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1950  Jan 3, Bart (Clair Barth) Johnson baseball, was born.: pitcher: Chicago White Sox.
 (440 Int'l. 1/3/99)
1950  Jan 3, Rick MacLeish, hockey player, was born: London Nationals, Oklahoma City Blazers, Philadelphia Flyers, Hartford Whalers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings.
 (440 Int'l. 1/3/99)
1950  Jan 3, Victoria Principal, actress, was born: Dallas, Fantasy Island, Scott Turow’s The Burden of Proof, Naked Lie, Blind Witness, Mistress, Pleasure Palace, Earthquake, Life & Times of Judge Roy Bean.
 (440 Int'l. 1/3/99)

1950  Jan 5, Carson McCuller's "Member of the Wedding," premiered in NYC.
 (MC, 1/5/02)

1950  Jan 6, Britain recognized the Communist government of China.
 (AP, 1/6/00)
1950  Jan 6, Isaiah Bowman (71), geographer and co-founder (Geographical Review), died.
 (MC, 1/6/02)

1950  Jan 12, Sec. of State Dean Acheson in a speech omitted South Korea from his description of the US’s defense perimeter in Asia.
 (WSJ, 5/26/00, p.W8)

1950  Jan 14, US recalled all consular officials from China.
 (MC, 1/14/02)

1950  Jan 17, 11 men robbed the Brink's office in Boston of $1.2M cash & $1.5M securities. The 1978 film "The Brink’s Job" starred Peter Falk and Peter Boyle. It was based on the nonfiction book "The Big Stick-Up at Brink’s" by Noel Behn.
 (SFC, 8/1/98, p.A19)(MC, 1/17/02)

1950  Jan 18, John Hughes, director (Breakfast Club, 16 Candles, Weird Science), was born.
 (MC, 1/18/02)

1950  Jan 19, Communist Chinese leader Mao recognized the Republic of Vietnam.
 (HN, 1/19/99)

1950  Jan 21, Former State Department official Alger Hiss, accused of being part of a Communist spy ring, was found guilty in New York of lying to a grand jury. Hiss, who always maintained his innocence, was sentenced to five years in prison; he served less than four.
 (AP, 1/21/00)
1950  Jan 21, George Orwell (46), author, died in London of tuberculosis. His books included Down and Out in Paris and London" (1933) and "1984." William Abrahams (d.1998), editor and novelist, co-authored the 2-volume biography of Orwell: "Life, Death and Art in the Second World War," and "Journey to the Frontier" with Peter Stansky. In 2000 Jeffrey Meyers authored the biography "Orwell: Wintry Conscience of a Generation." Orwell married Sonia Brownell (1918-1980) on his deathbed. In 2003 Hilary Spurling authored "The Gril from the Fiction Department," a biography of Sonia Orwell. In 2003 D.J. Taylor authored "Orwell : The Life."
 (AP, 1/21/98)(SFC, 6/5/98, p.D7)(SFC, 6/25/98, p.B12)(SFEC, 10/1/00, BR p.5)(WSJ, 5/16/03, p.W10)(SSFC, 9/28/03, p.M2)

1950  Jan 23, The Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming Jerusalem the capital of Israel.
 (SFC,12/11/97, p.C2)(AP, 1/23/98)(HN, 1/23/99)

1950  Jan 24, Jackie Robinson signed highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history.
 (MC, 1/24/02)

1950  Jan 26, India officially proclaimed itself a republic as Rajendra Prasad took the oath of office as president.
 (AP, 1/26/98)

1950  Jan 29, Ann Jillian, actress (Mr. Mom, Jennifer Slept Here), was born in Cambridge, Mass.
 (MC, 1/29/02)
1950  Jan 29, Riots broke out in Johannesburg, South Africa, over Apartheid.
 (HN, 1/29/99)

1950  Jan 31, President Truman announced that he had ordered full-speed development of the hydrogen bomb.
 (TMC, 1994, p.1950)(AP, 1/31/98)
1950  Jan 31, Paris protested the Soviet recognition of Ho Chi Minh's Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
 (HN, 1/31/99)

1950  Feb 3, Morgan Fairchild, [Patsy McClenny], actress (Falcon Crest), was born in Dallas, Tx.
 (MC, 2/3/02)
1950  Feb 3, Nuclear physicist Klaus Fuchs was arrested on spy charges. The Klaus Fuchs (d.1988) confession revealed that the Soviet Union obtained the atomic bomb from sources within the Manhattan Project. It was later revealed that Theodore Alvin Hall, a scientist on the project, passed information to the Soviets. The story is told in the 1997 book: "Bombshell: The Secret Story of America’s Spy Conspiracy" by Joseph Albright and Marcia Kunstel. Fuchs served 9 ½ years in a British prison. Ruth Werner (d.2000) served as a contact for Fuchs in Britain.
 (MC, 2/3/02)(WSJ, 10/20/97, p.A19)(SFEC,12/21/97, BR p.7)(SFC, 7/11/00, p.A23)

1950  Feb 6, Natalie Cole, vocalist (Pink Cadillac, Miss You Like Crazy, Mona Lisa), was born in LA, Calif.
 (MC, 2/6/02)

1950  Feb 7, The United States recognized Vietnam under the leadership of Emperor Bao Dai, not Ho Chi Minh who was recognized by the Soviets.
 (HN, 2/7/99)
1950  Feb 7, Sen Joe McCarthy claimed "communists" in US Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
 (MC, 2/7/02)

1950  Feb 9, In a speech at the Republican Women's Club in Wheeling, W. Va., Sen. Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis., charged the State Department was riddled with Communists and that he had a list of them. He asserted that Sec. of State Dean Acheson knew this and refused to do anything about it.
 (AP, 2/9/99)(WSJ, 12/6/99, p.A32)(WSJ, 2/9/00, p.A26)

1950  Feb 10, Mark Spitz, Modesto Calif, swimmer (Oly-9 gold/silver/bronze-68,72), was born.
 (MC, 2/10/02)

1950  Feb 11, "Rag Mop" by The Ames Brothers hit #1.
 (MC, 2/11/02)

1950  Feb 12, Senator Joe McCarthy claimed to have yet another list of 205 communist government employees.
 (MC, 2/12/02)
1950  Feb 12, Albert Einstein warned against the hydrogen bomb.
 (MC, 2/12/02)

1950  Feb 13, Albania recognized Ho Chi Minh’s Vietnamese government, becoming the sixth Eastern bloc country to do so.
 (HN, 2/13/98)

1950  Feb 15, WM Inge's "Come Back, Little Sheba," premiered in NYC.
 (MC, 2/15/02)
1950  Feb 15, Walt Disney's "Cinderella" was released.
 (440 Int’l., 2/15/99)
1950  Feb 15, Joseph Stalin and Mao Tse-tung signed a mutual defense treaty in Moscow.
 (HN, 2/15/98)

1950  Feb 17, 31 people died in a train crash in Rockville Center,  NY.
 (MC, 2/17/02)

1950  Feb 20, Dylan Thomas arrived in NYC for his 1st US poetry reading tour.
 (MC, 2/20/02)

1950  Feb 21, The United States formally broke relations with Bulgaria.
 (HN, 2/21/98)

1950  Feb 23, New York’s Metropolitan Museum exhibited a collection of Hapsburg art. It was the first showing of this collection in the U.S.
 (HN, 2/23/98)

1950  Feb 25, The comedy-variety program "Your Show of Shows," starring Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner and, later, Howard Morris, debuted on NBC-TV. The show’s writers included Mel Brooks, Neil Simon & Woody Allen.
 (AP, 2/25/00)(MC, 2/25/02)

1950  Feb 26, Leonard Bernstein's "Age of Anxiety" premiered in NYC.
 (SC, 2/26/02)

1950  Feb 27, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was elected president of Nationalist China.
 (MC, 2/27/02)

1950  Feb 28, The French Assembly in Paris decided to limit the sale of Coca-Cola.
 (HN, 2/28/98)

1950  Feb, Senator Joseph McCarthy made a speech claiming that there were 205 communists working in the US State Dept.
 (TMC, 1994, p.1950)(WSJ, 5/12/98, p.A20)

1950  Mar 1, Chiang Kai-shek resumed the Presidency of National China on Formosa.
 (SC, 3/1/02)
1950  Mar 1, Klaus Fuchs was sentenced in London to 14 years for atomic espionage.
 (SC, 3/1/02)
1950  Mar 1, USSR issued golden rubles.
 (SC, 3/1/02)

1950  Mar 2, Silly Putty was invented. Silly Putty was accidentally invented by Earl Warrick, a Dow scientist, while searching for a silicone-based rubber substance during WW II. [see Mar 6]
 (SC, 3/2/02)(WSJ, 9/10/02, p.A1)

1950  Mar 6, Silly Putty was invented. [see Mar 2]
 (MC, 3/6/02)

1950  Mar 8, Marshall Voroshilov of USSR announced they had developed atomic bomb.
 (MC, 3/8/02)

1950  Mar 9, Willie Sutton robbed the NYC Manufacturers Bank of $64,000.
 (MC, 3/9/02)

1950  Mar 11, Jerry Zucker, director (Airplane, Naked Gun), was born in Milwaukee, WI.
 (MC, 3/12/02)

1950  Mar 14, The FBI began its "10 Most Wanted" list after a reporter asked for the names and descriptions of the "toughest guys" the FBI would like to capture.
 (SFEC, 4/30/00, Par p.4)

1950  Mar 15, "Consul" opened at Barrymore Theater in NYC.
 (MC, 3/15/02)

1950  Mar 16, Acheson called for a seven-point cooperation plan with the Russians.
 (HN, 3/16/98)

1950  Mar 17, Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley announced they had created a new radioactive element, which they named "californium."
 (AP, 3/17/97)

1950  Mar 18, Nationalist troops landed on the mainland of China and captured Communist held Sungmen.
 (HN, 3/18/98)

1950  Mar 19, Edgar Rice Burroughs (74), sci-fi author and the creator of Tarzan, died. He wrote 24 Tarzan novels and 50 other thrillers. In 1999 John Taliaferro authored the biography "Tarzan Forever."
 (SFEC, 5/9/99, Par p.8)(MC, 3/19/02)

1950  Mar 23, At the Academy Awards, "All the King's Men" won best picture of 1949; its star, Broderick Crawford, won best actor. Olivia de Havilland won best actress for "The Heiress."
 (AP, 3/23/00)
1950  Mar 23, "Great to Be Alive" opened at Winter Garden Theater in NYC for 52 performances.
 (SS, 3/23/02)
1950  Mar 23, UN World Meteorological Organization was established.
 (SS, 3/23/02)
1950  Mar 23, Sophocles Venizelos formed liberal Greeks government.
 (SS, 3/23/02)

1950  Mar 27, Maria Ewing, opera singer, was born.
 (MC, 3/27/02)

1950  Mar 30, Phototransistor invention was announced in Murray Hill, NJ.
 (MC, 3/30/02)

1950  May 13, Diner’s Club issued its 1st credit cards.
 (SS, Internet, 5/13/97)

1950  Mar 26, Senator Joe McCarthy named Owen Lattimore, an ex-State Department adviser, as a Soviet spy.
 (HN, 3/25/98)

1950  Mar 30, President Truman denounced Senator Joe McCarthy as a saboteur of U.S. foreign policy.
 (HN, 3/30/98)

1950  Apr 1, The SF population was 775,357. The census later said 4 of 10 people in SF owned their own homes with a median value of $11,930. The average SF adult completed 11.7 years of school and over 19% went on to college.
 (SFC, 12/28/01, WB p.G7)(SFC, 1/31/03, p.E4)
1950  Apr 1, Charles R. Drew (45), surgeon, developer of blood bank concept, died.
 (MC, 4/1/02)

1950  Apr 3, Kurt Julian Weill (50), German composer (Dreigroschenoper), died. His best known work is the music for "The Threepenny Opera." His work also included "Der Jasager." He was married to the singer Lotte Lenya. Letters between the two over a period of 26 years have been edited and translated in a book by Lys Symonette and Kim H Kowalke: "Speak Low (When You Speak Love)." His work also included the theater piece "Der Weg der Verheissung" (The Eternal Road). In 2002 Foster Hirsch authored "Kurt Weill on Stage: From Berlin to Broadway."
 (SFC, 5/26/96, BR p.6)(WSJ, 5/4/99, p.A20)(SSFC, 3/17/02, p.M3)(MC, 4/3/02)

1950  Apr 5, Prague espionage trial against bishops and priests began. [see Nov 27]
 (MC, 4/5/02)

1950  Apr 8, A US Navy privateer airplane flew from Wiesbaden, West Germany, to spy over the Soviet Union with 10 people on board. Soviet reconnaissance spotted the plane over Latvia and shot it down.
 (SFEC,12/21/97, p.A26)

1950  Apr 8, Vaslav Fromich Nijinsky, Ukraine-born ballet dancer, died in London. He created 4 ballets that included "The Afternoon of a Fawn" and "Jeux" with music by Claude Debussy.
 (AP, 4/8/98)(MC, 4/8/02)

1950  Apr 9, Bob Hope made his first television appearance. Hope began his career on an NBC television special after years on radio. "I’d better get into television before Milton Berle used up my material."
 (SFC, 10/24/96, p.D5)(HN, 4/9/98)

1950  Apr 11, Bill Irwin, actor and choreographer, was born.
 (HN, 4/11/01)
1950  Apr 11, A US B-29 bomber was shot down above Latvia.
 (MC, 4/11/02)

1950  Apr 18, The first transatlantic jet passenger trip was made.
 (HN, 4/18/98)
1950  Apr 18, Polish Catholic church and government signed an accord over relations.
 (MC, 4/18/02)

1950  Apr 23, Chiang Kai-shek evacuated Hainan, leaving mainland China to Mao and the communists.
 (AP, 4/23/98)

1950  Apr 24, "Peter Pan" opened at Imperial Theater in NYC for 320 performances.
 (MC, 4/24/02)
1950  Apr 24, Pres Truman denied there were communists in US govt.
 (MC, 4/24/02)
1950  Apr 24, Jordan annexed the West Bank and offered citizenship to all Palestinians wishing to claim it.
 (SFC, 2/8/99, p.A6)

1950  Apr 25, Steve Ferrone, drummer (Average White Band), was born.
 (SS, 4/25/02)
1950  Apr 25, Chuck Cooper became the 1st black to play in the NBA.
 (SS, 4/25/02)

1950  Apr 27, South Africa passed the Group Areas Act, formally segregating races.
 (HN, 4/27/98)

1950  Apr 23, Chiang Kai-shek evacuates Hainan, leaving mainland China to Mao Zedong and the communists.
 (HN, 4/23/99)

1950  May 1, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for her book of poetry called "Annie Allen."
 (HN, 5/1/99)
1950  May 1, New marriage laws were enforced in People's Republic China.
 (MC, 5/1/02)

1950  May 6, Liz Taylor's 1st marriage was with Conrad Hilton Jr.
 (MC, 5/6/02)
1950  May 6, Agnes Smedley, writer, died.
 (MC, 5/6/02)

1950  May 8, Chiang Kai-shek asked US for weapons.
 (MC, 5/8/02)

1950  May 13, Steveland Morris Hardaway (AKA Stevie Wonder) was born prematurely, on this day in Saginaw, Mi. Too much oxygen in the incubator caused the baby to become permanently blind.  At the age of ten, Little Stevie Wonder, as he was called by Berry Gordy at Motown, was discovered singing and playing the harmonica. He had many hits during his teens including "Fingertips" and as an adult he has earned an Oscar and at least sixteen Grammy Awards. He has stood up for civil rights, campaigns against cancer, AIDS, drunk driving and the plight of Ethiopians.
 (MC, 5/13/02)
1950  May 13,  Diner's Club issued its 1st credit cards.
 (SS, Internet, 5/13/97)

1950  May 18, "Liar" opened at Broadhurst Theater in NYC for 12 performances.
 (SC, 5/18/02)

1950  May 21, Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attacked Cambodia.
 (MC, 5/21/02)

1950  May 22, Richard Strauss' "4 Last Songs" (4 letzte Lieder) were performed in London.
 (MC, 5/22/02)

1950  May 25, Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opened in NYC.
 (SC, 5/25/02)

1950  May 29, Rebbie [Maureen] Jackson, singer (R U Tuff Enuff), was born in Gary, IN.
 (SC, 5/29/02)

1950  May, The magazine Astounding Science Fiction published "Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubbard. His book "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health was published later in this year. The Church of Scientology was later based on Dianetics.
 (WSJ, 5/12/97, p.A15)(SFC, 2/12/01, p.A13)

1950  Jun 2, Joanna Gleason, actress (Morgan-Hello Larry), was born in Toronto, Canada.
 (SC, 6/2/02)

1950  Jun 3, French expedition reached the top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal.
 (MC, 6/3/02)

1950  Jun 8, Alex Van Halen (drummer: group Van Halen), was born.
 (MC, 6/8/02)

1950  Jun 15, Dutch police seized condoms.
 (MC, 6/15/02)

1950  Jun 17, Surgeon Richard Lawler performed the first kidney transplant operation in Chicago.
 (HN, 6/17/01)

1950  Jun 23, Swiss parliament refused voting rights for women.
 (MC, 6/23/02)

1950  Jun 25, The Korean War started as forces from the communist North invaded the South. It lasted till 1953. A Truman administration statement that Korea was "outside the US defense perimeter" in the Pacific was said to have invited the attack. Gen. McArthur led a UN expeditionary force in response to North Korea’s attack on South Korea. The Chinese entered the war and the UN forces were pushed into a Christmas retreat. 2.5 million people were killed. No peace treaty was ever signed. About 1.7 million Americans were involved and there was an estimated 3 mil casualties including 150,000 (54,246) Americans and over 1 mil Chinese.  In 1990 North Korean officials revealed that Stalin knew about and encouraged North Korea’s aggression as did Mao Tse-Tung.
 (NG, Aug., 1974, H. E. Kim, p.255)(TMC, 1994, p.1950)(WSJ, 8/8/95, p. A15) (SFC, 4/8/96, p.A-9)(SFEM, 11/10/96, p.12)(SFC, 2/17/96, p.A26)(AP, 6/25/97)(WSJ, 7/21/97, p.A22)

1950  Jun 27, Julia Duffy, actress (Stephanie-Newhart, Baby Talk), was born in Minneapolis, Minn.
 (SC, 6/27/02)
1950  Jun 27, President Truman ordered the Air Force and Navy into the Korean conflict following a call from the United Nations Security Council for member nations to help South Korea repel an invasion from the North.
 (AP, 6/27/97)
1950  Jun 27, North Koreans troop reached Seoul. UN Security Council called on members for troops to aid South Korea.
 (HN, 6/27/98)(MC, 6/27/02)
1950  Jun 27, US sent 35 military advisers to South Vietnam.
 (SC, 6/27/02)

1950  Jun 28, The South Korean government blew up the Han River Bridge, the southern escape route for many Seoul residents, just hours before the North Koreans arrived.
 (SFEC, 6/25/00, p.A13)
1950  Jun 28, General Douglas MacArthur arrived in South Korea as Seoul fell to the North Korean forces.
 (AP, 6/28/97)(HN, 6/28/98)

1950  Jun 29, President Harry S. Truman authorized a sea blockade of Korea.
 (HN, 6/29/98)

1950  Jun 30, President Harry Truman ordered U.S. troops into Korea and authorizes the draft. On that same day B-29 ‘Superfortresses’ bombed targets in North Korea.
 (HN, 6/30/98)

1950  Jun, The FBI arrested David Greenglass, younger brother of Ethel Rosenberg. He confessed to spying the same day.
 (WSJ, 10/1/01, p.A22)
1950  Summer, Stephen Fair, 8-years-old, played two games of checkers with Harry Truman at a ritzy golf course in Paducah, Ky., owned by US vice-president Alben Barkley. They split the sets.
 (SFC, 6/19/96, p.E8)

1950  Jul 1, American ground troops arrived in South Korea to stem the tide of the advancing North Korean army.
 (HN, 7/1/98)

1950  Jul 3, American and North Korean forces clashed for the first time in the Korean War. U.S. carrier-based planes attacked airfields in the Pyongyang-Chinnampo area of North Korea in the first air-strike of the Korean War.
 (AP, 7/3/98)(HN, 7/3/98)

1950  Jul 4, Truman signed public law 600 (Puerto Ricans wrote own constitution).
 (Maggio)

1950  Jul 5, American forces engaged the North Koreans for the first time at Osan, South Korea.
 (HN, 7/5/98)
1950  Jul 5, Private Kenneth Shadrick of Skin Fork, West Virginia, became the first US serviceman to die in the Korean War.
 (AP, 7/5/00)
1950  Jul 5, Salvatore Giuliano, Sicilian bandit, was shot by police.
 (MC, 7/5/02)

1950  Jul 8, President Harry Truman named US Gen. Douglas MacArthur as commander-in-chief of United Nations forces assisting the South Koreans.
 (WSJ, 6/24/96, C1)(AP, 7/8/97)(HN, 7/8/99)

1950  Jul 10, "Your Hit Parade" premiered on NBC (later CBS) TV.
 (MC, 7/10/02)

1950  Jul 18, Richard Branson, British music entrepreneur (Virgin Atlantic), was born.
 (MC, 7/18/02)
1950  Jul 18, Carl Clinton Van Doren (64), US literary (The Nation), died.
 (MC, 7/18/02)

1950  Jul 19, A French and Vietnamese offensive was made against the Viet Minh.
 (MC, 7/19/02)

1950  Jul 20, In one of the first American actions in the Korean War, the U.S. Army’s Task Force Smith was pushed back into the Naktong perimeter by superior North Korean forces.
 (HN, 7/20/98)
1950  Jul 20, US planes strafed refugees south of Yusong.
 (SFC, 12/29/99, p.A12)

1950  Jul 23, American soldiers ordered villagers from Chu Gok Ri and warned them of approaching North Koreans. The villagers fled to Im Ke Ri.
 (SFC, 1/12/01, p.A8)

1950  Jul 24, The U.S. Fifth Air Force relocated from Japan to Korea.
 (HN, 7/24/98)
1950  Jul 24, Robert W. Lehnhoff, [Executioner of Groningen], SS Führer, was executed.
 (MC, 7/24/02)

1950  Jul 24-27, US orders in the 25th Infantry Division were issued to treat civilians in the Korea battle zone as enemy.
 (SFC, 1/12/01, p.A8)

1950  Jul 25, American soldiers In Korea ordered villagers away from Im Ke Ri and sent them on the road to Hwanggan.
 (SFC, 1/12/01, p.A8)
1950  Jul 25, Goethe Link Observatory discovered asteroids #1799 Koussevitsky, #1822 Waterman & #2842.
 (SC, 7/25/02)

1950  Jul 26-29, US troops killed up to 300 South Korean refugees trapped under a bridge at No Gun Ri. The villagers had gathered there to avoid strafing from US planes which killed some 100. US troops feared the refugees included infiltrators from North Korea. The killings were not made public until 1999. On Jan 11, 2001 the US Army admitted that civilians were massacred and Pres. Clinton offered his regrets. The US Army blamed the "fog of war" in apology and acknowledgement
 (SFC, 9/30/99, p.A1,16)(WSJ, 6/5/00, p.A32)(SSFC, 12/30/01, p.D2)

1950  Jul 29, After 3 days of US fire into underpasses, the 2nd Battalion pulled away. Koreans said 300 were left dead at the bridge at No Gun Ri.
 (SFC, 1/12/01, p.A8)

1950  Jul, In Korea the US Army lost 2,834 soldiers with 2,486 wounded in July.
 (WSJ, 10/6/99, p.A22)

1950  Aug 1, Lead elements of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division arrived in Korea from the United States.
 (HN, 8/1/98)

1950  Aug 2, The U.S. First Provisional Marine Brigade arrived in Korea from the United States.
 (AP, 8/2/98)

1950  Aug 3, In South Korea Maj. Gen'l. Hobart R. Gay ordered the demolition of the Waegwan Bridge over the Naktong River to prevent enemy crossings. The bridge was filled with refugees. 25 miles down river the 650-foot long Tuksong-dong bridge was also destroyed as refugees crossed.
 (SFC, 10/14/99, p.A6)

1950  Aug 8, U.S. troops repelled the first North Korean attempt to overrun them at the battle of Naktong Bulge, which continued for 10 days.
 (HN, 8/8/98)

1950  Aug 10, President Harry S. Truman called the National Guard to active duty to fight in the Korean War.
 (HN, 8/10/98)
1950  Aug 10, In South Korea some 200-300 prisoners were killed by South Korean police near Dokchon.
 (SFC, 4/21/00, p.A19)

1950  Aug 15, Two U.S. divisions were badly mauled by the North Korean Army at the Battle of the Bowling Alley in South Korea, which raged on for five more days.
 (HN, 8/15/98)

1950  Aug 18-25, The Battles of the Bowling Alley took place during the Korean War in a narrow valley north of Tabu-dong, Korea on the Taegu-Sangju road. There the U.S. Army‘s 27th Infantry Division and the Republic of Korea‘s (ROK) 1st Infantry Division faced off against a determined effort by the North Korean People‘s Army‘s 1st and 13th Infantry Divisions to break through that segment of the Pusan perimeter. It was part of the overall effort of the ROK forces and the U.S. Eighth Army to stop the North Korean advance.
 (HNQ, 8/24/00)

1950  Aug 19, Edith Sampson became the first African-American representative to the United Nations.
 (HN, 8/19/98)

1950  Aug 20, South Korean police and soldiers killed 210 people on the southern island of Cheju.
 (SFC, 4/21/00, p.A19)

1950  Aug 22, Althea Gibson became the first black tennis player to be accepted in competition for the national championship.
 (AP, 8/22/00)

1950  Aug 23, Up to 77,000 members of the U.S. Army Organized Reserve Corps were called involuntarily to active duty to fight the Korean War.
 (HN, 8/23/98)

1950  Aug 25, President Truman ordered the Army to seize control of the nation’s railroads to avert a strike. The railroads were returned to their owners 2 years later.
 (AP, 8/25/97)(SFC, 10/4/02, p.A17)

1950  Aug 27, Charles Fleischer, comedian (Roger Rabbit), was born in Wash, DC.
 (MC, 8/27/02)

1950  Sep 1, West Berlin was granted a constitution.
 (SC, 9/1/02)
1950  Sep 1, 13 North Korean divisions opened an assault on UN lines.
 (MC, 9/1/02)

1950  Sep 4, The Mort Walker Beetle Bailey cartoon appeared for the 1st time in syndication.
 (USAT, 8/31/00, p.1D)
1950  Sep 4, The 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines.
 (MC, 9/4/01)
1950  Sep 4, A heavy typhoon struck Japan and killed about 250 people.
 (MC, 9/4/01)

1950  Sep 5, Cathy Guisewite, cartoonist and creator of Cathy, was born.
 (HN, 9/5/00)

1950  Sep 9, "Where's Charley?" closed at St James Theater NYC after 792 performances.
 (MC, 9/9/01)
1950  Sep 9, There were massive arrests of communists in France.
 (MC, 9/9/01)

1950  Sep 11, The 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type was exhibited.
 (MC, 9/11/01)
1950  Sep 11, Jan C. Smuts, co-founder of British RAF and S. African PM (1919-48), died at 80.
 (MC, 9/11/01)

1950  Sep 14, Western allies rearmed West Germany.
 (MC, 9/14/01)

1950  Sep 15, During the Korean conflict, United Nations forces landed at Inchon in the south and began their drive toward Seoul. Considered the greatest amphibious attack in history, it was the zenith of General Douglas MacArthur's career. The newly organized X Corps under the command of General Douglas MacArthur launched an amphibious invasion of Korea’s western coast at Inchon, the port of the Korean capital, Seoul. After two days of naval bombardment, U.S. Marines, seen here using scaling ladders to climb up to dry land, seized the offshore island of Wolmi-do and proceeded inland against surprisingly light resistance. By September 26, American forces had captured Seoul.
 (AP, 9/15/97)(HN, 9/15/99)(HNPD, 9//99)
1950  Sep 15, US troop landed on Wolmi-Do island off of Seoul.
 (MC, 9/15/01)

1950  Sep 16, Henry Louis Gates Jr., critic and scholar, was born.
 (HN, 9/16/00)
1950  Sep 16, The U.S. 8th Army broke out of the Pusan Perimeter in South Korea and began heading north to meet MacArthur’s troops heading south from Inchon.
 (HN, 9/16/98)

1950  Sep 19, A European Payment Union formed in Paris.
 (MC, 9/19/01)
1950  Sep 19, The UN rejected membership of China's People Republic.
 (MC, 9/19/01)

1950  Sep 22, Meryl Streep, actress (Silkwood), was born.
 (MC, 9/22/01)
1950  Sep 22, Ralph J Bunche (1st black winner) was awarded a Nobel peace prize. [see Dec 10]
 (MC, 9/22/01)
1950  Sep 22, Omar N. Bradley was promoted to the rank of five-star general, joining an elite group that included Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall and Henry H. "Hap" Arnold.
 (AP, 9/22/00)

1950  Sep 23, Congress adopted the Internal Security Act, which provided for registration of communists. Of course all those commies hiding in the closet were hesitant to "fess up". The Act was ruled later unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court.
 (MC, 9/23/01)
1950  Sep 23, US Mustangs accidentally bombed British troops on Hill 282 in Korea. 17 were killed.
 (MC, 9/23/01)

1950  Sep 24, In "Operation Magic Carpet" all Jews from Yemen moved to Israel.
 (MC, 9/24/01)

1950  Sep 26, The California state legislature passed a bill requiring state employees to sign a loyalty oath.
 (SSFC, 6/9/02, p.F2)
1950  Sep 26, General Douglas MacArthur's American X Corps, fresh from the Inchon landing, linked up with the U.S. Eighth Army after its breakout from the Pusan Perimeter. United Nations troops recaptured the South Korean capital of Seoul from the North Koreans. [see Sep 27]
 (AP, 9/26/97)(HN, 9/26/99)
1950  Sep 26, Because of forest fire in British Columbia a blue moon appeared in England.
 (MC, 9/26/01)

1950  Sep 27, U.S. Army and Marine troops liberated Seoul, South Korea.
 (HN, 9/27/98)

1950  Sep 29, General Douglas MacArthur officially returned Seoul, South Korea, to President Syngman Rhee.
 (HN, 9/29/98)

1950  Sep 30, Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" was broadcasted on TV for 1st time.
 (MC, 9/30/01)
1950  Sep 30, U.N. forces crossed the 38th parallel separating North and South Korea as they pursued the retreating North Korean Army.
 (HN, 9/30/98)

1950  Oct 2, The comic strip "Peanuts," created by Charles M. Schulz (28), was first published in nine newspapers as "Li'l Folks." It started with only four characters: Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty (Reichardt), Shermy and the world's most famous beagle, Snoopy. Schulz announced his retirement in 1999 with the last Peanuts to appear Feb 13, 2000.
 (AP, 10/2/97)(SFC, 11/29/97, p.C1)(SFC, 12/15/99, p.E1)(MC, 10/2/01)
1950  Oct 2, Mao Tse Tung sent a telegram to Stalin. China intervened in Korea.
 (MC, 10/2/01)

1950  Oct 7, The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to establish a unified and democratic Korea.
 (HN, 10/7/98)
1950  Oct 7, The United Nations General Assembly approved an advance by UN forces north of the 38th Parallel in the Korean Conflict.
 (AP, 10/7/00)

1950  Oct 9, U.N. forces, led by the First Cavalry Division, crossed the 38th parallel in South Korea and began attacking northward towards the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. Photographer Edwin Hoffman (d.1998 at 74) was the first correspondent to cross the 38th parallel.
 (HN, 10/9/98)

1950  Oct 11, The Federal Communications Commission authorized the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) to begin commercial color TV broadcasts.
 (HN, 10/11/98)

1950  Oct 14, Chinese Communist Forces began to infiltrate the North Korean Army.
 (HN, 10/14/98)
1950  Oct 14, Rev. Sun Young Moon was liberated from Hung Nam prison (Korea).
 (MC, 10/14/01)

1950  Oct 15, President Harry Truman met with General Douglas MacArthur at Wake Island to discuss U.N. progress in the Korean War.
 (HN, 10/15/98)

1950  Oct 18, Wendy Wasserstein, playwright, was born. Her work included "The Heidi Chronicles."
 (HN, 10/18/00)
1950  Oct 18, Connie Mack, the "Grand Old Man" of major league baseball, announced he was retiring as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics.
 (AP, 10/18/00)
1950  cOct 18, US forces drove north across the 38th parallel into the Peoples Republic of North Korea.
 (SFEC, 12/15/96, zone 1 p.5)
1950  Oct 18, The First Turkish Brigade arrived in Korea to assist the U.N. forces fighting there.
 (HN, 10/18/98)

1950  Oct 19, United Nations forces entered the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.
 (AP, 10/19/97)(HN, 10/19/98)

1950   Oct 20, Henry L. Stimson (b.1867), former Secretary of War and Secretary of State, died.
 (HN, 3/1/00)

1950  Oct 21, Chinese forces occupied Tibet.
 (SFC, 6/14/96, p. C1)(MC, 10/21/01)
1950  Oct 21, North Korean Premier Kim Il-sung established a new capital at Sinuiju on the Yalu River opposite the Chinese City of Antung.
 (HN, 10/21/98)

1950  Oct 23, Al Jolson (64), singer and actor (Jazz Singer), died. He was born in Russia as Asa Yoelson
 (MC, 10/23/01)

1950  Oct 25, Chinese Communist Forces launched their first phase offensive across the Yalu River into North Korea.
 (HN, 10/25/98)
1950  Oct 25, Sukarno was appointed president of Republic Indonesia.
 (MC, 10/25/01)

1950  Oct 26, Mother Teresa founded her Mission of Charity in Calcutta, India.
 (MC, 10/26/01)
1950  Oct 26, A reconnaissance platoon for a South Korean division reached the Yalu River. They were the only elements of the U.N. force to reach the river before the Chinese offensive pushed the whole army down into South Korea.
 (HN, 10/26/98)

1950  Oct 27, Fran Leibowitz, writer, was born. Her work included "Metropolitan Life" and "Social Studies."
 (HN, 10/27/00)

1950  Oct 30, The First Marine Division was ordered to replace the entire South Korean I Corps at the Chosin Reservoir area.
 (HN, 10/30/98)

1950  Oct 30, Gen'l. Douglas McArthur ordered a combined Marine and Army outfit to cross the 38th parallel and "mop up" remaining North Korean soldiers. 12,000 Marines found themselves surrounded by 8 Chinese divisions. The marines lost 4,000 men and the Chinese lost 37,500. Joseph Owen later authored "Colder Than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at the Chosin Reservoir," a first person account of the fighting. In 1999 Martin Russ published "Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign." The novel "The Marines of Autumn" by Michael Brady was based on this campaign.
 (WSJ, 8/6/99, p.W7)(WSJ, 5/26/00, p.W8)

1950  Oct 31, John Candy, comedian (SCTV, Uncle Buck), was born in Ontario, Canada.
 (MC, 10/31/01)

1950  Oct, Hank Ketcham began his cartoon strip "Dennis the Menace."
 (SFC, 9/20/97, p.E1)(SFC, 12/15/99, p.E1)

1950  Nov 1, Two members of a Puerto Rican nationalist movement, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, tried to force their way into Blair House in Washington to assassinate President Truman. The attempt failed, and one of the pair Griselio Torresola, was shot dead. On July 24, 1952, Truman commuted Collazo’s death sentence to life imprisonment, on the same day he signed an act enlarging the self-government of Puerto Rico.
 (AP, 11/1/97)(HN, 11/1/98)(HNQ, 1/24/02)

1950  Nov 2, George Bernard Shaw (b.1856), Irish-born, English dramatist (Pygmalion), critic and social reformer, died. Michael Holroyd later authored a 3-volume biography of Shaw.
 (V.D.-H.K.p.237)(HN, 7/26/98)(SFEC, 3/5/00, DB p.4)

1950  Nov 6, A Chinese offensive was halted at Chongchon River, North Korea.
 (MC, 11/6/01)

1950  Nov 7, Alexa Canady, first female African American neurosurgeon, was born.
 (HN, 11/7/98)
1950  Nov 7, Richard Nixon won a seat in the US Senate.
 (SSFC, 6/9/02, p.F2)

1950  Nov 8, During the Korean conflict the first all-jet air combat took place over Korea as U.S. Air Force Lieut. Russell J. Brown shot down a North Korean MiG-15. It lasted about 30 seconds.
 (SFC, 10/11/97, p.E3)(AP, 11/8/97)

1950  Nov 10, Spanish dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco ended war in Gibraltar.
 (MC, 11/10/01)

1950  Nov 16, US Pres. Truman proclaimed an emergency crisis caused by communist threat.
 (MC, 11/16/01)
1950  Nov 16, Egyptian king Farouk demanded the departure of all British troops.
 (MC, 11/16/01)

1950  Nov 18, Bureau of Mines disclosed its first production of oil from coal in practical amounts.
 (HN, 11/18/98)
1950  Nov 18, South Korea Pres. Syngman Rhee was forced to end mass executions.
 (MC, 11/18/01)

1950  Nov 19, US General Eisenhower became supreme commander of NATO.
 (MC, 11/19/01)

1950  Nov 20, U.S. troops pushed to Yalu River within five miles of Manchuria.
 (HN, 11/20/98)
1950  Nov 20, Francesco Cilea (84), opera composer, died.
 (MC, 11/20/01)

1950  Nov 22, 79 died in a train crash in Richmond Hills, NY.
 (MC, 11/22/01)

1950  Nov 24, "Guys & Dolls" opened at 46th St Theater in NYC for 1200 performances.
 (MC, 11/24/01)
1950  Nov 24, UN troops began an assault with the intent to end the Korean War by Christmas.
 (HN, 11/24/98)

1950  Nov 25, UN gave Eritrea to Ethiopia.
 (MC, 11/25/01)

1950  Nov 26, China entered the Korean conflict, launching a counter-offensive across the Yalu River against soldiers from the United Nations, the United States and South Korea. North Korean and Chinese troops halted the UN offensive.
 (WSJ, 6/24/96, C1)(AP, 11/26/97)(HN, 11/26/98)(MC, 11/26/01)

1950  Nov 27, East of the Chosin River, Chinese forces annihilated an American task force. Col. Barber (d.2002 at 82) and 220 soldiers in Fox Company withstood a 5-day assault to protect an escape pass.
 (HN, 11/27/98)(SFC, 4/23/02, p.A18)
1950  Nov 27, Trial against Roman Catholic clergy "imperialistic conspiracy" opened in Prague. [see Apr 5]
 (MC, 11/27/01)

1950  Nov 28, Ed Harris, actor (Right Stuff, Swing Shift, Walker, Coma), was born in Tenafly, NJ.
 (MC, 11/28/01)
1950  Nov 28, In Korea, 200,000 Communist troops launched attack on UN forces.
 (HN, 11/28/98)

1950  Nov 30, President Truman declared that the U.S. would use the A-bomb to get peace in Korea.
 (HN, 11/30/98)

1950  Nov, Inexperienced but well trained and eager to show their mettle, the first Turkish troops arrived in Korea just in time to face the Chinese onslaught.
 (HN, 6/27/98)

1950  Dec 2, Dinu Lipatti (33), pianist, died.
 (MC, 12/2/01)

1950  Dec 3, The Chinese closed in on Pyongyang, Korea and UN forces withdrew southward.
 (HN, 12/3/98)

1950  Dec 4, University of Tennessee defied court rulings by rejecting five Negro applicants.
 (HN, 12/4/98)

1950  Dec 5, Pyongyang in Korea fell to the invading Chinese army.
 (HN, 12/5/98)

1950  Dec 9, President Truman banned U.S. exports to Communist China.
 (HN, 12/9/98)
1950  Dec 9, Harry Gold got 30 years imprisonment for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union during World War II.
 (HN, 12/9/98)

1950  Dec 10, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche (b.1904) became the first African-American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. [see Sep 22]
 (AP, 12/10/97)(HN, 12/10/98)

1950  Dec 13, James Dean began his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial.
 (MC, 12/13/01)

1950  Dec 16, President Truman proclaimed a state of National Emergency (as Chinese communists invaded deeper into South Korea) in order to fight "Communist imperialism."
 (AP, 12/16/97)(HN, 12/16/98)

1950  Dec 17, French named Marshal de Lattre de Tassigny to command their troops in Vietnam.
 (HN, 12/17/98)

1950  Dec 19, The North Atlantic Council named General Eisenhower supreme commander of Western European defense forces of NATO.
 (HN, 12/19/98)(AP, 12/19/00)
1950  Dec 19, Tibet's Dalai Lama fled a Chinese invasion.
 (MC, 12/19/01)

1950  Dec 20, "Harvey," starring James Stewart, premiered in NY.
 (MC, 12/20/01)

1950  Dec 23, General Walton H. Walker, the commander of the Eighth Army in Korea, was killed in a jeep accident. Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgeway was named his successor.
 (HN, 12/23/98)

1950  Dec 25, Scottish nationalists stole the Stone of Scone from the British coronation throne in Westminster Abbey. The 485 pound stone was recovered in April 1951.
 (HN, 12/25/98)

1950  Dec 26, Emile Enthoven (47), composer, died.
 (MC, 12/26/01)

1950  Dec 27, U.S. and Spain resumed relations.
 (HN, 12/27/98)

1950  Dec 28, Chinese troops crossed the 38th Parallel into South Korea.
 (MC, 12/28/01)

1950  Dec 30, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia became independent states in a French Union.
 (MC, 12/30/01)

1950  By this year Americans broke off in gestural and coloristic directions under the broad umbrella called abstract expressionism also called the New York School.
 (WSJ, 9/10/96, p.A16)

1950  The first possible "happening" occurred at Black Mountain College with John Cage, Charles Olson, Robert Rauschenberg, Franz Kline and Mary Richards.
 (SFC, 9/21/99, p.E4)

1950  Alberto Giacometti made his sculpture "Walking man III." It sold for $2.9 million in 1998.
 (WSJ, 5/15/98, p.W12)

1950  Ellsworth Kelly painted his abstract "La Combe I."
 (SFC, 10/29/96, p.F3)

1950  Pierre Molinier painted "Oh...Marie! Mere de Dieu." It was a sexually explicit crucifixion scene with a hermaphroditic Christ swathed in fishnet.
 (WSJ, 11/22/96, p.A14)

1950  Georgia O’Keeffe painted "In the Patio VIII."
 (SFEC, 9/7/97, BR p.9)

1950  Jackson Pollock painted "Autumn Rhythm" and "Number 29, 1950," which incorporated wire, string, colored glass and pebbles. His work "Number 3" was composed of oil, enamel and aluminum paint on fiberboard.
 (WSJ, 11/5/97, p.A20)(WSJ, 11/10/98, p.A20)(SFC, 2/10/01, p.B10)

1950  Charles Preston conceived the "Pepper and Salt" cartoon for the Wall Street Journal.
 (WSJ, 11/2/99, p.A24)

1950  Robert Rauschenberg painted "Mother of God."
 (WSJ, 9/25/97, p.A20)

c1950  Shozo Shimamoto made his delicately perforated newspaper collage "Work (Holes)."
 (SFC, 2/10/98, p.E4)

1950  Jean Anouilh wrote the play "The Rehearsal."
 (WSJ, 11/27/96, p.A10)

1950  Samuel Taylor wrote the play "The Happy Time," based on a novel by Robert Fontaine.
 (SFC, 5/27/00, p.A26)

1950  Herb Caen, SF newspaper columnist, wrote his 3rd book "Baghdad 1951."
 (SFEC, 2/2/97, p.A13)

1950  Alistair Cooke published "A Generation on Trial" It was about the Alger Hiss trial.
 (SFEC, 11/29/98, Z1 p.7)

1950  Catherine Cookson (d.1998 at 91), English writer, published her first book, an autobiographical novel titled "Kate Hannigan." She went on write over 90 novels and was made a Dame in 1993.
 (SFC, 6/13/98, p.A21)

1950  Elizabeth David (1913-1992), nee Gwynne, published "A Book of Mediterranean Food," which changed British cuisine. In 2001 Artemis Cooper authored "Writing At the Kitchen Table: The Authorized Biography of Elizabeth David."
 (SSFC, 3/18/01, BR p.7)

1950  Thor Heyerdahl published "Kon-Tiki." He had led a six-man expedition that sailed from Peru aboard a balsa wood raft named the Kon-Tiki on a 101-day journey across the Pacific Ocean to Polynesia in 1947.
 (AP, 4/28/97)(WSJ, 5/22/97, p.A13)

1950  Dr. Paul Holmer (d.1997 at 98) wrote "The Authoritarian Personality."
 (SFC, 6/27/97, p.A24)

1950  Felicia Kaplan (d.1999 at 83), poet and writer, authored her first book, the best-selling novel "Mink on Weekdays."
 (SFC, 12/25/99, p.B4)

1950  Jack Kerouac published his 1st novel "The Town and the City."
 (SFEC, 6/18/00, BR p.7)

1950  Walter Korn (d.1997 at 89), chess authority, wrote "The Brilliant Touch in Chess."
 (SFC, 7/29/97, p.A18)

1950  Judith Merril (d. 1997 at 74), science fiction writer and sci-fi collector, wrote "Shadow on the Hearth," a novel about nuclear war.
 (SFC, 9/18/97, p.C2)

1950  Octavio Paz (36), Mexican poet and essayist, published "The Labyrinth of Solitude," a radical study of the Mexican character.
 (SFC, 4/20/98, p.A17)(WSJ, 4/24/98, p.A15)

1950  David Riesman (d.2002) co-authored "The Lonely Crowd" with Reuel Denney and Nathan Glazer. It described how one can live in a culture of conformity and still feel a sense of alienation. The terms "inner directed" and "outer directed" were here introduced.
 (WSJ, 5/15/02, p.A18)

1950  G. Ledyard Stebbins (d.2000 at age 94) published "Variation and Evolution in Plants." He provided detailed argument that plants were subject to the same processes of evolution as animals.
 (SFC, 1/22/00, p.A21)

1950  Prof. Stefan Reisenfeld (d.1999 at 90) of UC Berkeley published "Modern Social Welfare" along with UCLA Law Dean Richard Maxwell.
 (SFC, 2/23/99, p.A22)

1950  Darcy Ribeiro, anthropologist (1923-1997), wrote "Kadiweu Religion and Mythology." He studied the Kadiweu and Kaapor Indians of Brazil.
 (SFC, 2/20/96, p.A20)

1950  Lillian Ross wrote a naughty and intoxicating portrait of Ernest Hemingway.
 (WSJ, 5/22/98, p.W10)

1950  Ray Bradbury, science fiction writer, published his "Martian Chronicles." A CD-ROM based on the book was released in 1995.
 (WSJ, 11/22/95, p.A-3)

1950  Ernest Hemingway wrote his novel "Across the River and into the Trees."
 (HT, 3/97, p.52)

1950  "The Beautiful Visit" by Elizabeth Jane Howard was published. This prize-winning novel began Howard’s career.
 (WSJ, 8/2/96, p.A10)

1950  "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis was published.
 (SFEC, 2/27/00, BR p.12)

1950  Dr. Seuss authored "If I Ran the Zoo." In it he introduced the word "nerd."
 (SFEC, 4/16/00, Z1 p.2)

1950  Kazuo Shimada (1907-1996), Japanese mystery writer, won the Mystery Writer Of Japan award for his book "Shakai-bu Kisha" (City Reporter).
 (SFC, 6/18/96, p.A17)

1950  The editors of Gourmet Magazine published the "Gourmet Cookbook."
 (SFEM, 8/10/97, p.23)

1950  The Broadway musical "Guys and Dolls" featured Stubby Kaye (d.1997 at 79). It was made into a film in 1955.
 (SFC,12/16/97, p.B4)

1950  The Jack Benny Show featured Eddie "Rochester" Anderson as a foil for Benny.
 (SSFC, 2/11/01, BR p.1)

1950  The "Broadway Open House" TV show began and later evolved into the "Tonight Show."
 (SFC, 10/29/96, p.B2)

1950  The "Cisco Kid" TV series began with Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo. The series lasted to 1956.
 (SFC, 12/27/00, p.C6)

1950  The TV show "You Bet Your Life" with Groucho Marx began and George Fenneman (1919-1997) began. The show lasted until 1961.
 (SFC, 6/5/97, p.A26)

1950  The Arthur Murray Party began showing on TV and ran intermittently to 1960. The show was hosted by Kathryn Murray (d.1999 at 92) used comedy and celebrity to sell ballroom dancing to the public. Arthur Murray died in 1991.
 (SFEC, 8/8/99, p.D8)

1950  The Carter Family joined the Grand Ole Opry radio show.
 (SFC, 7/31/99, p.A17)

1950  Baby Face Leroy recorded "Rollin’ and Tumblin’" with Muddy Waters and Litter Walter. A copy of the record sold for $4,400 in 1997.
 (SFC, 7/25/97, p.D5)

1950  Bob Merrill had success with his song "If I Knew You Were Coming I’d‘ve Baked a Cake."
 (SFC, 2/19/98, p.A22)

1950  Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins wrote two hit songs: "Peter Cottontail" and "Frostie the Snowman."
 (SFC, 12/24/99, p.C3,8)

1950  Hank Snow (d.1999 at 85), Canadian born singer and songwriter, made a hit with "I'm Moving On." His follow-up song was "The Golden Rocket." He released some 140 albums over his career.
 (SFC, 12/21/99, p.A27)

1950  Seymour Solomon (d.2002) founded Vanguard Records with his brother Maynard. It became the dominant label for American folk music.
 (SFC, 7/22/02, p.B5)

1950  Walter Paepcke, chairman of Container Corp. of America, founded the Aspen Institute in Colorado as a gathering place for business leaders, artists and philosophers to contemplate society’s underlying values: "a global forum for leveraging the power of leaders to improve the human condition;" "an educational institute that promotes leadership based on values."
 (WSJ, 1/31/03, p.W13)

1950  In San Francisco Franciscan Friar Alfred Boeddeker founded St. Anthony’s Dining Room to feed the poor and luckless. He started from St. Boniface Church on Jones St. in the Tenderloin with 350 meals a day.
 (SFC, 5/23/96, p.A24)

1950  The US National Council of Churches was founded.
 (WSJ, 8/9/96, p.A1)

1950  Billy Graham founded the Evangelistic Association and began the weekly "Hour of Decision" radio program.
 (SFEC, 9/21/97, Z1 p.3)

1950  Pope Pius XII declared that the bodily Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven was the "infallible" dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.
 (SFC, 12/24/99, p.A15)

1950  Cedar Waters Village, a Christian nudist resort in Nottingham, N.H., was founded.
 (WSJ, 8/11/97, p.A1)

1950  Mother Teresa founded the order of the Missionaries of Charity.
 (SFC, 1/3/97, p.A16)

1950  Sam Walton in Bentonville, Ark., hit on the idea of a large retail store in rural areas stocked with the lowest-priced goods available and founded Walmart. In 1962 he started his Wal-Mart discount chain.
 (WSJ, 11/18/98, p.A20)(WSJ, 1/11/99, p.R42)

1950  The first "Yield" sign was installed in Tulsa. Okla. It read "Yield Right-Of-Way. Clinton E. Riggs (d.1997 at 86), Tulsa police officer, developed the sign after a decade of experimentation.
 (SFEC, 5/25/97, p.C10)

1950  Colin Hampton (1911-1996) and Margaret Rowell founded the California Cello Club. He was a member of the 36-year-old Griller Quartet, renowned in England for playing noon concerts at the National Gallery while bombs were falling on London.
 (SFC, 8/15/96, p.C4)

1950  The National Maritime Museum in San Francisco was founded by newspaper editor Scott Newhall.
 (SFC, 5/28/96, p.A15)

1950  The cartoon character Beatle Bailey, the laziest private in the army, was created by Mort Walker.
 (SFC, 6/18/96, p.B2)

1950  The first annual Sucker Day was established in Wetumka, Okla., when it was sold a circus that never showed by one F. Bam Morrison.
 (WSJ, 8/22/96, p.B1)

1950  Two doctors at the Mayo Clinic were awarded the Nobel Prize for isolating cortisone to treat rheumatoid arthritis. Edward Kendall, chemist, won a Nobel Prize for isolating cortisone.
 (SFC, 7/5/96, PM, p.5)(MC, 3/8/02)

1950  Babe Didrikson Zaharias, golfer, was named Woman Athlete of the Half-Century by AP.
 (SFC, 5/21/03, p.A1)

1950  In the World Cup soccer match the US had one upset win over England but lost its other 2 games. The team did not qualify again until 1990.
 (WSJ, 5/15/98, p.W7)

1950  Bertrand Russell, mathematician and philosopher, won the Nobel Prize for literature.
 (WUD, 1994, p.1255)

1950  US Pres. Harry Truman sent military personnel to Vietnam to aid French forces.
 (SFEC, 4/23/00, p.A19)

1950  Pres. Truman made an unsuccessful veto of the McCarran Act, an Internal Security Act which gave the government unprecedented powers.
 (WSJ, 3/18/99, p.W17)

1950  The NSC-68 document by Paul Nitze called for containment of the Soviet Union and the building up of American nuclear forces. The 1958 document laid the foundation for the strategy of global containment.
 (WSJ, 1/21/98, p.A20)(SFEC, 11/28/99, BR p.3)

1950  Charles Stokes (1904-1996) became the first black Washington state legislator. He served 3 House terms from the 37th district of Seattle.
 (SFC, 12/2/96, p.D2)

1950  Richard Nixon ran against Helen Gahagan Douglas for the US Senate. The race was documented in the 1998 book: "Tricky Dick and the Pink Lady" by Greg Mitchell.
 (SFEC, 1/25/98, BR p.3)

1950  The Feres doctrine was set by the US Supreme Court in a ruling that barred active-duty military personnel from suing for injuries caused by governmental action.
 (SFC, 5/27/96, p.A2)

1950  Alger Hiss (1904-1996), former state dept. official, was convicted for lying to a grand jury about Communist espionage activity.
 (SFC, 11/16/96, p.A3)

1950  J. Parnell Thomas, R-N.J. and chairman of the 1947 HUAC committee, was charged with padding his congressional payroll and sentenced to jail. he was pardoned in 1952 by Pres. Truman.
 (SFEC, 5/18/97, DB p.66)

1950  The US government lifted the passport of singer Paul Robeson for his pro-Russian politics.
 (SFC, 3/26/98, p.A26)

1950  A Uniform Code of Military Justice was adopted. Article 88 prohibited commissioned officers from using "contemptuous words" against the president.
 (SSFC, 6/9/02, p.A6)

1950  A secret Army experiment spread the Serratia marcescens bacteria onto San Francisco from a mine laying ship on the bay for 6 days. The bacteria was thought to be harmless, but the germs sent 11 people to hospitals and killed one person, Edward J. Nevin, from a heart infection. In 1977 Senate subcommittee hearings the Army revealed that it had staged the mock biological attack.
 (SFC, 2/21/98, p.A15)(WSJ, 10/22/01, p.A1)

1950  Military spending this year totaled $12 billion.
 (SSFC, 6/9/02, p.A4)

1950  Joel Barr (d.1998 at 82), an electronics engineer, defected to Czechoslovakia and later settled in the Soviet Union. He was linked to Julius and Ethyl Rosenberg and was suspected of passing secret technology information to the Soviets. Alfred Sarant, another electronics engineer, also defected and the two men were instrumental in developing microelectronics and the computer industry in the Soviet Union.
 (SFEC, 8/16/98, p.D10)

1950  Milton S. Merlin (1905-1996), producer and writer, was blacklisted when he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He produced "Thoroughbreds Don’t Cry," the first film that teamed Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney. He later co-authored "May You Live to Be 200."
 (SFC, 11/2/96, p.A21)

1950  Morton Sobell was arrested in Mexico for conspiracy to commit espionage. He was a co-defendant in the Rosenberg trial and was sentenced to 30 years. He was released in 1969 for good behavior.
 (SFC, 4/19/02, p.A27)

1950  A rally in Washington DC was organized to protest racial injustice. The rally led to the formation of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights by Arnold Aronson, A. Philip Randolph, and Roy Wilkins.
 (SFC, 2/20/98, p.A23)

1950  The Diners Card was introduced. It was the first charge card that could be used at multiple establishments.
 (WSJ, 2/5/99, p.A1)

1950  The Club Mediterranean resort opened catering to singles. Gilbert Trigano (d.2000 at 80) of France and Gerard Blitz, a Belgium water polo champion, founded the 1st Club Med on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
 (WSJ, 1/11/99, p.R34)(SFC, 2/5/01, p.A21)

1950  Hiroshi Yamauchi took over control and refocused Nintendo along modern business lines. He first consolidated automated manufacturing and then began to mass produce plastic playing cards. The traditional names of the kings are David, Alexander, Caesar and Charles. The traditional names of the queens are Argine, Esther, Judith and Pallas.
 (Hem, 4/96, p.29)(SFEC, 1/10/99, Z1 p.8)

1950  Dinky Toys made the its 2nd garbage truck toy, a Ford garbage truck.
 (SFC, 2/4/98, Z1 p.6)

1950   Laclede Gas Light Co., St. Louis, changed its name to Laclede Gas Co. It had begun in 1857.
 (WSJ, 5/28/96, R45)

1950  John Chancellor, reporter, began his career with NBC at a Chicago affiliate known as WNBQ.
 (SFC, 7/13/96, p.A5)

1950  Rimo C. Bacigalupi (1900-1996) became the first curator of the Univ. of California’s Jepson Herbarium.
 (SFC, 9/9/96, p.A26)

1950  Hazel Bishop (d.1998 at 92) formed Hazel Bishop Inc. to manufacture and market her kiss proof lipstick. It was introduced in the summer at $1 a tube.
 (SFC, 12/12/98, p.A25)

1950  Sam Phillips formed Sun Records in Memphis, Ten. In 1954 Elvis Presley, who walked into his studio to record a present for his mother.
 (WSJ, 6/16/00, p.W2)

1950  Nash-Kelvinator introduced the compact Rambler, a marked departure from big US cars.
 (WSJ, 6/19/96, Adv. Supl)

1950  The Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corp. was sold to Remington Rand. It later evolved into Sperry Univac and then to Unisys.
 (WSJ, 11/22/96, p.A12)

1950  Joseph Glickauf, engineer for Arthur Anderson & Co., constructed the "Glickiac" computer, which allowed the firm to help General Electric automate its payroll.
 (WSJ, 6/7/02, p.A6)

1950  Pfizer Corp. received FDA approval for the antibiotic Terramycin.
 (SFEC, 8/27/00, p.B4)

1950  Drs. Ernst L. Wynder and Evarts A. Graham published one of the first studies that showed smokers had a greater risk of lung cancer than nonsmokers. (SFEM, 6/2/96, p.12)

1950  In London Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin (d.1958) produced pictures of X-ray diffraction in aligned fibers of DNA. The lab for X-ray crystallography was set up by physicist John Randall. Data from these pictures led Watson and Crick to understand the structure of DNA. In 1975 Anne Sayre (d.1998) published "Rosalind Franklin and DNA."
 (Wired, 2/98, p.135)(SFC, 3/19/98, p.C4)

1950  About 3 million tons of artificial nitrogen fertilizers were used on a global scale.
 (NOHY, Weiner, 3/90, p.51)

1950  Alfred Kinsey, pioneer sex researcher, wrote: "Human sexual behavior represents one of the least explored segments of biology, psychology, and sociology."
 (PacDis, Spring/’94, p. 48)

1950  The US census recorded 151,325,798 Americans.
 (TMC, 1994, p.1950)

1950  Ten million US households had television in this year.
 (SFC, 7/13/96, p.A5)

1950  The Nature Conservancy was founded by a handful of biologists and ecologists that included Richard H. Pough (d.2003 at 99), who served as the 1st president.
 (SFC, 6/26/03, p.A20)

1950  Major floods hit northern California. In Modesto the Tuolemne River crested at 69 feet, 9 feet over flood level.
 (SFC, 1/4/97, p.A1)

1950  A real bear from a New Mexico fire that ravaged 17,000 acres near Capitan was pressed into service as Smokey the Bear. He lived until 1976 at the Washington National Zoo. The image of "Smokey the Bear" was created by an artist in 1944 as the official forest-fire spokesbear. He was named in 1945 reportedly in honor of Smokey Joe Martin, asst. chief of the New York City Fire Dept.
 (SFEC, 6/22/97, p.T6)

1950  Max Beckmann (b.1884), German painter, died in New York. The Nazis had branded him a degenerate artist in 1937 and he moved to the US in 1946. His work included the triptychs Departure (1932-1933) and Beginning (1946-1949), and the Self-Portrait in Tails (1937). He was a figurative painter in an age of abstraction.
 (WSJ, 11/20/96, p.A18)(SSFC, 1/27/02, p.C7)(WSJ, 7/16/03, p.D8)

1950  Martha Matilda Harper (b.1857), Canadian-born hair-care businesswoman, died. She was probably the 1st person to perfect the franchise system of business organization.
 (WSJ, 4/23/02, p.D7)(WSJ, 4/22/03, D7)

1950  Ransom E. Olds (1864-1950) died. He assembled 425 curved-dash Oldsmobiles in 1901 and thus became the first mass producer of gas automobiles. He founded Olds Motor Works that later became part of General Motors.
 (WSJ, 6/19/96, Adv. Supl)

1950  Edna St. Vincent Millay (b.1892), poet, died. In 2001 Nancy Milford authored "Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay." Daniel Mark Epstein authored the biography: "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed."
 (SSFC, 9/2/01, DB p.59)(WSJ, 9/6/01, p.A20)

1950  Alan Sainsbury (1902-1998) pioneered Britain’s first self-service grocery.
 (SFC, 10/27/98, p.B6)

1950   Britain and United States inserted anti-Communist guerillas into Albania; all were unsuccessful.
 (www, Albania, 1998)

1950  In British Guyana Dr. Cheddi B. Jagan founded the People’s Progressive Party, the first modern political organization in the colony.
 (SFC, 3/7/97, p.A24)

1950  In Burma an Emergency Provision Act was enacted that provided up to 20-year jail terms for inciting unrest and disturbing the peace and tranquility of the state.
 (SFC, 8/15/98, p.A14)

1950  Canada stopped discharging refinery waste from its Ottawa mint into the Ottawa River.
 (WSJ, 9/25/96, p.C19)

1950  In Canada there was a major flood on the Red River that forced 25% of the residents of Winnipeg, Manitoba, from their homes.
 (SFC, 4/30/97, p.A11)

1950  Chinese forces occupied Tibet.
 (SFC, 6/14/96, p. C1)

1950  Minerva Bernardino (d.1998 at 91) was appointed a representative of the Dominican Republic at the United Nations. She was one of the only 4 women to sign the 1945 UN Charter in San Francisco. She had insisted that the document include the phrase "to ensure respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms without discrimination against race, sex, condition or creed."
 (SFC, 9/5/98, p.A23)

1950  The Muslim Tablighi Ijtimah (Congregation of Preaching) movement was founded in India. They believed Islam should be spread by setting a good example, one of modesty and non-violence.
 (SFC, 11/3/01, p.A7)

1950  A great earthquake ravaged half of northern India’s Assam state. Thousands of dead rats were caught in fisherman’s nets just before the quake.
 (SFC, 8/17/96, p.A4)

1950  Aurobindo Ghose, Bengalese-born and Western educated guru and yogi, died. "Man lives mostly in his surface mind, life and body, but there is an inner being within him with greater possibilities to which he has to awake to greater beauty, harmony, power and knowledge."
 (SSFC, 6/16/02, p.A17)

1950  In Indonesia a liberal constitution was adopted.
 (SFC, 5/20/98, p.A12)

1950  Japan enacted the tax proposals of Carl S. Shoup (d.2000 at 97). Shoup, an economist from Colombia Univ., had been invited to Japan by Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1949 to overhaul the tax system. The system eliminated the need for some 80% of the population to file tax individual tax returns.
 (SFC, 4/1/00, p.A26)

1950  Korea suffered its worst winter of the century.
 (HN, 8/2/98)

1950  The Mina El Eden in Zacateca, Mexico was closed.
 (SFEC, 11/10/96, p.T3)

c1950  In Romania Brother Cleopa under pressure from the Communist party to stop receiving visitors, who sought his guidance, left the Sihastra Monastery and became a hermit in the mountain forests for 3 years. He ate 1 potato a day.
 (SFC, 12/7/98, p.A25)

1950  The South Africa Nationalist government banned Communists and forced them to go underground to struggle against apartheid.
 (SFC, 7/6/02, p.A19)

1950  Between Uzbekistan and Kazakstan the surface area of the Aral Sea was 67,000 sq. km. and shrinking
 (WSJ, 2/5/98, p.A18)

1950s  Alfred Russell (b.1920), artist, announced "Now is the time to paint the wrong picture in the wrong century and the wrong place." Russell was considered the father of post-modernism.
 (SFEC, 1/5/97, DB p.25)

1950s  Scripts from the popular 1950s television show, Your Show of Shows , were found in a closet in New York City in September 2000. Workers in a New York City office building discovered a closet containing 137 scripts, some of them with hand-written notations, from one of the country’s most beloved shows from the `50s. The closet had served as storage for the show’s producer, Max Liebman, who died in 1981.
 (HNQ, 3/4/01)

1950s  This was the last decade of the century in which the traditional elements in society held the cultural upper hand.
 (SFEC, 3/8/98, BR p.3)

1950s  Fred Coe (1914-1979) was considered the greatest producer in television’s Golden Age in the 1950s. John Krampner wrote "The Man in the Shadows: Fred Coe and the Golden Age of Television" in 1996. Coe produced the Philco-Goodyear Playhouse, Studio One, Kraft Television Theater and Robert Montgomery Presents.
 (MT, Spg. ‘97, p.18)

1950s  Lawrence Payton (d.1997 at 59) began singing with a group called the Four Aims (Payton, Levi Stubbs, Abdul "Duke" Fakir, and Renaldo "Obie" Benson). They sang backup for Billy Eckstine and signed with Motown Records, run by Berry Gordy, in 1963. Their songs included: "Baby I Need Your Loving," "Reach Out," and I Can’t Help Myself." In 2002 Geral Posner authored "Motown: Music, Money, Sex, and Power."
 (SFC, 6/21/97, p.A18)(SSFC, 1/12/03, p.M1)

1950s  Charles Samuel Johnson, Arna Bontemps, Langston Hughes, W.E.B. DuBois and Aaron Douglas were all members of the Harlem Renaissance and taught at Fisk University.
 (MT, Fall. ‘97, p.14)

1950s  The US CIA led secret missions in Indonesia.
 (SFC, 5/29/97, p.A4)

1950s  The Lockheed WV-2, a modified Super Constellation airliner, provided early airborne warning to the East Coast in the late 1950s during the Cold War. It operated with VW-11 the first of three squadrons to comprise the Atlantic Early Warning Wing, known as "Barrier Force Atlantic." The planes, based at wintry Argentina, Newfoundland, operated in some of the worst weather imaginable over the Atlantic. They would fly to the Azores and back on 15-to 17-hour missions constantly scanning radar scopes for Russian intruders who, though they never came, would have been spotted in time for defensive measures to be called upon.
 (HNQ, 7/11/02)

1950s  Alexander Guterma manipulated stocks and eventually faced a prison sentence in a major scandal of the decade.
 (WSJ, 7/10/02, p.A8)

1950s  Howard Hughes bought 25,000 acres around Las Vegas.
 (WSJ, 1/16/98, p.A1)

1950s  Denham Harmon, Univ. of Neb. med. prof., provided a theoretical framework of how Vitamin E worked against free radicals. In the late 1940s Canadian doctors, Evan and Wilfred Shute treated heart patients with vitamin E and were denounced by the med. profession which then focused on diet as the best source of all nutrients.
 (WSJ, 6/13/96, p.B9)

1950s  Seymour Cray began working on the Univac 1103 in the mid 50s.
 (SFEC, 10/6/96, C12)

1950s  Fred Lip (Frederic Lipmann 1901-1996) with a team of engineers and technicians introduced the first electronic wristwatch.
 (SFC, 11/12/96, p.B2)

1950s  Richard W. Porter (1913-1996), A General Electric electrical engineer, was put in charge of the US space program in the mid 50s.
 (SFC, 10/11/96, p.A24)

1950s  Joe Thompson built up 7-Eleven (Southland Corp.) to some 400 stores during this time. He founded the company following WW II service in the Navy.
 (SFC, 1/30/03, p.A16)

1950s  The pebble-bed nuclear reactor was developed. It used fuel pebbles of coated uranium and helium gas to drive turbines. A research reactor in Germany ran for 22 years.
 (SSFC, 2/11/01, p.B5)

1950s  In Nebraska Charles Starkweather went on a slaying spree. This inspired the 1973 film "Badlands" starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek.
 (SFEM, 2/8/98, p.8)

1950s  Mennonites from Canada emigrated to Belize in search of religious freedom. Some still speak Low German. Mennonites from Canada and Pennsylvania had fled persecution in 1922 and settled near Chihuahua, Mexico.
 (SFEC, 6/1/97, p.T3)(SFEC, 11/5/00, p.T4)

1950s  Margaret Mee left Britain for Brazil and for 3 decades documented Amazonian rain forest plant life in large watercolors.
 (WSJ, 1/26/99, p.A16)

1950s  In China bicycles took over the flat streets of Beijing from rickshaws.
 (SFC, 10/23/98, p.D4)

c1950s In France Guy Debord and the Situationists staged disruptive events and practiced "detournement," or cut-up art.
 (SFC, 8/8/98, p.E1)

1950  A French law forbidding pretenders to the throne was rescinded. Royalists wanted to see Henri, count of Paris, crowned as King Henry VI of France.
 (SFEC, 6/20/99, p.C5)(SFC, 7/15/03, p.A19)

1950s  Emma Berger, a German Christian, founded a sect of fervent believers in Stuttgart and led a portion of them to Israel in 1963, where they founded a commune called Bethel-El.
 (WSJ, 2/6/98, p.A1)

1950s  In Indonesia Lt. Col. Suharto was a supply officer to an army division in central Java. He dealt with Liem Sioe Liong, later head of the conglomerate, the Salim Group. When Suharto took power in 1965 Liem’s business flourished. The relationship is documented by Adam Schwarz in his book "A Nation in Waiting."
 (SFEC, 2/1/98, p.A23)

1950s  In Japan Shinichi Suzuki (d.1998 at 99) pioneered the Suzuki method for teaching music to young children.
 (SFC, 1/27/98, p.A20)

1950s  Nigeria passed legislation that became known as the "Four Obnoxious Bills." The laws ensured that revenues from natural resources were collected at the center and doled out to the rest of the 36 states without proportion to their role in generating the wealth.
 (WSJ, 4/15/03, p.A14)

1950s  The first outsiders to regularly contact the Bahinemo people of Papua New Guinea were traders looking for crocodile skins and carvings.
 (SFC, 5/29/96, p.A8)

1950s  In Venezuela Gen. Marcos Perez Jimenez was a popular dictator for 10 years. He prided himself on colossal public works that included the Central University.
 (WSJ, 4/27/98, p.A16)(SSFC, 6/24/01, p.T6)

1950s  From Yugoslavia Tito’s security chief, Alexander Rankovic, a Serb, repressed Kosovo separatism.
 (SFC, 3/3/98, p.A8)

1950-1951 The Texaco Star Theater was the top ranking network show on television with a ranking of 61.6%.
 (WSJ, 4/24/95, p.R-5)

1950-1953  The Korean War. It started on Jun 25, 1950 and 2.5 million people were killed with over 2 million of them civilians. No peace treaty was ever signed. About 1.7 million Americans were involved and there was an estimated 3 mil casualties including 150,000 (54,246) Americans and over 1 mil Chinese. In 1999 W.D. Ehrhart and Philip K. Jason edited "Retrieving Bones: Stories and Poems of the Korean War."
 (NG, Aug., 1974, H. E. Kim, p.255)(SFC, 4/8/96, p.A-9)(WSJ, 8/8/95, p. A15) (SFEM, 11/10/96, p.12)(SFC, 2/17/96, p.A26)(SFEC, 8/29/99, BR p.3)(WSJ, 10/6/99, p.A22)
1950-1953 The United Nations employed 39,000 ground forces that joined with the United States in the Korean War.
 (HNQ, 4/14/00)
1950-1953 Soviet pilots ran the air war over North Korea and accounted for 70% of the casualties in that part of the conflict.
 (WSJ, 6/13/00, p.A1)

c1950-1953 Baseball player Ted Williams and future astronaut John Glenn flew combat missions together as part of Marine jet fighter squadron VMF-311 during the Korean War.
 (HNQ, 8/23/01)
1950-1953 Wayne Johnson, Korean War POW, managed to record the names of over 500 fellow soldiers killed in captivity. In 1996 he was awarded a Silver Star by the US Army.
 (SFC, 8/17/96, p.A8)

1950-1960 A chemical firm in Japan dumped mercury waste into the Minimata Bay and caused mercury poisoning during the 1950s. Victims reached a settlement in 1996.
 (WSJ, 5/23/96, p.A-1)

1950-1967 The US Congress for Cultural Freedom was a CIA front organization headed by Michael Josselson. It sponsored art exhibition, high profile conferences and rewarded artists and musicians with prizes and commissions to counter Communist cultural propaganda during the Cold War. In 2000 Frances Stonor Saunders authored "The Cultural Cold War."
 (WSJ, 3/27/00, p.A46)

1950-1970 Japan staged an economic miracle with a growth rate of 9.2% in the 50s and 10.7% in the 60s.
 (WSJ, 1/11/99, p.R42)

1950-1975 John Peter (d.1998 at 81) in 1994 published "The Oral History of Modern Architecture." It was accompanied by a CD based on interviews with some of the leading architects of this period: i.e. Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
 (SFC, 5/12/98, p.A21)

1950-1975 Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese statesman and President of the Republic of China, Taiwan (1950-1975), died.
 (WUD, 1994, p.254)

1950s-1970s Operation SOLO, a covert US mission, lasted nearly 20 years. John Barron later authored "Operation SOLO: The FBI’s Man Inside the Kremlin."
 (SFC, 6/12/01, p.A19)

1950-1980 About 3.5 million blacks were forcibly trucked off to ethnic territories, often abandoning land, houses and cattle.
 (WSJ, 5/17/96,p.A-10)

1950-1996 It has been reported that 1.2 million Tibetans have been slain under Chinese rule.
 (SFC, 6/16/96, p.B5)

1950-2000 Two books on the abortion issue over period were published in 1988: "Articles of Faith: A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars" by Cynthia Gorney," and "Abortion Wars: A Half Century of Struggle" a series of articles by 22 pro-choice authors ed. by Rickie Solinger.
 (SFEC, 1/25/98, BR p.5)

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