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A LOOK AT
THE WORLD IN 1950 |
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In
The News In 1950
Robbery of the Brink's Inc. Boston express office of $2.8 million
by masked bandits.
35 U.S. military advisers are sent to South Vietnam to aid the
anti-Communist government.
U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy begins his crusade against suspected
Communists in American government.
North Korea invades South Korea.
I Love Lucy debuts. |
Entertainment
in 1950
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Bertrand Russell - Britain
* Best Selling Fiction - The Cardinal, Henry Morton Robinson
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book
* Best Picture - All About Eve, 20th Century Fox
* Best Director - Joseph L. Mankiewicz, All About Eve
* Best Actress - Judy Holliday, Born Yesterday
* Best Actor - Jose Ferrer, Cyrano de Bergerac |
Sport
champions in 1950
* MLB - New York Yankees
* NFL - Cleveland Browns
* NBA - Minneapolis Lakers
* NHL - Detroit Red Wings
* NCAA-Basketball - CCNY
* KY Derby - Middleground
* U.S. Open Golf - Ben Hogan
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Arthur Larsen
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Margaret Osborne duPont |
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