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June 19, 1950

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Notable Births

1950Neil Asher Silberman, American archaeologist and historian[†]

Neil Asher Silberman is an American archaeologist and historian with a special interest in biblical archaeology. He is the author of several books, including The Hidden Scrolls, The Message and the Kingdom: How Jesus and Paul Ignited a Revolution and Transformed the Ancient World, The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts, and Digging for God and Country. A graduate of Wesleyan University, he studied Near Eastern archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Awarded a 1991 Guggenheim Fellowship, he is a contributing editor to Archaeology and a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Cultural Property. He served as the president of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Interpretation and Presentation (ICIP) and was a member of the ICOMOS International Advisory Committee and Scientific Council from 2005–2015. In 2015 he was named a Fellow of US/ICOMOS.

Ann Wilson

1950Ann Wilson, American singer-songwriter and musician[†]

Ann Dustin Wilson is an American singer best known as the lead singer of the rock band Heart.

Historical Context for June 19, 1950

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