December 1950 calendar

Events

• 03 Dec 1950 Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast
• 05 Dec 1950 Sikkim becomes a protectorate of India.
• 06 Dec 1950 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Mirabile illud
• 10 Dec 1950 Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize
• 11 Dec 1950 Hindemiths Concerto for clarinet, premieres
• 12 Dec 1950 16th Heisman Trophy Award: Vic Janowicz, Ohio State (HB).
• 13 Dec 1950 James Dean begins his career with an appearance in a Pepsi commercial.
• 14 Dec 1950 Bless You All opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 84 performances
• 15 Dec 1950 Ezzard Charles knocks out Nick Barone to retain heavyweight boxing title.
• 16 Dec 1950 US President Harry Truman proclaims state of emergency against "Communist imperialism".
• 17 Dec 1950 The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.
• 19 Dec 1950 Gen Eisenhower named NATO commander
• 20 Dec 1950 Harvey, starring James Stewart, premieres in New York
• 21 Dec 1950 Out of This World opens at New Century Theater NYC for 157 performances
• 22 Dec 1950 Two self-propelled trains of Long Island, New York, railroad collide, killing 77.
• 24 Dec 1950 Cleveland Browns win NFL championship, beat LA 30-28
• 25 Dec 1950 Dick Tracy marries Tess Truehart
• 26 Dec 1950 Gillette and Mutual buy All Star and World Series advertising rights (US$6 million for six years).
• 28 Dec 1950 Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel into South Korea.
• 30 Dec 1950 Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia become Independent states in French Union.
• 31 Dec 1950 Jockeys W Shoemaker and Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year

Famous Birthday

• Rajinikanth

  Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon.

• Terry Bozzio

  American rock and jazz band drummer whose career highlights included spots with Frank Zappa (1975-1978) and “Missing Persons” (1980-1986).

• Karl Rove

  American political strategist and presidential advisor, credited with being the mastermind behind the making of George W. Bush into a...

• Guy Drut

  French athlete born to a British mother.

• Christina Onassis

  Greek heiress born in the U.S.

• Jean-Luc Petitrenaud
• Robert Schmidt

  American astrologer and scholar.

• Wendy Malick
• Otto Pérez Molina
• Vicente Del Bosque
• Paul Watson

  Canadian activist founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

• Joe Hisaishi

  Japanese pianist composer and conductor.

• Giordano Guerri

  Italian writer and critic responsible for the selection of certain books.

• Grazka Taylor

  Polish TV producer of commercial advertising in New Zealand.

• Pierre Blayau
• Armand Jung
• Alain Gest
• Jeffrey Katzenberg

  American screenwriter and producer co-founded DreamWorks Animation.

• Randy Castillo

  American drummer and songwriter (Red Square Black and Mötley Crüe) (d. 2002).

• Roy Schuiten

  Dutch track and road cyclist racer, he became a team manager before starting a restaurant.

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Famous Deaths

• Albrecht Schaeffer

  German writer (Heroische Fahrt), dies at 65.

• Julius Weismann

  Composer, dies at 70.

• Walter Johannes Damrosch

  Composer, dies at 88.

• Emile Enthoven

  Composer, dies at 47.

• Robert Muller-Hartmann

  Composer, dies at 66.

• Otto Vrieslander

  Composer, dies at 70.

• E J Moeran

  English composer (Born 1894).

• Shri Aurobindo

  Indian spiritual figure (Born 1872).

• Ernest John Moeran

  British composer, dies at age 55.

• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

  Indian politician (Born 1875).

• Neil Francis Hawkins

  British fascist (Born 1903).

• Max Beckmann

  German-Jewish artist, an expressionist painter who left.

• Charles Koechlin

  French musician and composer who wrote treatises on harmony and orchestration that are widely used.

• Karl Renner

  Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party.

• James Stephens

  Irish writer, a fantasy novelist and poet.

• Xavier Villaurrutia

  Mexican Poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47.

• Dinu Lipatti

  Romanian pianist and composer (d. 1950).

• Johnny Hyde

  Russian-born American talent agent (Born 1895).

• Leslie Comrie

  New Zealand astronomer and academic (d. 1950).

• Vincenzo Tommasini

  Italian composer (d. 1950).

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Top #3 songs in the USA

1. Gene Autry - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
2. Spike Jones & His City Slickers - Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
3. Dennis Day - Christmas In Killarney