May 1950 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1950 Gwendolyn Brooks, is 1st Black awarded a Pulitzer Prize
• 02 May 1950 Carlo Terrons Giuditta, premieres in Milan
• 05 May 1950 Bhumibol Adulyadej crowns himself King Rama IX of Thailand.
• 06 May 1950 Great to Be Alive closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 performances
• 08 May 1950 China's Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons.
• 09 May 1950 French Foreign minister Robert Schuman announces the Schuman Plan for European integration.
• 10 May 1950 1st Neth-US telex sent
• 11 May 1950 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die.
• 12 May 1950 Darius Milhauds opera Bolivar, premieres in Paris
• 13 May 1950 The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
• 14 May 1950 Pitts Johnny Hopp goes 6 for 6 including 2 HRs
• 17 May 1950 Celal Bayar becomes the third president of Turkey.
• 18 May 1950 Liar opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 12 performances
• 19 May 1950 New York Times reports of worlds smallest and dumbest mechanical brain
• 20 May 1950 76th Preakness: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Prince wins in 1:59.2.
• 21 May 1950 Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia.
• 22 May 1950 Dutch Poet Gerrit Achterberg wins PC Hooft prize
• 24 May 1950 Maritime Administration (under Department of Commerce).
• 25 May 1950 Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel opens in New York City, New York.
• 27 May 1950 Arms & the Girl closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 134 performances
• 30 May 1950 Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open.
• 31 May 1950 Due to rain, Indianapolis 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins.

Famous Birthday

• Stevie Wonder

  American musician, a singer and performer who has been given many awards, not only for his talent but for doing benefit concerts and...

• Bertrand Delanoë

  French politician, the Mayor of Paris and openly gay.

• Linda Gibb
• Gabriel Byrne

  Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator.

• Marcheline Bertrand

  Family Member.

• Marc Veyrat
• Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick
• Alexandre Barbault

  French astrologer and member of a noted French astrology family, the son of Armand Barbault and nephew of Andre Barbault.

• Bruce Boxleitner

  American actor, tall and handsome, best known for the TV series "Scarecrow and Mrs.

• Lou Gramm

  American vocalist (Foreigner).

• Irène Frain

  French writer and historian, co-founder of The Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society.

• Marie-Hélène des Esgaulx
• Dann Florek

  American actor.

• François-Xavier Villain
• Janez Drnovšek

  Slovenian economist and politician 2nd President of Slovenia (d. 2008).

• Helena Kennedy

  Scottish barrister, writer and broadcaster known for her powers of persuasion.

• Thomas Gottschalk

  German TV host.

• Gregory Harrison

  American actor, popular as the handsome and sexy surgeon Gonzo Gates for seven years on the hit TV series "Trapper John, M.D.

• Dee-Dee Bridgewater
• Matthew Kelly

  British entertainer, seen primarily on TV.

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Famous Deaths

• Eduardo Fabini

  Composer, dies at 67.

• John G Fletcher

  US poet (Burning Mountain), dies.

• Franklin Dyall

  Dies at 76.

• Vital Brazil

  Brazilian physician (Born 1865).

• Esteban Terradas i Illa

  Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (Born 1883).

• Antonina Neshdanova

  Russian soprano (Bolshoi Theater), dies.

• Archibald Wavell

  1st Earl Wavell English general and politician 43rd Governor-General of India (d. 1950).

• Belle da Costa Greene

  American librarian, bibliographer, archivist (Born 1883).

• Agnes Smedley

  Journalist.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Kay Starr - Hoop-Dee-Doo
2. Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra - Roses
3. Mel Torme - Bewitched
4. Andrews Sisters - I Wanna Be Loved
5. Doris Day - Bewitched