What Happened In February 1950 In History

Historical Events for February, 1950

• 8th » The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
• 9th » Second Red Scare: United States Senate or Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communism called Communists.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1950

• 1st » Mike Campbell (musician) known as Mike Campbell, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch)
• 1st » Elizabeth France, English civil servant
• 1st » Alan Moller, American meteorologist and photographer (d. 2014)
• 2nd » Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler
• 2nd » Libby Purves, English journalist and author
• 2nd » Barbara Sukowa, German actress
• 2nd » Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese wrestler
• 3rd » Michael W. Dickinson, English jockey and trainer
• 3rd » Morgan Fairchild, American actress
• 3rd » Pamela Franklin, Japanese-English actress
• 3rd » John Schlitt, American singer (Petra (band) e.g Petra and Head East)
• 5th » Catherine Castel, French actress and makeup artist
• 5th » Marie-Pierre Castel, French actress
• 5th » Jonathan Freeman (actor) named Jonathan Freeman, American actor
• 6th » Natalie Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 6th » Timothy M. Dolan, American cardinal
• 7th » Karen Joy Fowler, American author
• 7th » Dai Havard, Welsh politician
• 8th » Cristina Ferrare, American model and actress
• 9th » Richard F. Colburn, American politician
• 10th » Mark Spitz, American swimmer
• 11th » J. Peter Neary, Irish economist
• 12th » Angelo Branduardi, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 12th » Steve Hackett, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Genesis (band) e.g Genesis, Quiet World, and GTR (band) e.g GTR)
• 12th » Michael Ironside, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 13th » Michael Attenborough, English director and manager
• 13th » Ewa Aulin, Swedish actress
• 13th » Vera Baird, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
• 13th » Bob Daisley, Australian bass player and songwriter (Rainbow (rock band) Rainbow, Chicken Shack, Widowmaker (band) Widowmaker, Uriah Heep (band) Uriah Heep, and Living Loud)
• 13th » Peter Gabriel, English singer-songwriter and producer (Genesis (band) called Genesis)
• 13th » Donna Hanover, American journalist
• 13th » Chuck Neubauer, American journalist
• 14th » Frank Collison, American actor
• 14th » Roger Fisher (guitarist) Roger Fisher, American guitarist (Heart (band) Heart and Alias (band) Alias)
• 15th » David Brown (musician) known as David Brown, American bass player and songwriter (Santana (band) named Santana) (d. 2000)
• 15th » Tsui Hark, Vietnamese-Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter
• 16th » Peter Hain, Kenyan-Welsh politician, Secretary of State for Wales
• 16th » Roman Tam, Hong Kong singer (Roman and the Four Steps) (d. 2002)
• 16th » Kazuki Tomokawa, Japanese singer
• 17th » Rickey Medlocke, American guitarist (Blackfoot (band) known as Blackfoot and Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• 17th » Graham Stringer, English politician
• 18th » Michel Gauthier, Canadian politician
• 18th » John Hughes (filmmaker) or John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
• 18th » Cybill Shepherd, American actress and singer
• 19th » Juice Leskinen, Finnish singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 19th » Andy Powell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wishbone Ash)
• 20th » Walter Becker, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Steely Dan)
• 20th » Ken Shimura, Japanese actor
• 20th » Tony Wilson, English journalist (d. 2007)
• 22nd » Julius Erving, American basketball player
• 22nd » Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer-songwriter
• 22nd » Miou-Miou, French actress
• 22nd » Genesis P-Orridge, English singer-songwriter (Psychic TV, Thee Majesty, Pigface, and Splinter Test)
• 22nd » Julie Walters, English actress
• 23rd » Maxi (singer) or Maxi, Irish singer, actor, and radio host
• 24th » George Thorogood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 24th » Steve McCurry, American photographer and journalist
• 25th » Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (d. 2006)
• 25th » Neil Jordan, Irish director, screenwriter, and author
• 25th » Néstor Kirchner, Argentinian politician, 51st President of Argentina (d. 2010)
• 25th » Mick Miller (comedian) known as Mick Miller, English comedian
• 25th » Emitt Rhodes, American singer-songwriter (The Merry-Go-Round)
• 25th » Jaak Tamm, Estonian businessman and politician (d. 1999)
• 26th » Ott Arder, Estonian poet and author (d. 2004)
• 26th » Jonathan Cain, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Journey (band) e.g Journey, The Babys, and Bad English)
• 26th » Helen Clark, New Zealand politician, 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 27th » Gilla (singer) named Gilla, Austrian singer
• 27th » Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger, English rabbi and politician
• 27th » Annabel Goldie, Scottish politician
• 28th » Frankie Kao, Taiwanese singer (d. 2014)

Famous Deaths for February 1950

• 2nd » Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (b. 1873)
• 6th » Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884)
• 10th » Marcel Mauss, French sociologist (b. 1872)
• 10th » Herbert Nicol, English rugby player (b. 1873)
• 13th » Rafael Sabatini, Italian author (b. 1875)
• 14th » Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and engineer (b. 1905)
• 17th » William Dickey (diver) or William Dickey, American diver (b. 1883)
• 25th » George Minot, American physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 26th » Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer (b. 1870)

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