June 1950 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1950 WKZO (now WWMT) TV channel 3 in Kalamazoo, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
• 02 Jun 1950 St. Louis Browns pitcher Harry Dorish swipes home vs. Washingston Senators
• 03 Jun 1950 French expedition reaches top of Himalayan peak of Annapurna in Nepal
• 04 Jun 1950 CVP wins Belgian parliamentary election
• 05 Jun 1950 US Supreme Court undermines legal foundations of segregation.
• 06 Jun 1950 German DR and Poland sign treaty about Oder-Neisse border
• 08 Jun 1950 Boston Red Sox beat St. Louis Browns 29-4
• 10 Jun 1950 50th US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club, Pennsylvania
• 11 Jun 1950 Ben Hogan wins US Open golf tournament
• 12 Jun 1950 2 Air France DC-4s crash near Bahrain, about 100 die
• 13 Jun 1950 South African parliament accept Groups Area Act
• 15 Jun 1950 Dutch police seize condoms
• 17 Jun 1950 1st kidney transplant
• 20 Jun 1950 Dutch Air Force base Tjililitan given to Indonesia
• 21 Jun 1950 Joe DiMaggio gets his 2,000th hit
• 23 Jun 1950 Swiss parliament refuses voting right for women
• 24 Jun 1950 French government-Bidault resigns
• 25 Jun 1950 Johnny Pramesa (Reds) and Hank Thompson (Giants) hit inside the park HRs
• 26 Jun 1950 The South African Parliament passes the Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950.
• 27 Jun 1950 Liar closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 12 performances
• 28 Jun 1950 Korean War: North Korean forces capture Seoul.
• 29 Jun 1950 US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game
• 30 Jun 1950 US General MacArthur visits front in South Korea / asks for US troops

Famous Birthday

• Gérard Lanvin

  French popular actor, who began earning his living selling trousers.

• Lakshmi Mittal

  Indian-English businessman.

• Chantal Akerman

  Belgian film director born to a Jewish Polish family.

• Ann Wilson

  American rock musician who, along with her sister, Nancy, were leaders of the group, "Heart.

• Suzi Quatro

  American black-leather clad R'N'R singer and bass player known for aggressive, raunchy performances.

• Alain Gillot-Pétré
• Sonia Braga

  Brazilian actress.

• Frédéric François

  Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter.

• Marc Jolivet

  French actor, humorist, and occasionally film director, son of the comedian Arlette Thomas and brother of Pierre Jolivet, film director.

• Kingston (Jamaica)
• Nancy Allen

  American actress.

• Rony Brauman
• Gérard Palaprat
• Michel Côté (actor)
• Leonard Whiting

  British actor.

• Ziad Takieddine
• Graham Russell

  British-American musician, a singer and composer with the group "Air Supply," formed in 1976 and signed by Arista in 1980.

• Mercedes Lackey

  American fantasy novelist.

• René Riesel
• Deniece Williams

  American singer who originally sang in Stevie Wonder's backup group, "Wonderlove.

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Famous Deaths

• Julio Fonseca

  Composer, dies at 65.

• Henry Balfour Gardiner

  Composer, dies at 72.

• Stanislas Bizot

  French checker player (world champ 1925), dies at 70.

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Gene Krupa & His Orchestra - Bonaparte's Retreat
2. Nat King Cole (Les Baxter & His Orchestra) - Mona Lisa
3. David Rose - Bewitched
4. Billy Eckstine - I Wanna Be Loved
5. Joe Fingers Carr - Sam's Song