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May 11, 1950

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Headlines from May 11, 1950

$600,000,000 SLASH IN BIG MONEY BILL IS VOTED BY HOUSE; Another Amendment Estimated to Save $400,000,000 More Also Wins Coalition Backing DECISIVE TEST, 274-112 As Finally Passed Measure's Total Is $2,061,690,503 Below Truman's Requests $600,000,000 SLASH IN FUND BILL VOTED Personnel Cut a G.O.P. Proposal Debt Interest Not Included

By John D. Morris Special To the New York Times

House restores security risk ouster riders to funds bill eliminated by Repr Marcantonio maneuvers

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Notable Births

Jeremy Paxman

1950Jeremy Paxman, English journalist and author[†]

Jeremy Dickson Paxman is an English former broadcaster, journalist and author, born in Yorkshire.

Sadashiv Amrapurkar

1950Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor (died 2014)[†]

Sadashiv Dattaray Amrapurkar was an Indian actor, best known for his performances in Marathi and Hindi films from 1983 to 2013. He acted in more than 300 movies in Hindi, Marathi, and other regional languages. Amrapurkar played a negative role against Dharmendra in Anil Sharma's first successful movie Hukumat in 1987.

Historical Context for May 11, 1950

In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]