Robert London is an American underground comix and mainstream comics artist. His style evokes the work of early American cartoonists such as George Herriman, Cliff Sterrett and Elzie Crisler Segar.

1950Don Moen, American singer and songwriter^[†]

Donald James "Don" Moen is an American singer, songwriter, pastor, and producer of Christian worship music. A pioneer of the modern worship music movement, he served as a creative director and president of Integrity Music and executive producer for the label's Hosanna! Music series of albums.

1950Michael Whelan, American artist^[†]

Michael Whelan is an American artist of imaginative realism. For more than 30 years, he worked as an illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. Since the mid-1990s, he has pursued a fine art career, selling non-commissioned paintings through galleries in the United States and through his website.

Historical Events

1950Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.^[†]

The Korean War was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, while South Korea was supported by the United Nations Command (UNC) led by the United States. The conflict was one of the first major proxy wars of the Cold War. Fighting ended in 1953 with an armistice but no peace treaty, leading to the ongoing Korean conflict.

Historical Context for June 29, 1950

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