1950

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

Years: 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 - 1950 - 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955

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Births

• February 11 - Earnest Jim Istook, American politician.
• February 11 - Johanna E Beerens, actress.
• February 11 - Rochelle Fleming, soul music vocalist.
• September 28 - John Sayles (director, screenwriter)

Deaths

• Edgar Rice Burroughs, author
• Shri Aurobindo

Events

• June 25 - beginning of Korean War

Sport

• Uruguay wins Football World Cup in Brazil
• British Empire Games held in Auckland, New Zealand

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Cecil Frank Powell
• Chemistry - Otto Paul Hermann Diels, Kurt Alder
• Medicine - Edward Calvin Kendall, Tadeus Reichstein, Philip Showalter Hench
• Literature - Earl (Bertrand Arthur William) Russell
• Peace - Ralph Bunche

Books