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In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[â ]
1950Julius Erving, American basketball player and sportscaster[â ]
Julius Winfield "Dr. J" Erving II is an American former professional basketball player. He helped legitimize the American Basketball Association (ABA), and was the best-known player in the league when it merged into the National Basketball Association (NBA) after the 1975â1976 season.
1950Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer-songwriter[â ]
Helena Hubertina Johanna "Lenny" Kuhr is a Dutch singer-songwriter.
1950Miou-Miou, French actress[â ]
Sylvette Herry, known professionally as Miou-Miou, is a French actress. A ten-time CĂ©sar Award nominee, she won the CĂ©sar Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film Memoirs of a French Whore. Her other films include This Sweet Sickness (1977), Entre Nous (1983), May Fools (1990), Germinal (1993), Dry Cleaning (1997) and ArrĂȘtez-moi (2013). In her career she has worked with a number of international directors, including Michel Gondry, Bertrand Blier, Claude Berri, Jacques Deray, Patrice Leconte, Joseph Losey and Louis Malle.
1950Genesis P-Orridge, English singer-songwriter (died 2020)[â ]
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge was an English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, visual artist, and occultist who rose to notoriety as the founder of the COUM Transmissions artistic collective and lead vocalist of seminal industrial band Throbbing Gristle. They were also a founding member of TOPY - Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth - occult group, and fronted the experimental pop rock band Psychic TV.
1950Julie Walters, English actress and author[â ]
Dame Julia Mary Walters, known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress and comedian. She is the recipient of four British Academy Television Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, two International Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Olivier Award.
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Asks NYC and NJ police protection against possible attacks by Hindus
Dewey says he will ask Legis for power to seize dealers and private owners stocks and fix prices; NYC dealers reptd refusal to fill 2 hosp orders linked; repts NYS has 6-day soft coal and 13 1/2-day anthracite supply, NYC has 1-day soft coal supply; O'Brien denies repts; says city has wk's supply
US breaks diplomatic relations; recalls Heath and staff; demands Voutov and aides be recalled; charges Bulgaria continually intimidated legation staff; scores attempt to link Heath to recent trial of late T Kostov; Voutov illus
Truman bars discussion of mines seizure until completion of contempt action against UMW; Repr Bailey reptd mapping seizure bill; Lewis reptdly withdraws 13-point proposal, conf; Sen Taft sees miners in contempt; doubts effectiveness of seizure
Mil group reptd studying defense in case of attack from E Ger
Admr Hoffman revs progress, Cong coms; testifies on plans
Yugoslav Govt accepts Ho Chi Minh proposal to establish diplomatic relations; Min Kardelj telegram text; effect on relations with USSR and China discussed
Govt files anti-trust suit against Shubert enterprises charging monopolistic practices; divorcement of booking and presentation branch sought
L F Celine convicted in absentia of damaging security of state
B&O RR opens exhibit of coal and heating equipment, Chicago
Vogeler gets 15-yr prison term, Sanders 13 yrs, Geiger and Rado death sentences; Domokos and Rev I Justh get 10-yr jail terms, Doery 5 yrs; Judge Olthy statement