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Council orders Deputies study means to control strategic raw materials prices
SS Const launched by Mrs C U Bay, Quincy yd; Amb Bay hails ship as free enterprise symbol; ship will not be converted to troopship
United Nations forces were reported to be fighting through Seoul, after a twenty-mile drive inland from Friday's amphibious landing at Inchon, and to have established a strong beachhead...
diplomatic sources stress ERP fund cut was not punitive measure aimed at new Govt
6 US destroyers sent in before Inchon landing to draw enemy fire from concealed NK defenses on Wolmi Is; exposure of defenses made Inchon landing possible
1950Narendra Modi, Indian politician; Chief Minister of Gujarat and 14th Prime Minister of India[†]
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the member of parliament (MP) for Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress.
1950Fee Waybill, American singer-songwriter and producer[†]
John Waldo "Fee" Waybill is the lead singer and songwriter of San Francisco band The Tubes. Waybill has also worked with other acts, including Toto, Richard Marx, and Billy Sherwood.
1950The People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps (Then known as the PLAAF 1st Ground Forces Brigade) is founded.[†]
The People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps, also referred to as the People's Liberation Army Airborne Corps is a corps grade airborne and air assault force subordinated to People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) headquarters.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]