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March 13, 1950
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Headlines from March 13, 1950
School Hygiene Bill Assailed; Dewey Called Upon to Veto It; DEWEY VETO ASKED FOR HYGIENE BILL
NY Med Acad and State Charities Aid Assn urge Gov Dewey veto bill to exempt hs students from those conflicting with religious beliefs, NYS; Assemblyman Morgan repts Christian Scientists urged bill
Soviet Lands Found Crushing Jews; Report Declares Culture in Peril; RED NATIONS FOUND OPPRESSING JEWS
J Pat rept to Jewish Labor Com charges Communist nations drive to liquidate Jews by curbing cultural and religious activity; charges mass deportations to Siberia for 'cosmopolitanism'; com exec bd protests
Truman Off on Yacht for Florida; Doctor Aims to Reduce His Weight; THE PRESIDENT OFF FOR SOUTHERN VACATION
starts trip; wife and daughter to meet him in Key West
LEOPOLD GETS 57.6% OF BELGIANS' VOTE; RETURN IS IN DOUBT; WINS THIN MARGIN LEOPOLD GETS 57% OF BELGIANS' VOTE Must Lean on Liberals King Gets News in Switzerland
King Leopold gets 57.6% of vote; slim margin seen making return impossible; final decision up to Parliament; Leopold gets results, Switzerland; silent; vote analyzed
Notable Births
1950Joe Bugner, Hungarian-British boxer and actor (died 2025)[†]
József Kreul Bugner was a Hungarian-born British–Australian professional boxer, who competed in the heavyweight division, and actor. He held triple nationality, originally being a citizen of Hungary and becoming a naturalised citizen of both the United Kingdom and Australia.
1950Bernard Julien, Trinidadian cricketer[†]
Bernard Denis Julien was a Trinidad and Tobago cricketer who played as an allrounder. As a right handed batsman who bowled left arm pace and spin, Julien played in 24 Tests and 12 One Day Internationals for the West Indies. He was a noteworthy member of the Windies' 1975 World Cup winning squad. He played domestic cricket for Trinidad and Tobago and the English side Kent.

1950Charles Krauthammer, American physician, journalist, and author (died 2018)[†]
Charles Krauthammer was an American political columnist. A moderate liberal who turned independent conservative as a political pundit, Krauthammer won the Pulitzer Prize for his columns in The Washington Post in 1987. His weekly column was syndicated to more than 400 publications worldwide. While in his first year studying medicine at Harvard Medical School, Krauthammer became permanently paralyzed from the waist down after a diving board accident that severed his spinal cord at cervical spinal nerve 5. After spending 14 months recovering in a hospital, he returned to medical school, graduating to become a psychiatrist involved in the creation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders III in 1980. He joined the Carter administration in 1978 as a director of psychiatric research, eventually becoming the speechwriter to Vice President Walter Mondale in 1980.
1950William H. Macy, American actor, director, and screenwriter[†]
William Hall Macy Jr. is an American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He is a two-time Emmy Award and four-time Screen Actors Guild Award winner, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Drama Critics' Circle Award, and five Golden Globe Awards.
Historical Context for March 13, 1950
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]