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OEEC seen delaying action on clearing union plan until July
Truman reptd considering AEC gen mgr C Wilson for chmn; retiring chmn D Lilienthal reptd urging atomic energy establishment be placed under single admr, rather than present 5-man comm
USAF plans air defense ring 200 mi in diameter around Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Hanford
French note to Soviet Embassy protests USSR recognition of Ho Chi Minh Govt; text; P Coste-Floret comment; N Korea Govt recognizes Ho Govt; Moscow cartoon scores Gen MacArthur and Amb Jessup role; US State Dept repr L White holds recognition shows Ho is Communist agent; GB attitude reptd unaltered
L Melchior threatens to leave 'unless indicated co plans change'; H Traubel reprs and R Bing conf; K Flagstad denies Bing's offer for '50-51 season; says she would be eager to return; comments on Traubel issue
1950Mike Campbell, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer[†]
Michael Wayne Campbell is an American guitarist and vocalist. He was a member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and co-wrote many of the band's hits with Petty, including "Refugee", "Here Comes My Girl", "You Got Lucky", and "Runnin' Down a Dream". Outside of The Heartbreakers, he has worked as a session guitarist and songwriter with a number of other acts, including composing and playing on the Don Henley hits "The Boys of Summer" and "The Heart of the Matter" as well as working on most of Stevie Nicks's solo albums. Campbell, along with Neil Finn, joined Fleetwood Mac to replace lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham on their world tour in 2018–2019. After the end of that tour, he has been involved in his own band, the Dirty Knobs. As of 2024, the Dirty Knobs have released three albums.
1950Ali Haydar Konca, Turkish politician, 4th Turkish Minister of European Union Affairs[†]
Ali Haydar Konca is a Turkish politician who served as the Minister of European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator in the interim election government led by Ahmet Davutoğlu between 28 August and 22 September 2015. He served as a Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Kocaeli from June to November 2015. He is a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) and is a former civil servant and Kaymakam (sub-governor).
1950Rich Williams, American guitarist and songwriter[†]
Richard John Williams is an American guitarist, primarily known for being one of the only consistent original members of the rock band Kansas alongside drummer Phil Ehart. Both have appeared on every Kansas album to date.
1950The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.[†]
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a transonic fighter aircraft produced in the Soviet Union from 1952 and was operated by air forces internationally. The MiG-17 was license-built in China as the Shenyang J-5 and Poland as the PZL-Mielec Lim-6. The MiG-17 is still being used by the North Korean air force in the present day and has seen combat in the Middle East and Asia.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]