What Happened In April 1950 In History

Historical Events for April, 1950

• 8th » India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact.
• 19th » Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention named Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• 27th » Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
• 28th » Bhumibol Adulyadej marries Queen Sirikit after their quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 19, 1949.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1950

• 1st » Samuel Alito, American lawyer and jurist
• 1st » Loris Kessel, Swiss race car driver (d. 2010)
• 1st » Daniel Paillé, Canadian politician
• 2nd » Lynn Westmoreland, American politician
• 3rd » Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan economist
• 3rd » Sally Thomsett, English actress
• 3rd » Ray Lucia, American author and television host
• 4th » Christine Lahti, American actress and director
• 5th » Harpo (singer) known as Harpo, Swedish singer
• 5th » Ann C. Crispin, American author (d. 2013)
• 5th » Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer (ABBA)
• 5th » Miki Manojlović, Serbian actor
• 6th » Cleo Odzer, American author (d. 2001)
• 7th » Brian J. Doyle, American press secretary
• 8th » Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer and coach
• 10th » Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player and manager
• 10th » Eddie Hazel, American guitarist (Parliament-Funkadelic, and The Parliaments) (d. 1992)
• 10th » Akiko Wada, Japanese singer and actress
• 11th » Tom Hill (musician) known as Tom Hill, English bass player and songwriter (Geordie (band) known as Geordie)
• 11th » Bill Irwin, American clown and actor
• 12th » Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman
• 12th » David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 12th » Nick Sackman, English composer
• 13th » Joseph Paul Franklin, American serial killer (d. 2013)
• 13th » Terry Lester, American actor (d. 2003)
• 13th » Ron Perlman, American actor
• 13th » William Sadler (actor) known as William Sadler, American actor
• 14th » Francis Collins, American physician and geneticist
• 14th » Péter Esterházy, Hungarian author
• 15th » Josiane Balasko, French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 15th » Amy Wright, American actress
• 16th » Robert Dutil, Canadian politician
• 16th » David Graf, American actor (d. 2001)
• 17th » L. Scott Caldwell, American actress
• 17th » Bruce McNall, American businessman
• 18th » Paul Callery, Australian footballer
• 18th » Kenny Ortega, American director, producer, and choreographer
• 19th » Julia Cleverdon, English businesswoman and philanthropist
• 20th » Steve Erickson, American author
• 20th » Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician (d. 2002)
• 20th » Robert Mair, English engineer and academic
• 20th » N. Chandrababu Naidu, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• 20th » Milt Wilcox, American baseball player
• 22nd » Peter Frampton, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Herd (UK band) e.g The Herd and Humble Pie (band) named Humble Pie)
• 22nd » Jancis Robinson, English journalist and critic
• 22nd » Zygi Wilf, German-American businessman
• 23rd » Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist
• 25th » Donnell Deeny, Irish judge
• 25th » Steve Ferrone, English drummer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Average White Band)
• 25th » Peter Jurasik, American actor
• 25th » Apollo Quiboloy, Filipino religious leader
• 27th » Paul Lockyer, Australian journalist (d. 2011)
• 28th » Willie Colón, Puerto Rican trombonist and producer (Fania All-Stars)
• 28th » Jay Leno, American comedian, talk show host, and producer
• 28th » Steve Rider, English television host
• 29th » Paul Holmes (broadcaster) e.g Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist (d. 2013)
• 29th » Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer
• 29th » Debbie Stabenow, American politician

Famous Deaths for April 1950

• 1st » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
• 3rd » Kurt Weill, German-American composer (b. 1900)
• 3rd » Carter G. Woodson, American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (b. 1875)
• 6th » Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (b. 1882)
• 7th » Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor (b. 1884)
• 8th » Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish dancer and choreographer (b. 1890)
• 14th » Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1879)
• 16th » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)
• 16th » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
• 19th » Ernst Robert Curtius, French-German philologist and scholar (b. 1886)
• 22nd » Charles Hamilton Houston, American lawyer (b. 1895)
• 26th » George Murray Hulbert, American politician (b. 1881)

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