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

Events

• June 25 - beginning of Korean War
• Uruguay wins Football World Cup in Brazil

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]?