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Wabash levee breaks near Oaktown, Ind; 4 dead; Ohio River overflows for 200 mi; 5,000 homeless; Shawneetown evacuated; Natl Guard called
21 plainclothesmen get uniform duty
J G Forrest on Lewis tactics
1950Marius Trésor, French footballer and coach[†]
Marius Paul Trésor is a French former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation.
1950Henry H. Arnold, American general (born 1886)[†]
Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and later, General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), commanding general of the United States Army Air Forces, the only United States Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the world's largest non-profit global policy think tanks, the RAND Corporation, and was one of the founders of Pan American World Airways.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]