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July 11, 1950

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Notable Births

Pervez Hoodbhoy

1950Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani physicist and academic[†]

Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy is a Pakistani nuclear physicist and author. He has been considered by many as one of the most vocal, progressive and liberal member of the Pakistani intelligentsia. Hoodbhoy is known for his opposition to nuclear weapons and vocal defence of secularism, freedom of speech, scientific temper and education in Pakistan.

1950J. R. Morgan, Welsh author and academic[†]

John Robert Morgan FLSW is a British academic working at Swansea University in Wales. He is primarily known for writing books on Classics, and for contributing to a number of journals, often with colourful views.

Bonnie Pointer

1950Bonnie Pointer, American singer (died 2020)[†]

Patricia Eva "Bonnie" Pointer was an American singer, best known for having been a member of the vocal group the Pointer Sisters. Pointer scored several moderate solo hits after leaving the Pointer Sisters in 1977, including a disco cover of the Elgins' "Heaven Must Have Sent You" which became a U.S. top 20 pop hit on September 1, 1979.

Historical Events

Pakistan

1950Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.[†]

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor.

Historical Context for July 11, 1950

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