August 1950 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 1950.
The US president was Harry S. Truman (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Clement Attlee (Labour), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.
But much more happened on August 1950: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of August 1950?
Events
- 01 Aug 1950 Guam adopts constitution
- 05 Aug 1950 Ezzard Charles KOs Freddie Beshore to retain HW boxing title
- 06 Aug 1950 Monarchist demonstrations lead to a riot in Brussels.
- 07 Aug 1950 Police bar white players-Lou Chirban, Stan Mierko, and Frank Dyle, from playing in Negro League
- 08 Aug 1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
- 09 Aug 1950 Lusty Song wins Hambletonian
- 11 Aug 1950 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7
- 12 Aug 1950 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Humani generis
- 13 Aug 1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
- 15 Aug 1950 Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
- 16 Aug 1950 West Indies complete historic 3-1 series win against England
- 17 Aug 1950 Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) and Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs
- 19 Aug 1950 ABC begins Saturday morning kid shows (Animal Clinic and Acrobat Ranch).
- 22 Aug 1950 Abdel Rehim swims English Channel
- 23 Aug 1950 Jack Holden wins marathon
- 24 Aug 1950 1st US Negro delegate to UN appointed-ES Sampson
- 25 Aug 1950 Sugar Ray Robinson knocks out Jose Basora to win middleweight boxing title.
- 26 Aug 1950 39th Davis Cup: Australia beats USA in New York
- 27 Aug 1950 1st transmission of a TV program from continental Europe shown on BBC
- 31 Aug 1950 Dodger Gil Hodges hits 4 HRs and a single in a game vs. Braves
- 01 Aug 1950 Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in August 1950?
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Top #5 songs in the USA
- Frank Sinatra - Goodnight Irene
- Ames Brothers - Can Anyone Explain? (No, No, No!)
- Red Foley & Ernest Tubb - Goodnight, Irene
- Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie Ford - I'll Never Be Free
- Jo Stafford - No Other Love
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
Books
Which were the most popular books released in August 1950?
Ordeal By Slander
By: Owen Lattimore
Joseph McCarthy wasn't a household name when Owen Lattimore, a senator from Wisconsin, called Owen Lattimore the "top Russian spy agent in the country".
Sleep Till Noon
By: Max Shulman
Shulman's fourth satiric novel is perhaps his best. Harry Riddle, a cafeteria bus boy does well. Illustration by Bill Crawford.
I Leap Over The Wall
By: Monica Baldwin
This memoir by Monica Baldwin, a woman who spent nearly three decades in a convent and her adjustment to the modern world was first published in 1949.
White Witch Doctor
By: Louise A. Stinetorf
Ellen Burton was a medical missionary who arrived in Congo to study medicine. She had little knowledge of theology and medicine. However, she did have a sense for humor and a knack for praying with others.