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In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]
1950Robert "Kool" Bell, American singer-songwriter and bass player[†]
Robert Earl "Kool" Bell, also known by the name Muhammad Bayyan, is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is the last surviving founding member of the American R&B, soul, funk and disco band Kool & the Gang.
1950Blake Morrison, English poet, author, and academic[†]
Philip Blake Morrison is an English poet and author who has published in a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres. His greatest success came with the publication of his memoirs And When Did You Last See Your Father? (1993), which won the J. R. Ackerley Prize for Autobiography and was made into a drama film of the same title. He has also written a study of the murder of James Bulger, As If (1997).
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 7-- The grasping fingers of Michigan's lanky Negro end, Lowell Perry, gave the Wolverines a hard-earned 27 to 7 decision over Dartmouth today in an intersectional battle before 74,903 fans.
When President Truman takes a vacation cruise on his yacht, the Williamsburg, one of the things he gets away from is White House correspondents. Reporters are not allowed
Inspector F A Hofsaes applies for retirement
With the passing of about $11,000,000,000 of new 1 per cent notes direct from the United States Treasury to the investment portfolio of the Federal Reserve System a finis has been written to an unusual anti-inflation maneuver in central banking, and now that the move is on the record, it may never happen again.
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct. 7-- Purdue today ended Notre Dame's reign of terror on the gridiron which had gone unchecked through thirty-nine games without defeat, the greatest record in modern college football.
NY Life Ins Co slum-clearance project, Chicago, described
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 7-- Columbia rooters enjoyed a unique experience at the Harvard Stadium today as they ripped down the goal posts following the 28-7 triumph of the Lion, eleven over the Crimson. For the victory marked the first time that the Light Blue has ever won here in the rivalry that began in 1877.
The plan to complete the victory over the North Korean Communists is in process of execution.
US and GB, in separate notes, pledge to keep law and order in their zones; charge USSR backed strikers; GB accuses USSR of direct aid to them; US Under Sec Webb hails resistance; Socialists urge Communist ouster from labor unions; Vice Chancellor Schaerf hails strike as 1st instance of active resistance to Communists in USSR zone