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UN Security Council rejects, 9-1, Malik resolution urging UN make US halt 'inhuman, barbarous bombings' in N Korea; Yugoslavia abstains; Sir G Jebb (GB) urges NKs to sue for peace; E A Gross scores Malik motives
Brickman resigns
General MacArthur called on the North Koreans to cease all further hostilities immediately. He told them that otherwise they would suffer "further useless shedding of blood and destruction of property." His terms for ...
Comr Murphy relieves all 14 detectives working on policy slip violations, sends them back to original squads
Dewey uses TV in campaign, NYC; answers questions put to him by persons in st; 1st time TV so used
1950Elpida, Greek singer-songwriter[†]
Elpida Karayiannopoulou, is a Greek singer who was one of the most successful singers in Greece and the Greek diaspora in the 1970s and 1980s.
1950Yvette Freeman, American actress[†]
Yvette Freeman is an American actress, singer and director. Predominantly active as a stage actress, she made her Broadway debut in 1979 in the original production of Ain't Misbehavin'. She won the Obie Award for Distinguished Performance by an Actress for her portrayal of Dinah Washington in the 1998 Off-Broadway play Dinah Was. On television, she is best known for her roles as Haleh Adams in the NBC medical drama series ER, Evelyn Smalley in the TV series Working , and Irma Lerman in Orange Is the New Black.
1950Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, English neuroscientist, academic, and politician[†]
Susan Adele Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield, is an English scientist, writer, broadcaster and member of the House of Lords. Her research has focused on the treatment of Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. She is also interested in the neuroscience of consciousness and the impact of technology on the brain.
1950Mark Helias, American bassist and composer[†]
Mark Helias is an American double bass player and composer born in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
1950Sigbjørn Johnsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance[†]
Sigbjørn Johnsen is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party and was Norwegian Minister of Finance in the periods 1990–1996 and 2009–2013.
1950Boris Morukov, Russian physician and astronaut (died 2015)[†]
Boris Vladimirovich Morukov was a Russian physician at the State Research Center RF-Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP). He trained with the Russian Federal Space Agency as a research-cosmonaut and flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-106 as a mission specialist.
1950Randy Quaid, American actor[†]
Randy Randall Rudy Quaid is an American actor.
1950Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (born 1876)[†]
Faik Ali Ozansoy was a Turkish politician, poet, and educator. He was the younger brother of Süleyman Nazif, an eminent man of letters and prominent member of the Committee for Union and Progress. Faik Ali was one of the foremost poets and writers of the Servet-i Fünun and Fecr-i Âti literary period. During World War I, Ozansoy served as the governor of Kütahya. Ozansoy is especially known for having saved the lives of thousands of Armenians during the Armenian genocide. Due to protecting the life of Armenian Christians, Ozansoy was known as the "governor of the infidels" by his contemporaries. On 24 April 2013, the day of remembrance for the Armenian Genocide, various prominent figures of both the Armenian and Turkish community visited his grave to pay tribute.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]