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Dr Bunche awarded '5O Nobel Peace Prize
US 7th Infantry Div co takes Suwon and airfield
Sen and House pass tax exemption bill
UN forces break out of defense perimeter, push N and W in biggest advance of war; junction with UN forces in North seen; US Marine lines in Seoul virtually static as NKs prepare for st fighting; US 1st Cavalry and 24th Div advance along 25 mi line from Sonsan to Songju; 1st Cavalry reaches Tabu along 'bowling alley' rd; reach Naktong 2 mi E of Sonsan; spearheads meet virtually no resistance; 24th Div thrusts NW from Waegwan to Kumchon; Seoul fighting described; SKs reach Chongha; push N through Kigye; US 25th Div 2 mi W of Haman
1950George Garzone, American saxophonist and educator[†]
George Garzone is a saxophonist and jazz educator from Boston, Massachusetts.
1950Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (born 1892)[†]
Justin McCarthy "Sam" Barry was an American collegiate coach who achieved significant accomplishments in three major sports - football, baseball, and basketball. He remains one of only three coaches to lead teams to both the Final Four and the College World Series. Barry, and four of his USC players, have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as coaches; Sharman was also inducted as a player.
1950Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II.[†]
The Korean War was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, while South Korea was supported by the United Nations Command (UNC) led by the United States. The conflict was one of the first major proxy wars of the Cold War. Fighting ended in 1953 with an armistice but no peace treaty, leading to the ongoing Korean conflict.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]