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November 8, 1950

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Headlines from November 8, 1950

King of Nepal Flees Palace for Refuge; KING SEEKS REFUGE

By Robert Trumbull Special To the New York Times

King Tribhubana flees palace; takes asylum in Indian Embassy, Katmandu; por; Prime Min Rana names King's 3-yr-old grandson Prince Gyanendra as new ruler; Indian Min and Nepalese Embassy statements; Reformist Nepali Cong orgn statement backs King's action; speculation on link to Communist attack on Tibet and plans for forming party within Nepal

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Notable Births

Mary Hart

1950Mary Hart, American journalist and actress[†]

Mary Hart is an American television personality. She was the host (1982–2011) of the syndicated gossip and entertainment round-up television program Entertainment Tonight. She was Miss South Dakota 1970.

Historical Events

Korean War

1950Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.[†]

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.

Historical Context for November 8, 1950

In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]