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US 25th Div units counterattack in South; Maj Gen Kean sees NK effort to break through doomed if current drive fails, described
Sen-House passes '50 Defense Production Bil including anti-hoarding legis
Gen Vandenberg suspends Maj Gen Anderson as Air War Coll comdr because of s backing preventive war
Socialist Unity party purge; 6 leaders ousted for alleged ties with 'US spy' N H Field; 4 of them reptd under house arrest, 1 fled to W Ger, 1 vanished; 4 others dismissed from jobs; G Eisler and other former Ger emigrants reptd under investigation
Sen Connally says Sen com hearings will be open; comment on Repr Marcantonio, N Thomas, H V Poor and Natl Farm Labor Union pres H L Mitchell objections to O'Dwyer; latter cites interest in bro's Calif farm, linking illegal Mex farm labor; O'Dwyer comment; Brig Gen C S Ferrin apptd mil attache at embassy, Mex City
1950Rosanna DeSoto, American actress[†]
Rosanna DeSoto is an American actress who has performed in films and television. She is best known for her roles in Stand and Deliver, for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, and in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Azetbur, the daughter of Klingon Chancellor Gorkon.
1950Michael Rother, German guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter[†]
Michael Rother is a German experimental musician, best known for being a founding member of the influential bands Neu! and Harmonia, and an early member of the band Kraftwerk.
1950Tony Windsor, Australian politician[†]
Antony Harold Curties Windsor, is a former Australian politician. Windsor was an independent member for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Tamworth from 1991 to 2001 − supporting the incumbent Greiner Liberal/National Coalition minority government at the 1991 election.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]