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December 28, 1950

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EX-WIFE SAYS REDS GOT REMINGTON AID; Tells of His Giving Top Secret Formula for Explosives to Agent for Russia

By Kalman Seigel

Mrs Remington testifies Remington gave Bentley 'top-secret' formula for explosives and other data for transmission to USSR; testifies on contacts with Bentley, J Golos and North; on payment of CP dues to Bentley; on Bentley gift in '42 'from CP'; on Remington donation of $100 to New Masses and its pub of his lr; on own CP membership and both their assn with CP-front orgns; defends giving of testimony; cross-examined by Chanler; says marriage was conditional on Remington remaining Communist; illus

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Notable Births

Alex Chilton

1950Alex Chilton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)[ā€ ]

William Alexander Chilton was an American musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock bands the Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton's early commercial success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for the Box Tops was never repeated in later years with Big Star and in his subsequent indie music solo career on small labels, but he drew an intense following among indie and alternative musicians. He is frequently cited as a seminal influence by influential rock artists and bands, some of whose testimonials appeared in the 2012 documentary Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me.

Clifford Cocks

1950Clifford Cocks, English mathematician and cryptographer[ā€ ]

Clifford Christopher Cocks is a British mathematician and cryptographer. In the early 1970s, while working at the United Kingdom Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), he developed an early public-key cryptography (PKC) system. This pre-dated commercial offerings, but due to the classified nature of Cocks' work, it did not become widely known until 1997 when the work was declassified.

Rainer Maria Latzke

1950Rainer Maria Latzke, German-American painter and academic[ā€ ]

Rainer Maria Latzke is a German artist working in the field of trompe-l'œil and mural painting. He taught at the Utah State University and is founder of the Institute of Frescography. Latzke is Honorary Professor of the Fudan University, Shanghai and Guest Professor of the Shanghai Institute of Visual Art . Latzke was ranked one of the 12 cultural trendsetters of the 1990s by Forbes and one of the world's best artists of the last four centuries by the Artists Trade Union of Russia. He is a cousin of PolandĀ“s wealthiest entrepreneur Jan Kulczyk.

Historical Context for December 28, 1950

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