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What Happened In June 1950 In History

Historical Events for June, 1950

  • 3rd » The first successful ascent of an Eight-thousander; the summit of Annapurna is reached by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal.
  • 8th » Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history.
  • 25th » The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
  • 27th » The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
  • 28th » Korean War: Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
  • 28th » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers, argued to be between 100,000 and 200,000 are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
  • 28th » Korean War: North Korean Army conducted Seoul National University Hospital Massacre.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1950

  • 1st » Perrin Beatty, Canadian businessman and politician
  • 1st » Gemma Craven, Irish actress and singer
  • 1st » Jean Lambert, English educator and politician
  • 1st » Wayne Nelson, American singer and bass player (Little River Band)
  • 1st » Tom Robinson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Sector 27 and Tom Robinson Band)
  • 2nd » Jonathan Evans (politician) e.g Jonathan Evans, Welsh lawyer and politician
  • 2nd » Joanna Gleason, Canadian actress and singer
  • 2nd » Anne Phillips, British gender theorist
  • 3rd » Frédéric François, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter
  • 3rd » Melissa Mathison, American screenwriter and producer
  • 3rd » Juan José Muñoz, Argentinian businessman (d. 2013)
  • 3rd » Suzi Quatro, American-English singer-songwriter, bass player, producer, and actress (The Pleasure Seekers/Cradle)
  • 3rd » Christos Verelis, Greek politician
  • 3rd » Deniece Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 4th » Raymond Dumais, Canadian bishop (d. 2012)
  • 4th » Dagmar Krause, German singer and pianist (Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Art Bears, and News from Babel)
  • 4th » George Noory, American radio host
  • 4th » Kevin Woodford, Manx chef and actor
  • 5th » J. J. Bittenbinder, American television host and author
  • 5th » Ronnie Dyson, American singer and actor (d. 1990)
  • 5th » Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist and activist (d. 1977)
  • 5th » Daniel von Bargen, American actor
  • 6th » Chantal Akerman, Belgian actress, director, and producer
  • 6th » John Wardley, English roller coaster designer
  • 7th » Gary Graham, American actor
  • 7th » Howard Finkel, American ring announcer
  • 8th » Kathy Baker, American actress
  • 8th » Sônia Braga, Brazilian-American actress
  • 9th » Trevor Bolder, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Uriah Heep (band) named Uriah Heep, The Spiders from Mars, and Cybernauts) (d. 2013)
  • 9th » Fred Jackson (American football coach) e.g Fred Jackson, American football player and coach
  • 9th » Giorgos Kastrinakis, Greek-American basketball player
  • 9th » David Troughton, English actor
  • 10th » Elías Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player
  • 11th » Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (d. 2014)
  • 11th » Graham Russell, English-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Air Supply)
  • 12th » Michael Fabricant, English politician
  • 12th » Sonia Manzano, American actress and singer
  • 13th » Belinda Bauer (actress) called Belinda Bauer, Australian-American actress and psychologist
  • 13th » Nick Brown, English politician
  • 13th » Gerd Zewe, German footballer and manager
  • 14th » Rowan Williams, Welsh archbishop
  • 15th » Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Ghanaian nurse and politician
  • 15th » Lakshmi Mittal, Indian-English businessman
  • 16th » Mithun Chakraborty, Indian actor
  • 16th » Michel Clair, Canadian politician
  • 18th » Annelie Ehrhardt, German hurdler
  • 18th » Mike Johanns, American politician, 38th Governor of Nebraska
  • 18th » Jackie Leven, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Doll by Doll) (d. 2011)
  • 19th » Ann Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Heart (band) or Heart)
  • 20th » Nouri al-Maliki, Iraqi politician, 76th Prime Minister of Iraq
  • 20th » Peregrine Simon, English lawyer and judge
  • 21st » Anne Carson, Canadian poet and academic
  • 21st » Joey Kramer, American drummer and songwriter (Aerosmith)
  • 21st » Gérard Lanvin, French actor
  • 21st » Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 21st » Enn Reitel, Scottish actor and screenwriter
  • 22nd » Adrian Năstase, Romanian lawyer and politician, 59th Prime Minister of Romania
  • 22nd » Zenonas Petrauskas, Lithuanian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
  • 23rd » Nicholas Cleobury, English organist and conductor
  • 24th » Nancy Allen (actress) or Nancy Allen, American actress
  • 24th » Bob Carlos Clarke, Irish photographer (d. 2006)
  • 24th » Mercedes Lackey, American author
  • 25th » Michel Côté (actor) called Michel Côté, Canadian actor and screenwriter
  • 25th » Nitza Saul, Israeli-English actress
  • 25th » Marcello Toninelli, Italian author
  • 26th » Jaak Joala, Estonian singer (d. 2014)
  • 27th » Peter J. Schmitt, American politician (d. 2012)
  • 28th » David Lanz, American pianist
  • 28th » Mauricio Rojas, Chilean-Swedish economist and politician
  • 28th » Chris Speier, American baseball player and coach
  • 29th » Don Moen (singer) known as Don Moen, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 30th » Leonard Whiting, English actor

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