November 1950 calendar

Events

• 01 Nov 1950 Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
• 02 Nov 1950 Barrier opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 4 performances
• 04 Nov 1950 Barrier closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 4 performances
• 05 Nov 1950 Philippines President Quirino ends emergency crisis
• 06 Nov 1950 Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as VP / GM of Pittsburgh Pirates
• 07 Nov 1950 French women and children leaves Hanoi / Tonkin-delta
• 08 Nov 1950 1st jet-plane battle ever, in Korean War
• 09 Nov 1950 Boston Brave Sam Jethroe wins NL Rookie of Year
• 10 Nov 1950 After 9 years, Cleveland Indians fire manager Lou Boudreau
• 11 Nov 1950 The Mattachine Society is founded in Los Angeles as the first gay-liberation organization.
• 12 Nov 1950 Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giants rushing record (218 yards) against Chicago Cardinals.
• 13 Nov 1950 US win 1st world championship bridge contest
• 15 Nov 1950 1st Negro player in organized hockey-Arthur Dorrington signed
• 16 Nov 1950 Egyptian King Faruk demands departure of all British troops
• 18 Nov 1950 South Korea President Syngman Rhee forced to end mass executions
• 19 Nov 1950 US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe
• 20 Nov 1950 T. S. Eliot speaks against television in the UK.
• 22 Nov 1950 7,021 see lowest NBA score, Ft Wayne Pistons 19, Minneapolis Lakers 18
• 24 Nov 1950 Guys & Dolls opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 1200 performances
• 25 Nov 1950 Tickets, Please closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 245 performances
• 26 Nov 1950 China enters Korean conflict, sending troops across Yalu River.
• 27 Nov 1950 Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract
• 29 Nov 1950 Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
• 30 Nov 1950 US President Truman threatens China with atom bomb

Famous Birthday

• Ed Harris

  American actor.

• Jayne Marie Mansfield
• Steve Van Zandt
• Tina Weymouth

  American singer-songwriter and bass player (Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club).

• Philip Sedgwick

  American astrologer, author and paranormal photographer.

• Markie Post

  TV Actress.

• Mary Hart

  American TV hostess of "Entertainment Tonight" and nightclub performer.

• Philippe Delerm

  French writer, formerly teacher of French literature, married to Martine, illustrator, and Vincent's father (singer).

• Carlo Verdone
• Chuck Schumer

  American politician, a US Senator from New York, first elected to the US Senate in 1998 and re-elected in 2004.

• Chris Glen

  Scottish bass player (Café Jacques The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Michael Schenker Group).

• Judy Schwomeyer

  American skater who won a 1968 championship with James Sladky for the ice dance.

• Paul Westphal
• Pierre Frogier
• Marco Biagi

  Italian economist and University Professor.

• Livingston Taylor

  American singer and noted family, the younger brother of folk-pop superstar James Taylor.

• Mircea Dinescu

  Romanian journalist and poet.

• Jean-Pierre Grand

  French politician, who serves as the mayor of Castelnau-Le-Lez (since 1977) and as Deputy in the French National Assembly (since 2002).

• Bob Orton Jr
• Franck Gilard
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Famous Deaths

• Griselio Torresola

  Attempted to assassinate President Truman, shot dead.

• Gerardus van de Lion

  Dutch Minister of Education, dies at 60.

• Thomas Wood

  Composer, dies at 57.

• Jacobus J E Hondius

  Dutch classicist / graphic artist, dies at 53.

• Hedwig Courts-Mahler

  German author, dies at 83.

• Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

  Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (Born 1873).

• George Bernard Shaw

  Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b.

• Grover Cleveland Alexander

  American baseball player (Born 1887).

• Orhan Veli Kan?k

  Turkish writer and poet (Born 1914).

• Gustaf John Ramstedt

  Finnish linguist and diplomat (Born 1873).

• Alexandros Diomidis

  Greek banker and politician 145th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1950).

• Francesco Cilea

  Italian composer and academic (d. 1950).

• Bob Smith

  American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Frank Sinatra - One Finger Melody
2. Eddy Howard & His Orchestra - To Think You've Chosen Me
3. Bing Crosby - Harbor Lights
4. Patti Page - The Tennessee Waltz
5. Kay Starr - Oh, Babe!