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Fun facts from 1950

  • The Korean War begins

  • Annabelle Candy Company starts. They go on to produce Rocky Road, Abba-Zaba, Big Hunk, Look!, and U-NO candies

  • United States Population: 152,271,417

  • World Population: 2.556 billion

  • George Bernard Shaw, the Irish playwright, dies in 1950

  • The McCarthyism era begins on February 9, 1950

  • The first Xerox machine is produced in 1950

  • Harry S. Truman was President and Alben W. Barkley was Vice President in 1950

  • Richard Lawler performs the first successful kidney transplant at Loyola University

  • Cost of a first class postage stamp was 3 cents

  • Silly Putty is invented by Peter Hodgson

  • March 14: The FBI starts its "Ten Most Wanted List"


TELEVISION IN 1950--
  • September 7: The game show "Truth or Consequences" debuts

  • February 2: "What's My Line" debuts

  • "The Jack Benny Show", starring Jack Benny, debuts

  • "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" premiers



SPORTS

  • 1950 World Series was: NY Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies (4-0)

  • Stanley Cup: Detroit vs. NY Rangers (4-3)

  • NCAA Basketball Championship: CCNY vs. Bradley (71-68)

  • Middleground was the Kentucky Derby champion

  • World Cup Uruguay vs. Brazil (2-1)



ACADEMY AWARDS

  • Best Motion Picture: All the King's Men

  • Best Actor: Broderick Crawford in "All the King's Men"

  • Best Actress: Jeanne Crain in "Pinky"

  • John Ireland won the Academy Award for best supporting actor in "All the King's Men"

  • Ethel Barrymore won for the best supporting actress in "Pinky"


MUSIC--

  • Jo Stafford releases "Autumn in New York"

  • The Andrews Sisters has the hit "I Can Dream, Can't I?"

  • Eileen Barton has the hit single If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake"

  • Al Jolson has the hit record Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

  • Nat King Cole has the hit "Mona Lisa"


CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS IN 1950--
  • February 6: Natalie Cole

  • February 10: Mark Spitz

  • February 18: Cybill Shepherd

  • April 28: Jay Leno

  • May 13: Stevie Wonder

  • September 21: Bill Murray

  • October 20: Tom Petty

  • October 31: John Candy


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