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Maj Gen Hershey says at least 50,000 will be called in Nov besides 100,000 for Sept and Oct, House com
Sen defeats efforts to attach Mundt-Ferguson bill as rider to Econ Mobilization Bill; Mundt and Ferguson withdraw proposal on Pledge that bill will be brought up for vote after mobilization bill action
H E Stassen offers plan to cope with war erisis
NYC Mayoralty election as result of Mayor O'Dwyer impending resignation alters outlook on selection of Gov nominees; speculation
Tibet-India-Burma region shaken; magnitude put at 8.4 by US Coast & Geodetic Survey; Assam damage reptd; world seismograph stations repts
1950Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian runner[†]
Hasely Joachim Crawford TC, OLY is a former track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. In 1976, he became his country's first Olympic champion. Hasely Crawford Stadium, in Port of Spain, was renamed in his honour in 2001.
1950Marshall Manesh, Iranian-American actor[†]
Marshall Manesh is an Iranian-American actor.
1950Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer[†]
Jeffrey Robert Thomson is a former Australian cricketer. Known as "Thommo", he is one of the fastest bowlers in the history of cricket; he bowled a delivery with a speed of 160.6 km/h against the West Indies in Perth in 1975, which was the fastest recorded delivery at the time, and the fourth-fastest recorded delivery of all time. He was a part of the Australian squad which finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]