fiction series ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bruce Lee: Encyclopedia - Bruce Lee
Bruce Junfan Lee (November 27, 1940 — July 20, 1973) was a Chinese American martial artist and martial arts actor who is widely regarde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950: Encyclopedia Ii - 1950 - Events
1950 - January. January 5 - U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the U.S....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950: Encyclopedia Ii - 1950 - Deaths
1950 - January. January 21 - George Orwell, English author (b. 1903) 1950 - February. February 6 - Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1950: Encyclopedia Ii - 1950 - Births
1950 - January. January 12 - Sheila Jackson Lee, American politician January 16 - Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, and choreogr...   » Read the article