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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 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 October 1950: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1950?


Events

  • 01 Oct 1950 Browns lose to Giants, setting club record for fewest points scored by both teams (tied in 1979), New York 6, Cleveland 0
  • 02 Oct 1950 Mao Tse Tung proclaims in telegram to Stalin, China intervenes Korea
  • 03 Oct 1950 1st black lead (Ethel Waters) on TV
  • 04 Oct 1950 French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam
  • 05 Oct 1950 Pardon Our French opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 100 performances
  • 07 Oct 1950 Walter Bedell Smith replaces Roscoe H Hillenkoetter as 4th CIA head
  • 08 Oct 1950 4th NHL All-Star Game: Detroit beat All-Stars 7-1 at Detroit
  • 09 Oct 1950 Goyang Geumjeong Cave Massacre started.
  • 11 Oct 1950 Television: CBS's mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
  • 12 Oct 1950 Call Me Madam opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 644 performances
  • 19 Oct 1950 Bird Building at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is dedicated
  • 20 Oct 1950 Australia passes the Communist Party Dissolution Act, which is later struck down by the High Court.
  • 21 Oct 1950 Death penality abolished in Belgium
  • 25 Oct 1950 Dutch NSB leader C van Gelderen sentenced to life
  • 26 Oct 1950 630 Dutch volunteers depart (on)to Korea
  • 28 Oct 1950 Torcida Split is founded.
  • 29 Oct 1950 British Minister of Finance Stafford Cripps resigns
  • 30 Oct 1950 The Jayuya Uprising is started by Puerto Rican Nationalists against the United States.
  • 31 Oct 1950 Collazo and Torresola attempt to kill Truman in Washington, DC

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in October 1950?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Harbor Lights
  2. - Patricia
  3. - Orange Colored Sky
  4. - Mr. Touchdown, U.S.A.
  5. - Nevertheless (I'm In Love with You)

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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You Bet Your Life

You Bet Your Life

Release year: 1950

Starring: Groucho Marx, George Fenneman

Country: United States of America

All About Eve

All About Eve

Release year: 1950

Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Starring: Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm

Country: United States of America

Aventurera

Aventurera

Release year: 1950

Directed by: Alberto Gout

Starring: Ninón Sevilla, Tito Junco, Andrea Palma, Rubén Rojo

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

Tom Corbett, Space Cadet

Release year: 1950

Starring: Frankie Thomas, Al Markim, Jan Merlin, Jack Grimes

Country: United States of America

Woman on the Run

Woman on the Run

Release year: 1950

Directed by: Norman Foster

Starring: Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith, John Qualen

Books

Which were the most popular books released in October 1950?
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Chicago Confidential by Jack Lait and Lee Mortimer

Chicago Confidential

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Chicago is known as the "hurly-burly", rough-and tumble, guns-and girls, front-page city of the U.S. This is an uncensored, uncensored and shocking account of this fascinating, fast-paced, fascinating city.

The Man Of Independence by Jonathan Daniels

The Man Of Independence

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Biography

Across The River And Into The Trees by Ernest Hemingway

Across The River And Into The Trees

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HEMINGWAY'S POIGNANT STORY OF A LOVE FOUND TOO EARLY Set in Venice at the end of World War II. Across the River, into the Trees is the bittersweet tale

The Spanish Gardener by A.J. Cronin

The Spanish Gardener

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He is making a fresh start when Mr Harrington Brande and Nicholas, his son, move to San Jorge, a beautiful house in the Spanish town.

The Egyptian by Mika Waltari

The Egyptian

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The Egyptian was first published in the United States in 1949. Although widely criticized as obscene, it went on to sell more than any other book that year. It is still a classic and readers around the world have testified …