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ESA formally rejects GM plea for order suspension
H Hoover urges US withhold troops till W Eur sets defenses
To set up Indus Mgt School with A P Sloan Foundation aid; Sloan and Dr Compton comment
US troops backed by naval guns and carrier-based planes beat off attack on Hungnam beachhead; NKs on E flank forced to retreat; heavy losses seen discouraging enemy; small arms fire sporadic; US warships cruise as far as 100 mi above Hungnam to hit communications; fighting reptd N of Chunchon; SKs make minor gains; US patrol disperses NK group SE of Yonchon; NK build-up reptd; Allied planes hampered by weather; enemy reptd moving some armor toward front; Allied planes knock out 3 tanks; air targets include Wonsan, Pyongyang, Chorwon, Sunchon and Kumchon
Judge Leibowitz asks Bklyn grand jury to study living standard problems with object of raising pay; patrolman testifies on pay inadequacy
1950Jeffrey Katzenberg, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded DreamWorks Animation[†]
Jeffrey Katzenberg is an American media proprietor and film producer. He served as chairman of Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994, a position in which he oversaw production and business operations for the company's feature films. Following his departure, he co-founded DreamWorks SKG in 1994, where he served as the company's chief executive officer (CEO) and executive producer of its animated franchises—including Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, and How to Train Your Dragon—until stepping down from the title in 2016. He has since founded the venture capital firm WndrCo in the same year, which invests in digital media projects, and launched Quibi in 2020, a defunct short-form mobile video platform that lost US$1.35 billion in seven months.
1950Max Maven, American magician and mentalist (died 2022)[†]
Max Maven was an American magician and mentalist whose performances were considered erudite and intelligent. He is ranked as one of the most influential mentalists of all time, and one of the 100 "Most Influential Magicians of the 20th Century" by Magic Magazine.
1950Lillebjørn Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)[†]
Lillebjørn Falk Nilsen was a Norwegian singer-songwriter and folk musician. He was considered by many to be a leading "voice of Oslo", alongside Ole Paus, thanks to numerous classic songs about the city from the 1970s and onwards.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]