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discipline shown by E Ger youth at Berlin rally seen bad sign for Ger future
23 Jews from Shanghai arrive, NYC, for resettlement in N and S Amer
Graham wins but is 13,000 short of clear majority; run-off likely; comment on result; Reynolds statement
Berserk veteran holds 26 on plane at gunpoint; held, Fresno, Calif
possible effect of low sales tax yield discusssed
1950Rebbie Jackson, American singer and actress[†]
Maureen Reillette "Rebbie" Jackson-Brown is an American singer and the eldest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She first performed on stage with her siblings during shows in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in 1974, before subsequently appearing in the television series The Jacksons. At age 34, Jackson released her debut album Centipede (1984). The album's title track was written by her younger brother Michael and it has been her most successful single release to date. Jackson released two more albums: Reaction (1986) and R U Tuff Enuff (1988).
1950The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[†]
RCMPV St. Roch is a Royal Canadian Mounted Police schooner, the first ship to completely circumnavigate North America, and the second vessel to transit the Northwest Passage. She was the first ship to complete the Northwest Passage in the west to east direction, using the same route that Amundsen on the sailing vessel Gjøa had traversed east to west, 38 years earlier.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]