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USSR authorities turn back many outbound trucks, Helmstedt check point; inter-zonal lines not affected; elevated slowdown cuts Reichsbahn income in Western sectors by 30%; Dix denies interference with switchboard; Communist press and radio score US move; E Ger Govt protests to Taylor; US Deputy High Comr Hays and aide leave for Berlin
Govt moves to ban Ger propaganda; Parliament gets bills
House votes 236-183 to retain 21-day rule; comment on Repub vote; Rayburn, Repr Martin and others join House debate prior to vote; Martin motion to adjourn prior to rules vote defeated 255-160
1950Marion Becker, German javelin thrower[†]
Marion Becker is a German athlete who competed mainly in the javelin throw.
1950Gary Locke, American politician and diplomat, 36th United States Secretary of Commerce[†]
Gary Faye Locke is an American politician, attorney, and former diplomat from the State of Washington. Locke served as the 21st governor of Washington from 1997 to 2005, where he was the first Chinese-American governor as well as the first Asian American governor in the continental U.S. During the Obama administration, Locke served as Secretary of Commerce from 2009 to 2011, and as Ambassador to China from 2011 to 2014, the first Chinese American to serve in the role.
1950José Marín, Spanish racewalker[†]
José Marín Sospedra is a retired Spanish racewalker.
1950Billy Ocean, Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter[†]
Leslie Sebastian Charles, known professionally as Billy Ocean, is a Trinidadian-born British singer and songwriter. Between 1976 and 1988, he had a series of hit songs in the UK and internationally.
1950Agnes van Ardenne, Dutch politician and diplomat, Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation[†]
Anna Maria Agnes "Agnes" van Ardenne-Van der Hoeven is a retired Dutch politician and diplomat of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA).
1950George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1903)[†]
Eric Arthur Blair was an English novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to all totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.
1950American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.[†]
Alger Hiss was an American government official who, in 1948, was accused of spying for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. The statute of limitations had expired for espionage, but he was convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950. Before the trial, Hiss was involved in the establishment of the United Nations, both as a U.S. State Department official and as a UN official. In later life, he worked as a lecturer and author.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]