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December 1, 1950

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Headlines from December 1, 1950

NEW DEFENSES SET; Allies During Lull Form a Line Thirty Miles Above Pyongyang AIR BASES ARE ABANDONED U.S. Marines Encircled Near Reservoir in Northeast Beat Off Attacks by Chinese

By Lindesay Parrott Special To the New York Times

Chinese launch new attacks on encircled Marines, Changjin Reservoir area; US 8th Army abandons Chongchon River line, Anju and Sinanju; takes up positions 30 mi S of Pyongyang; reptdly forms line through Sunchon; S Korean (SK) Capital Div gains 4 mi; encircled Marines beat off attacks, Yudam and Hagaru; enemy losses heavy; supply route to Hamhung cut; Marines supplied by air; western front quiet; earlier enemy attacks described; spearheads reptd 15 mi from Pyongyang; map

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Notable Births

1950Manju Bansal, Indian biologist and academic[†]

Manju Bansal has specialized in the field of Molecular biophysics. Currently, she is a professor in theoretical Biophysics group for Molecular Biophysics unit in the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. She is the founder director of the Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology at Bangalore.

Ross Hannaford

1950Ross Hannaford, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2016)[†]

Ross Andrew Hannaford was an Australian musician, active in numerous local bands. He was often referred to by his nickname "Hanna". Widely regarded as one of the country's finest rock guitarists, he was best known for his long collaboration with singer-songwriter Ross Wilson, which began as teenagers, with The Pink Finks and forming the seminal early '70s Australian rock band Daddy Cool. Hannaford died of cancer after being diagnosed a year earlier.

Richard Keith (actor)

1950Richard Keith, American actor and drummer[†]

Keith Thibodeaux, also known as Richard Keith, is an American actor and musician, best known for playing Little Ricky on the television sitcoms I Love Lucy and The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour. He was billed as Richard Keith because his Cajun French last name, "Thibodeaux", was considered too hard to pronounce by producer Desi Arnaz. He is the last living regular appearing cast member from I Love Lucy.

1950Gary Panter, American illustrator and painter[†]

Gary Panter is an American cartoonist, illustrator, painter, designer and part-time musician. Panter's work is representative of the post-underground, new wave comics movement that began with the end of Arcade: The Comics Revue and the initiation of RAW, one of the main instigators of American alternative comics. The Comics Journal has called Panter the "Greatest Living Cartoonist".

Filippos Petsalnikos

1950Filippos Petsalnikos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice (died 2020)[†]

Filippos Petsalnikos was a Greek politician of the Movement of Democratic Socialists. From 2009 to 2012, he served as Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament. Before, he was a Member of the Hellenic Parliament from 1985 to 2012.

Notable Deaths

Ernest John Moeran

1950Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (born 1894)[†]

Ernest John Smeed Moeran was an English composer whose work was strongly influenced by English and Irish folk music of which he was an assiduous collector. His output includes orchestral pieces, concertos, chamber and keyboard works, and a number of choral and song cycles as well as individual songs.

Historical Context for December 1, 1950

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