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Cong Conf Com agrees on Defense Production Act of '50
Truman hopes China will not enter conflict
O'Dwyer revs adm in farewell address marking retirement
Pressing problem seen as 2 million refugees move into UN zone; UN, ECA, and Korean Govt survey needs of 6 million in area
1950Mikhail Fradkov, Russian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Russia[†]
Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov is a Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 2004 to 2007. An independent, he was the longest serving director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service from 2007 to 2016. Since 4 January 2017, Fradkov has been Director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies.
1950Phillip Fulmer, American football player and coach[†]
Phillip Edward Fulmer Sr. is an American former football player, coach, and athletic director at the University of Tennessee. He served as head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers football team from 1992 to 2008, compiling a 152–52 record. He is best known for coaching the Volunteers in the first BCS National Championship Game in 1998, defeating the Florida State Seminoles. Fulmer was the Volunteers' 22nd head football coach.
1950Phil McGraw, American psychologist, author and talk show host[†]
Phillip Calvin McGraw, better known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality and author who is best known for hosting the talk show Dr. Phil. He holds a doctorate in clinical psychology, though he ceased renewing his license to practice psychology in 2006.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]