Year (''' MCML ''') was a Common Year Starting On Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar .
- January 1 - Sir Adrian Boult is appointed principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra
: India forms a Republic .]]
- August 5 - Florence Chadwick swims across English Channel in 13 hours, 22 minutes.
- August 5 - A bomb-laden B-29 Superfortress crashes into a residential area in California: 17 dead, 68 injured.
- August 6 - Riot in Brussels in monarchist demonstrations.
- August 8 - Winston Churchill supports idea of pan- Europe an army allied with Canada and USA.
- August 12 - In his Encyclical Humani Generis , Pope Pius XII declares Evolution to be a serious Hypothesis that did not contradict essential Catholic teachings.
- August 15 - Earthquake and floods in Assam , India: 574 deaths, 5,000,000 believed homeless.
- August 22 - Foundation of the Immaculate Heart Of Mary Seminary , Tagbilaran City, Philippines.
- August 23 - Legendary singer-actor Paul Robeson , whose passport has recently been revoked because of his alleged Communist affiliations, meets with U.S. officials in an effort to get it reinstated. He is unsuccessful, and it is not reinstated until 1958.
- November 1 - Pope Pius XII witnesses the " Miracle Of The Sun " at the Vatican"Joseph Pelletier "The Sun Danced at Fatima", Doubleday, New York (1983),pp150,151
- Assumed Mary's body into Heaven after her death.
- November 1 - Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman , who is staying at the Blair-Lee House in Washington, D.C. during White House repairs.
- November 4 - United Nations ends the diplomatic isolation of Spain .
- , United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown intercepts two North Korea n MiG-15 s near the Yalu River and shoots them down in the first Jet -to-jet Dogfight in history.
- November 10 - A US Air Force B-50 bomber, experiencing an in-flight emergency, jettisoned and detonated a Mark 4 nuclear bomb over Quebec, Canada. The device lacked its plutonium core.
- November 11 - The Mattachine Society is founded in Los Angeles as the first Gay -liberation organization.
- November 13 - Colonel Carlos Delgado Chalbaud is kidnapped and murdered in Caracas .
- November 18 - United Nations accepts the formation of Libya n national council
- November 20 - T. S. Eliot speaks against television in the UK.
- November 22 - Anti-British riots in Egypt .
- November 22 - Shirley Temple announces her retirement from show business.
- November 25 - Phenomenal Winter Storm ravages the Northeast United States , brings 30 to 50 inches of Snow , temperatures below zero, and kills 323 people.
- move into North Korea and launch a massive counterattack against South Korea n and American forces, ending any thought of a quick end to the conflict.
- November 28 - Greece and Yugoslavia reform diplomatic relations.
- n and Chinese troops force a desperate retreat of United Nations forces from North Korea.
- November 29 - National Council Of The Churches Of Christ In The USA founded.
- November 30 - Truman threatens to use nuclear weapons in Korea.
The following are references to year 1950 in fiction:
- 1950 is one of the three start dates in sim city 3000 unlimited
- Total World Population : 2,518,629,000
- --- Africa : 221,214,000
- --- Asia : 1,398,488,000
- --- Europe : 547,403,000
- --- Latin-America : 167,097,000
- --- Northern America : 171,616,000
- --- Oceania : 12,812,000.
- January 5 - John Manley , Canadian politician
- January 5 - Charlie Richmond , Canadian entrepreneur and inventor
- January 12 - Sheila Jackson Lee , American politician
- January 16 - Debbie Allen , American actress, dancer, and choreographer
- January 17 - Cristina Galbó , Spanish actress
- January 17 - Luis López Nieves , Puerto Rican writer
- January 18 - Gilles Villeneuve , Canadian race car driver
- January 20 - Edward Hirsch , American poet
- January 21 - Billy Ocean , West Indian-born musician
- January 23 - Richard Dean Anderson , American actor
- January 24 - Benjamin Urrutia , Ecuadoran author and scholar
- January 26 - Janet Lupo , American model
- January 27 - Rick Bayan , American author and humorist
- January 27 - Amos Grunebaum , Israeli-born obstetrician and gynecologist
- January 27 - Derek Acorah , Spiritualist medium
- January 29 - Jody Scheckter , South African race car driver
- January 30 - Trinidad Silva , American actor (d. 1988 )
- February 1 - Kazimierz Nycz , Polish clergyman
- February 3 - Morgan Fairchild , American actress
- February 4 - Pamela Franklin , British actress
- February 6 - Natalie Cole , American singer
- February 10 - Mark Spitz , American swimmer
- February 12 - Michael Ironside , American actor
- February 13 - Peter Gabriel , British musician
- February 15 - Tsui Hark , Hong Kong film director
- February 16 - Peter Hain , British politician
- February 18 - John Hughes , American film director, producer, and writer
- February 19 - Andy Powell , British musician ( Wishbone Ash )
- February 20 - Ken Shimura , Japanese television performer and actor
- February 22 - Julius Erving , American basketball player
- February 22 - Julie Walters , English actress
- February 22 - Miou-Miou , French actress
- February 22 - Ellen Greene , American actress
- February 25 - Neil Jordan , Irish film director, writer, and producer
- February 25 - Néstor Kirchner , President Of Argentina
- February 26 - Helen Clark , Prime Minister Of New Zealand
- February 26 - Bill Ritter , ABC TV News Anchor
- March 2 - Karen Carpenter , American singer and drummer (d. 1983 )
- March 4 - Rick Perry , Governor of Texas
- March 9 - Doug Ault , baseball player (d. 2004 )
- March 9 - Danny Sullivan , American race car driver
- March 11 - Bobby McFerrin , American singer
- March 11 - Jerry Zucker , American film producer, director, and writer
- March 13 - William H. Macy , American actor
- March 18 - Brad Dourif , American actor
- March 18 - Richard Kretchmer , English artist and historian
- March 20 - William Hurt , American actor
- March 26 - Teddy Pendergrass , American singer
- March 26 - Martin Short , Canadian-born comedian
- March 29 - Bud Cort , American actor
- March 30 - Robbie Coltrane , British actor and comedian
- April 3 - Sally Thomsett , British actress
- April 4 - Christine Lahti , American actress
- April 5 - Agnetha Fältskog , Swedish singer and songwriter ( ABBA )
- April 10 - Steven Seagal , American actor
- April 10 - Ken Griffey, Sr. , baseball player
- April 12 - Kari Palaste , Finnish architect
- April 14 - Ian Gordon , Scottish Gentleman & Scholar of Edinburgh
- April 20 - Steve Erickson , American novelist
- April 22 - Peter Frampton , English musician
- April 25 - Lenora Branch Fulani , American Presidential candidate
- April 28 - Jay Leno , American comedian and talk show host on the Tonight Show
- April 29 - Paul Holmes , New Zealand radio and television broadcaster
- May 1 - Danny McGrain , Scottish footballer
- May 1 - Dann Florek , American actor
- May 3 - Howard Ashman , American lyricist (d. 1991 )
- May 7 - Randall 'Tex' Cobb , American boxer and actor
- May 9 - Matthew Kelly , actor and TV personality
- May 12 - Bruce Boxleitner , American actor
- May 12 - Gabriel Byrne , Irish actor
- May 13 - Stevie Wonder , American singer and musician
- May 15 - Nicholas Hammond , American actor
- May 16 - Johannes Georg Bednorz , German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- May 16 - Ray Condo , Canadian rockabilly musician (d. 2004 )
- May 17 - Janez Drnovšek , Slovene politician
- May 17 - Valeria Novodvorskaya , Russian politician and dissident
- May 18 - Thomas Gottschalk , German television host
- May 18 - Rodney Milburn , American athlete (d. 1997 )
- May 18 - Mark Mothersbaugh , American composer and musician ( Devo )
- May 22 - Bernie Taupin , English songwriter
- May 22 - Mary Tamm , British actress
- May 28 - Jim Harris , American professional wrestler
- May 30 - Bertrand Delanoë , French politician
- June 1 - Wayne Nelson , American musician ( Little River Band )
- June 1 - Tom Robinson , English singer and musician
- June 3 - Suzi Quatro , American singer and actress
- June 5 - J. J. Bittenbinder , American television host and author
- June 6 - John Byrne , American comic book creator
- June 12 - Oğuz Abadan , Turkish composer and musician
- June 21 - John Paul Young , Australian singer
- June 30 - Leonard Whiting , English actor
- July 11 - Pervez Hoodbhoy , Pakistan i Nuclear Physicist and social activist
- July 11 - J.R. Morgan , British classical scholar
- July 18 - Sir Richard Branson , British entrepreneur
- July 18 - Glenn Hughes , American vocalist (d. 2001 )
- July 19 - Per-Kristian Foss , Norwegian Minister of Finance
- July 19 - Simon Cadell , British actor
- July 26 - Susan George , British actress
- August 11 - Gennadiy Nikonov , Russian weapon designer
- August 14 - Bob Backlund , American professional wrestler
- August 15 - Anne, Princess Royal of England
- August 15 - Neil J. Gunther Australian/American physicist and computer scientist
- August 16 - Hasely Crawford , West Indian athlete
- August 16 - Marshall Manesh , Persia n actor
- August 26 - Jerome "Pop" Pentsky , American entrepreneur
- August 27 - Charles Fleischer , American actor
- September 1 - Mikhail Fradkov , a Russian politician, the current Prime Minister Of Russia
- September 2 - Rosanna DeSoto , American actress
- September 7 - Julie Kavner , American actress
- September 10 - Joe Perry (musician) , American guitarist Aerosmith
- September 14 - Paul Kossoff , British guitarist ( Free ) (d. 1976 )
- September 14 - Masami Kuwashima , Japanese race car driver
- September 16 - Loyd Grossman , American television presenter and chef
- September 17 - Narendra Modi , Chief Minister of Gujarat
- September 21 - Charles Clarke , British politician
- September 21 - Bill Murray , American actor and comedian
- September 22 - Kirka , Finnish singer
- September 24 - Kristina Wayborn , Swedish actress
- September 27 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa , Japanese actor
- September 28 - John Sayles , American director and screenwriter
- October 1 - Randy Quaid , American actor
- October 5 - Jeff Conaway , American actor
- October 5 - Edward P. Jones , American writer
- October 9 - Jody Williams , American teacher and aid worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- October 12 - Kaga Takeshi , Japanese actor
- October 18 - Wendy Wasserstein , American playwright (d. 2006 )
- October 20 - Tom Petty , American singer
- October 22 - Bill Owens , Governor of Colorado
- October 28 - Sihem Bensedrine , Tunisian human rights activist
- October 31 - John Candy , Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994 )
- October 31 - Jane Pauley , American television broadcaster and journalist
- November 1 - Robert B. Laughlin , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- November 3 - Joe Queenan , American humorist and social critic
- November 3 - Massimo Mongai , Italian author
- November 4 - Charles Frazier , American author
- November 10 - Bob Orton, Jr. , American professional wrestler
- November 13 - Mary Lou Metzger , American singer and dancer
- November 21 - Alberto Juantorena , Cuban athlete
- November 22 - Lyman Bostock , baseball player (d. 1978 )
- November 28 - Russell Alan Hulse , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- November 28 - Ed Harris , American actor
- December 1 - Keith Thibodeaux , American actor and musician
- December 5 - Camarón De La Isla , Spanish singer (d. 1992 )
- December 10 - Tom Towles , American actor
- December 11 - Olaf Van Cleef , Dutch painter
- December 13 - Wendie Malick , American actress
- December 15 - Don Johnson , American actor
- December 16 - Roy Schuiten , Dutch cyclist (d. 2006 )
- December 17 - Laurence F. Johnson , American futurist and educator
- December 18 - Leonard Maltin , American film critic
- December 19 - Manny Trillo , baseball player
- December 23 - Michael C. Burgess , American politician
- January 21 - George Orwell , English author (b. 1903 )
- February 6 - Georges Imbert , Alsatian chemist (b. 1884 )
- February 25 - George Minot , American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize In Physiology Or Medicine (b. 1885 )
- March 5 - Sid Grauman , American restaurateur (b. 1895 )
- March 19 - Walter Haworth , British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883 )
- March 19 - Edgar Rice Burroughs , American author (b. 1875 )
- March 24 - James Rudolph Garfield , American politician (b. 1865 )
- March 30 - Joe Yule , Scottish-born comedian (b. 1894 )
- April 26 - G. Murray Hulbert , American politician (b. 1881 )
- May 1 - Lothrop Stoddard , American eugenicist (b. 1883 )
- May 9 - Esteban Terradas I Illa , Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883 )
- May 10 - Belle Da Costa Greene , American librarian, bibliographer, and archivist (b. 1883 )
- July 12 - Elsie De Wolfe , American socialite and interior decorator (b. 1865 )
- July 17 - Evangeline Booth , General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865 )
- July 22 - William Lyon Mackenzie King , Canadian politician (b. 1874 )
- August 22 - Kirk Bryan , American geologist (b. 1888 )
- August 23 - Frank Phillips , American oil executive (b. 1873 )
- August 26 - Ransom E. Olds , American automotive pioneer (b. 1864 )
- September 6 - Olaf Stapledon , British author and philosopher (b. 1886 )
- September 10 - Raymond Sommer , American race car driver (b. 1906 )
- September 11 - Jan Christian Smuts , Prime Minister Of South Africa (b. 1870 )
- September 21 - Arthur Milne , British physicist (b. 1896 )
- October 13 - Ernest Haycox , American writer (b. 1899 )
- October 19 - Charles Ballantyne , Canadian politician (b. 1867 )
- October 23 - Al Jolson , American musician (b. 1886 )
- October 29 - King Gustaf V Of Sweden (b. 1858 )
- November 2 - George Bernard Shaw , Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856 )
- November 3 - Koiso Kuniaki , Prime Minister Of Japan (b. 1880 )
- November 25 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen , Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873 )
- November 25 - Gustaf John Ramstedt , Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873 )
- November 28 - James Corbitt Hanged for Murder by Albert Pierrepoint
- December 2 - Dinu Lipatti , Romanian pianist (b. 1917 )
- December 5 - Sri Aurobindo , Indian guru (b. 1872 )
- December 11 - Leslie Comrie , New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer (b. 1893 )
- December 12 - Peter Fraser , former Prime Minister Of New Zealand b. 1884 )
- December 15 - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel , Indian political leader (b. 1875 )
- December 27 - Max Beckmann , German painter (b. 1884 )
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