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August 19, 1950

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Headlines from August 19, 1950

World News Summarized

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The North Korean drive for Taegu appeared to be broken as the defenders counter-attacked to push back the twin offensives launched by the enemy toward that key center.

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ENGINEER IS SEIZED AT LAREDO AS SPY FOR RUSSIAN RING; Deported by Mexico, to Which He Is Believed to Have Gone to Get Passage to Soviet FLED QUEENS ON JUNE 21 Morton Sobell, Radar Expert Who Worked for Navy, Called a Friend of Rosenberg

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M Sobell arrested in Laredo, Tex, on espionage charge; held in $100,000 bail; picked up as he was being deported from Mex where he was believed to have been waiting, with family, for passage to USSR, Rosenberg believed to have recruited him in spy ring and to have told him to leave US; career

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Notable Births

Jennie Bond

1950Jennie Bond, English journalist and author[†]

Jennifer Bond is an English journalist and television presenter. Bond worked for fourteen years as the BBC's royal correspondent. She has also hosted Cash in the Attic and narrated the programme Great British Menu.

Sudha Murty

1950Sudha Murty, Indian author and teacher, head of Infosys Foundation[†]

Sudha Murty is an Indian educator, author, and philanthropist. She is the Founder-Chairperson of the non-profit charitable organization Infosys Foundation. She is married to the co-founder of Infosys, N. R. Narayana Murthy. In 2024, Murty was nominated as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha on 8 March 2024 for her contribution to social work and education. Murty was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, for social work by the Government of India in 2006. In 2023, she was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in India.

Notable Deaths

Giovanni Giorgi

1950Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist and engineer (born 1871)[†]

Giovanni Giorgi was an Italian physicist and electrical engineer who proposed the Giorgi system of measurement, the precursor to the International System of Units (SI).

Historical Context for August 19, 1950

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