NY County Dem Com meeting held at Manhattan Center; DeSapio certified, defeating Impellitteri group candidate G V Murphy; M J Klein, Mancuso vote for Murphy; Honest Ballot Assn role

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1950Ed Harris, American actor and producer^[†]

Edward Allen Harris is an American actor and filmmaker. Harris received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), and The Hours (2002). He also directed and starred in Pollock (2000) and Appaloosa (2008), the former earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

1950Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate^[†]

Russell Alan Hulse is an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with his thesis advisor Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation".

Historical Context for November 28, 1950

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

Headlines from November 28, 1950

World News Summarized

TRUMAN ASKS 5 'MUST' BILLS OF CONGRESS; MEMBERS RETURN Face Demand for Action on Taxes, Defense Fund, Aid to Yugoslavia MOOD CALLED 'LAME DUCK' Democrats Await Signals of Leaders, While Republicans Look to January Session

$400,000,000 Storm Loss Seen; Deaths in 22 States Rise to 273; DAMAGE IN STORM PUT AT $400,000,000

PEIPING AIDE GETS NO CHANCE TO TALK; THAILAND TROOPS GET INSTRUCTIONS ON AMERICAN WEAPONS

DESAPIO WINS FIGHT FOR ELECTIONS POST AT MEETING OF 3,000; Impellitteri Forces Fail to Oust Him in an Enthusiastic but Orderly Key Contest COUNT IS 2,421 TO 1,019 Some Stand Up for Both Sides --Inroads by Mayor Seen in Strength Shown by Murphy

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Historical Context for November 28, 1950