Sumerian clay tablets of ca 2,000 BC, found at Shadippur, Nov, '49, may change world cultural history; 1 contains solution of Euclid's classic triangle problem; Iraqi archaeology chief asks US experts aid on study; Dr T Jacobsen on Chicago and Penna Univs finds, Nippur

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1950Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and academic (born 1883)^[†]

Joseph Alois Schumpeter was an Austrian political economist. He served briefly as Finance Minister of Austria in 1919. In 1932, he emigrated to the United States to become a professor at Harvard University, where he remained until the end of his career, and in 1939 obtained American citizenship.

Historical Context for January 8, 1950

In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people^[†]

Headlines from January 8, 1950

WINTER BLOWS IN ON 55-MILE WIND; Balmy Weather Ends Quickly Here--Conditions in West and South Improve

Rain Aids City Water Supply But Curbs on Use Are to Stay; WATER SUPPLY UP, BUT CURBS STAND

STATE DEPARTMENT SEEKS POLICY IDEAS IN CONGRESS' TRIPS; Members Back From Abroad Will Be Invited to Discuss Views on What They Saw 'GIVE AND TAKE' IS PLANNED Move Is Seen as Deference to Charges of 'Iron Curtain' Between Two Branches

Findings in Iraq May Revise History of the Human Mind; 'Textbooks' Uncovered in Sumeria Tell of Solution to Classic Problem of the Triangle 1,700 Years Before Euclid

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Historical Context for January 8, 1950