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Cap Aziz forces, formerly fighting with Dutch, seize Macassar in revolt against Govt to protest sending of Fed battalion to occupy E Indonesia; map
Dr P van Zeeland named to form Govt; Socialist exec com approves strike plans
UAW accepts co offer to set up fund to assure $100 monthly pensions; W P Reuther proposes 5-yr contract with UAW dropping 10c hrly pkg contribution by co for pensions and ins fund; demands pension guarantee; peace seen; cost to co over 30-yr period estimated at $90 million
20 roll-calls on DPs bill set record
Transport Bd rept on munic system operations, July-Feb, shows $2,065,623 loss; continued revenues drop to June seen
1950Claire Morissette, Canadian cycling activist (died 2007)[†]
Claire Morissette was a Canadian cycling advocate who fought for equal cyclists' rights in Montreal since 1976. She was a member of the group Le Monde à Bicyclette. Notable were the stunts they organized to raise consciousness of automobile transportation's negative impact on cities and their inhabitants, such as bringing snow skis and toboggans on subways to protest the exclusion of bicycles and a die-in on the corner of St. Catherine and University streets in which 100 people lay in the street adorned with fake blood and surrounded with wrecked bikes.
1950Cleo Odzer, American anthropologist and author (died 2001)[†]
Cleo Odzer was an American author and anthropologist renowned for her works exploring subcultures, including prostitution in Thailand, the hippie culture of Goa, and the emerging phenomenon of cybersex. Her works provided unique perspectives on subcultures often marginalized or misunderstood, blending personal experience with anthropological insight.
1950Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (born 1882)[†]
Louis Gary Wilkins was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the pole vault where he won the bronze medal.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]