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Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
Also, 1950 is the index year, or year 0, that scientists use for before present figures.
Events of 1950
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
- August 5 - Florence Chadwick swims across English Channel in 13 hours, 22 minutes.
- August 5 - A bomb-laden B-29 Superfortress crashes into a residential area in California: 17 dead, 68 injured.
- August 6 - Riot in Brussels in monarchist demonstrations.
- August 8 - Winston Churchill supports idea of pan-European army allied with Canada and USA.
- August 12 - In his Encyclical Humani Generis, Pope Pius XII declares evolution to be a serious hypothesis that did not contradict essential Catholic teachings.
- August 15 - Earthquake and floods in Assam, India: 574 deaths, 5,000,000 believed homeless.
- August 22 - Foundation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary, Tagbilaran City, Philippines.
- August 23 - Legendary singer-actor Paul Robeson, whose passport has recently been revoked because of his alleged Communist affiliations, meets with U.S. officials in an effort to get it reinstated. He is unsuccessful, and it is not reinstated until 1958.
September
October
November
December
Undated
Ongoing
World population
- Total world population: 2,518,629,000
- Africa: 221,214,000
- Asia: 1,398,488,000
- Europe: 547,403,000
- Latin-America: 167,097,000
- Northern America: 171,616,000
- Oceania: 12,812,000.
Births
January-February
- January 5
- January 12 - Sheila Jackson Lee, American politician
- January 12 - Dorrit Moussaieff, First Lady of Iceland
- January 16 - Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
- January 17
- January 18 - Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982)
- January 20 - Edward Hirsch, American poet
- January 21 - Billy Ocean, West Indian-born musician
- January 23 - Richard Dean Anderson, American actor
- January 24 - Gennifer Flowers, Accused President Clinton of sexual misconduct
- January 24 - Benjamin Urrutia, Ecuadoran author and scholar
- January 26 - Janet Lupo, American model
- January 27
- January 29 - Jody Scheckter, South African race car driver
- January 30 - Trinidad Silva, American actor (d. 1988)
- February 1 - Kazimierz Nycz, Polish clergyman
- February 3 - Morgan Fairchild, American actress
- February 4 - Pamela Franklin, British actress
- February 6 - Natalie Cole, American singer
- February 10 - Mark Spitz, American swimmer
- February 12 - Michael Ironside, Canadian actor
- February 13 - Peter Gabriel, British musician
- February 15 - Tsui Hark, Hong Kong film director
- February 16 - Peter Hain, British politician
- February 18 - John Hughes, American film director, producer, and writer
- February 19 - Andy Powell, British musician (Wishbone Ash)
- February 20
- February 22
- February 25
- February 26
March-April
- March 2 - Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (d. 1983)
- March 4 - Rick Perry, Governor of Texas
- March 9
- March 11
- March 13 - William H. Macy, American actor
- March 18
- March 20 - William Hurt, American actor
- March 26
- March 29 - Bud Cort, American actor
- March 30 - Robbie Coltrane, British actor and comedian
- April 3 - Sally Thomsett, British actress
- April 4 - Christine Lahti, American actress
- April 5 - Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish singer and songwriter (ABBA)
- April 10
- April 12 - Kari Palaste, Finnish architect
- April 14 - Ian Gordon, Scottish Gentleman & Scholar of Edinburgh
- April 20 - Steve Erickson, American novelist
- April 22 - Peter Frampton, English musician
- April 25 - Lenora Branch Fulani, American Presidential candidate
- April 28 - Jay Leno, American comedian and talk show host
- April 29 - Paul Holmes, New Zealand radio and television broadcaster
July-August
September-October
- September 1 -Dr. Phil McGraw, tv psychologist
- September 1 - Mikhail Fradkov, a Russian politician, the current Prime Minister of Russia
- September 2 - Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
- September 6 - Lewis Knight Famous British Courier Sales Manager
- September 7 - Julie Kavner, American actress
- September 10 - Joe Perry (musician), American guitarist Aerosmith
- September 14
- September 16 - Loyd Grossman, American television presenter and chef
- September 17 - Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat
- September 21
- September 22 - Kirka, Finnish singer
- September 24 - Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress
- September 27 - Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese actor
- September 28 - John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
- October 1 - Randy Quaid, American actor
- October 5
- October 9 - Jody Williams, American teacher and aid worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- October 12
- October 18 - Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright (d. 2006)
- October 20 - Tom Petty, American singer
- October 22 - Bill Owens, Governor of Colorado
- October 28 - Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian human rights activist
- October 31
November-December
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