Page 6: Historical Events In 1950
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Apr 23 1st major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5) 


Apr 23 Detroit Red Wings beat NY Rangers 4 games to 3 for the Stanley Cup. 


Apr 23 The inaugural major league day game completed under lights (Phils 6, Braves 5). 


Apr 24 "Peter Pan" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 320 performances. 


Apr 25 Ambon (proclaims RMS (Republik Maluku Selatan) 


Apr 26 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run. 


Apr 27 "Tickets, Please" opens at Coronet Theater NYC for 245 performances. 


Apr 27 Adam Tadeusz Wieniawski, composer, dies at 70. 


Apr 27 South Africa passes Group Areas Act segregating races. 


Apr 28 Bhumibol Adulyadej marries Queen Sirikit after their quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 19, 1949. 


Apr 30 In this year, Construction starts on $95 million Interprovincial Pipeline to carry oil from Alberta to the Ontario Lakehead. 


May 01 Mayor of Brussels reluctantly bans May Day parade 


May 01 New marriage laws enforced in People's Republic China 


May 01 Pulitzer prize awarded to Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific) 


May 02 Carlo Terrons "Giuditta," premieres in Milan 


May 02 Dutch inaugural Chamber accept Laws on immigration. 


May 02 Dutch PM Malan recognizes South-Africa but not China People's Republic 


May 05 Phumiphon Abundet crowned as king Rama IX of Thailand 


May 06 "Great to Be Alive" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 52 perfs 


May 06 Agnes Smedley, writer, dies 


May 06 Liz Taylor's inaugural marriage (Conrad Hilton Jr). 


May 08 American General MacArthur is recorded as becoming comander of the UN forces in Korea. 


May 08 Chiang Kai-shek asks US for weapons. 


May 08 Franklin Dyall, dies at 76. 


May 09 French Foreign min Robert Schuman calls for European community EGKS 


May 09 French Foreign minister Robert Schuman announces the Schuman Plan for European integration. 


May 09 Norman Dello Joco's premieres in Bronxville 


May 10 John G Fletcher, US poet (Burning Mountain), dies. 


May 10 The inaugural Netherlands-US telex sent 


May 11 Belgium mine disaster at Borinage, 39 die. 


May 13 Diner's Club issues its 1st credit cards 


May 13 Diner's Club issues its inaugural credit cards 


May 13 Stevie Wonder, American singer is born. 


May 17 Eduardo Fabini, composer, dies at 67 


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