What Happened In January 1950 In History

Historical Events for January, 1950

• 1st » Standard practice uses this day as the origin of the age scale Before Present
• 14th » The first prototype of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 called MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
• 21st » American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
• 23rd » The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
• 26th » The Constitution of India coming into force or comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day (India) called Republic Day in India.
• 31st » President of the United States e.g President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1950

• 1st » Wayne Bennett (rugby league) or Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1st » Morgan Fisher, British keyboard player and songwriter (Mott the Hoople and Morgan (band) called Morgan)
• 1st » Deepa Mehta, Indian-Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1st » James Richardson (poet) or James Richardson, American poet
• 2nd » Débora Duarte, Brazilian actress
• 2nd » David Shifrin, American clarinet player
• 2nd » Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach
• 2nd » Leo van der Goot, Dutch singer and radio host
• 3rd » Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova, Russian conjoined twins (d. 2003)
• 3rd » Victoria Principal, American actress
• 4th » John Louis Evans, American murderer (d. 1983)
• 4th » Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (d. 2013)
• 5th » Ioan P. Culianu, Romanian historian, philosopher, and author (d. 1991)
• 5th » Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, English lawyer
• 5th » John Manley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• 5th » Charlie Richmond (inventor) or Charlie Richmond, Canadian sound designer and engineer
• 5th » Chris Stein, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Blondie (band) named Blondie)
• 5th » Krzysztof Wielicki, Polish mountaineer
• 6th » Louis Freeh, American jurist, 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
• 7th » Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter
• 7th » Erin Gray, American actress
• 7th » Ross Grimsley, American baseball player
• 7th » Malcolm Macdonald, English footballer
• 8th » Jos Hermens, Dutch runner
• 9th » Alec Jeffreys, English geneticist
• 9th » David Johansen, American singer-songwriter and actor (New York Dolls)
• 9th » Rio Reiser, German singer-songwriter (Ton Steine Scherben) (d. 1996)
• 10th » Roy Blunt, American politician
• 10th » Ernie Wasson, American gardener and author
• 12th » Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer and politician
• 12th » Göran Lindblad, Swedish politician
• 12th » Bob McEwen, American politician
• 12th » Dorrit Moussaieff, Israeli-Icelandic jewelry designer and businesswoman, 5th List of spouses of presidents and prime ministers of Iceland called First Lady of Iceland
• 12th » Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (d. 1992)
• 12th » Greg X. Volz, American singer (Petra)
• 13th » Clive Betts, English politician
• 13th » Bob Forsch, American baseball player (d. 2011)
• 13th » John McNaughton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 14th » Rambhadracharya, Indian religious leader, scholar, and author
• 14th » Arthur Byron Cover, American author and screenwriter
• 15th » Marius Trésor, French footballer
• 16th » Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
• 16th » Brian Castro, Australian author
• 16th » Robert Schimmel, American comedian (d. 2010)
• 16th » Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer and guitarist (Can (band) known as Can)
• 17th » Luis López Nieves, Puerto Rican author
• 19th » Sébastien Dhavernas, Canadian actor
• 19th » Jon Matlack, American baseball player
• 19th » Grant Nordman, American-Canadian politician
• 19th » David Tredinnick (politician) or David Tredinnick, English politician
• 20th » Daniel Benzali, Brazilian-American actor
• 20th » Liza Goddard, English actress
• 20th » Edward Hirsch, American poet
• 20th » Chuck Lefley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 20th » William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Minister of Finance (Tanzania) or Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2014)
• 20th » Mahamane Ousmane, Nigerian politician, President of Niger
• 21st » Gary Locke, American politician and diplomat, 36th United States Secretary of Commerce
• 21st » Billy Ocean, Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter
• 21st » Agnes van Ardenne, Dutch politician and diplomat
• 22nd » Paul Bew, Irish historian and academic
• 22nd » Pamela Salem, English actress
• 23rd » Richard Dean Anderson, American actor, producer, and composer
• 23rd » Bill Cunningham (musician) known as Bill Cunningham, American bass player and keyboard player (The Box Tops)
• 23rd » Danny Federici, American accordion player (E Street Band) (d. 2008)
• 23rd » John Greaves (musician) or John Greaves, Welsh bass player and songwriter (Henry Cow, National Health, and The Lodge (band) or The Lodge)
• 23rd » Suzanne Scotchmer, American economist and academic (d. 2014)
• 24th » Daniel Auteuil, French actor
• 24th » Gennifer Flowers, American actress and model
• 24th » Benjamin Urrutia, Ecuadorian-American author and scholar
• 25th » Gloria Naylor, American author
• 26th » Jörg Haider, Austrian politician, List of governors of Carinthia e.g Governor of Carinthia (d. 2008)
• 26th » Janet Lupo, American model
• 26th » Jack Youngblood, American football player
• 27th » Derek Acorah, English medium and television host
• 27th » Amos Grunebaum, Israeli-American gynecologist
• 27th » Alex Norton, Scottish actor
• 28th » Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king
• 28th » Barbi Benton, American model, actress, and singer
• 28th » Bob Hay (musician) called Bob Hay, American singer-songwriter (Supercluster (band) known as Supercluster)
• 28th » David C. Hilmers, American colonel, physician, and astronaut
• 28th » Naila Kabeer, Bangladeshi-born British social economist
• 29th » Max Carl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player (Grand Funk Railroad and 38 Special (band) or 38 Special)
• 29th » Ann Jillian, American actress
• 29th » Jody Scheckter, South African race car driver
• 29th » Miklós Vámos, Hungarian talk show host and author
• 30th » John Cleveland (politician) e.g John Cleveland, American politician
• 30th » Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar, Ghanaian-American scholar and Imam
• 30th » Leili Pärnpuu, Estonian chess player
• 30th » Trinidad Silva, American actor (d. 1988)
• 31st » Denise Fleming, American author and illustrator
• 31st » Alexander Korzhakov, Russian general and bodyguard

Famous Deaths for January 1950

• 2nd » James Dooley (politician) called James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877)
• 2nd » Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1883)
• 3rd » Emil Jannings, Swiss actor (b. 1884)
• 8th » Joseph Schumpeter, Austrian economist (b. 1883)
• 13th » Dimitrios Semsis, Greek violinist (b. 1883)
• 15th » Henry H. Arnold, American general (b. 1886)
• 21st » George Orwell, Indian-English journalist and author (b. 1903)
• 22nd » Alan Hale, Sr., American actor (b. 1892)
• 22nd » Corinne Luchaire, French actress (b. 1921)
• 28th » Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician (b. 1883)
• 28th » Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (b. 1950)
• 29th » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)

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