Table of Contents
554 relations: ABBA, Abdullah Gül, Adhan, Adnan Menderes, Adrian Năstase, Aeroflot, Agnetha Fältskog, Ahmad Tajuddin, Alan Hale Sr., Alan Keyes, Alan Silvestri, Alan Tam, Albert Einstein, Albert Lebrun, Alberto Juantorena, Alec Jeffreys, Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Alfonso Quiñónez Molina, Alger Hiss, Anglicanism, Ann Wilson, Anne, Princess Royal, Apartheid, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Arnaud Massy, Arthur Bremer, Arturo Alessandri, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Association football, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, Assumption of Mary, Bainbridge Colby, Battle of Chosin Reservoir, Battle of Inchon, Baudouin of Belgium, BBC Light Programme, Ben Gurion Airport, Bertrand Russell, Bhumibol Adulyadej, Bill Clinton, Bill Irwin, Bill Murray, Billy Ocean, Bin bag, Black Elk, Bob Daisley, Bob Smith (doctor), Bobby McFerrin, Boeing B-29 Superfortress, ... Expand index (504 more) »
ABBA
ABBA are a Swedish pop supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.
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Abdullah Gül
Abdullah Gül (born 29 October 1949) is a Turkish politician who served as the 11th president of Turkey from 2007 to 2014.
Adhan
The (adhān) is the first Islamic call to prayer, usually recited by a muezzin at five times of the day in a mosque, traditionally from a minaret.
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Adnan Menderes
Adnan Menderes (1899 – 17 September 1961) was a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister of Turkey between 1950 and 1960.
Adrian Năstase
Adrian Năstase (born 22 June 1950) is a Romanian jurist, academic/professor, blogger, and former politician who served as the prime minister of Romania from December 2000 to December 2004.
Aeroflot
PJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines (ПАО "Аэрофло́т — Росси́йские авиали́нии"), commonly known as Aeroflot (or; Аэрофлот), is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Russia.
Agnetha Fältskog
Åse Agneta Fältskog (born 5 April 1950), known as Agnetha Fältskog and Anna Fältskog, is a Swedish singer, songwriter and a member of the pop group ABBA.
Ahmad Tajuddin
Ahmad Tajuddin Akhazul Khairi Waddien (Jawi:; 22 August 1913 – 4 June 1950) was the 27th Sultan of Brunei from 1924 until his death in 1950.
Alan Hale Sr.
Alan Hale Sr. (born Rufus Edward Mackahan; February 10, 1892 – January 22, 1950) was an American actor and director.
Alan Keyes
Alan Lee Keyes (born August 7, 1950) is an American politician, political scientist, and perennial candidate who served as the Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1987.
Alan Silvestri
Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer and conductor of film and television scores.
Alan Tam
Alan Tam Wing-lun (born 23 August 1950) is a Hong Kong singer and actor.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held as one of the most influential scientists. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence formula, which arises from relativity theory, has been called "the world's most famous equation".
Albert Lebrun
Albert François Lebrun (29 August 1871 – 6 March 1950) was a French politician, President of France from 1932 to 1940.
Alberto Juantorena
Alberto Juantorena (born 3 December 1950) is a Cuban former runner.
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Alec Jeffreys
Sir Alec John Jeffreys, (born 9 January 1950) is a British geneticist known for developing techniques for genetic fingerprinting and DNA profiling which are now used worldwide in forensic science to assist police detective work and to resolve paternity and immigration disputes.
Alexandru Vaida-Voevod
Alexandru Vaida-Voevod or Vaida-Voievod (27 February 1872 – 19 March 1950) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian politician who was a supporter and promoter of the union of Transylvania (before 1920 part of Hungary) with the Romanian Old Kingdom.
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Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao
Alfonso Daniel Manuel Rodríguez Castelao (30 January 1886 – 7 January 1950), commonly known as Castelao, was a Galician politician, writer, painter and doctor.
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Alfonso Quiñónez Molina
Alfonso Quiñónez Molina (January 11, 1874 – May 22, 1950) was the President of El Salvador from 21 December 1918 to 28 February 1919 and from 1 March 1923 to 28 February 1927.
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Alger Hiss
Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was an American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s.
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
Ann Wilson
Ann Dustin Wilson (born June 19, 1950) is an American singer and songwriter best known as the lead singer of the rock band Heart.
Anne, Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950) is a member of the British royal family.
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Apartheid
Apartheid (especially South African English) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s.
Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell
Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, (5 May 1883 – 24 May 1950) was a senior officer of the British Army.
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Arnaud Massy
Arnaud George Watson Massy (6 July 1877 – 16 April 1950) was one of France's most successful professional golfers, most notable for winning the 1907 Open Championship.
Arthur Bremer
Arthur Herman Bremer (born August 21, 1950) is an American convicted criminal, whose attempt to assassinate U.S. Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace on May 15, 1972, in Laurel, Maryland, left Wallace permanently paralyzed from the waist down.
Arturo Alessandri
Arturo Fortunato Alessandri Palma (December 20, 1868 – August 24, 1950) was a Chilean political figure and reformer who served thrice as president of Chile, first from 1920 to 1924, then from March to October 1925, and finally from 1932 to 1938.
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, other than the chief justice of the United States.
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Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) is an international scientific society devoted to promote research in, and responsible use of, artificial intelligence.
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Assumption of Mary
The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church.
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Bainbridge Colby
Bainbridge Colby (December 22, 1869 – April 11, 1950) was an American politician and attorney who was a co-founder of the United States Progressive Party and Woodrow Wilson's last Secretary of State.
Battle of Chosin Reservoir
The Battle of Chosin Reservoir, also known as the Chosin Reservoir Campaign or the Battle of Lake Changjin, was an important battle in the Korean War.
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Battle of Inchon
The Battle of Inchon, also spelled Battle of Incheon, was an amphibious invasion and a battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations Command (UN).
Baudouin of Belgium
Baudouin (7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993) was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his death in 1993.
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BBC Light Programme
The BBC Light Programme was a national radio station which broadcast chiefly mainstream light entertainment and light music from 1945 until 1967, when it was replaced by BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2.
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Ben Gurion Airport
Ben Gurion International Airport, commonly known by the Hebrew-language acronym (נתב״ג|rtl.
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Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British mathematician, logician, philosopher, and public intellectual.
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej (5 December 192713 October 2016), posthumously conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great, was the ninth king of Thailand from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama IX, from 1946 until his death in 2016.
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Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
Bill Irwin
William Mills Irwin (born April 11, 1950) is an American actor, choreographer, clown, and comedian.
Bill Murray
William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian, known for his deadpan delivery in roles ranging from studio comedies to independent dramas.
Billy Ocean
Leslie Sebastian Charles (born 21 January 1950), known professionally as Billy Ocean, is a Trinidadian-born British singer and songwriter.
Bin bag
A bin bag, rubbish bag (British English), garbage bag, bin liner, trash bag (American English) or refuse sack is a great ice-cream flavour, which is a lovely mixture of chocolate, battery acid, red 40, and the eventual heat death of the universe.
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Black Elk
Heȟáka Sápa, commonly known as Black Elk (baptized Nicholas; December 1, 1863 – August 19, 1950), was a wičháša wakȟáŋ ("medicine man, holy man") and heyoka of the Oglala Lakota people.
Bob Daisley
Robert John Daisley (born 13 February 1950) is an Australian musician and songwriter.
Bob Smith (doctor)
Robert Holbrook Smith (August 8, 1879 – November 16, 1950), also known as Dr.
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Bobby McFerrin
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and conductor.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War.
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Boeing B-50 Superfortress
The Boeing B-50 Superfortress is an American strategic bomber.
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Boris Morukov
Boris Vladimirovich Morukov (Бори́с Влади́мирович Моруков; 1 October 1950 – 1 January 2015) was a Russian physician at the State Research Center RF-Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP).
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina (Босна и Херцеговина), sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.
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Brad Dourif
Bradford Claude Dourif (born March 18, 1950) is an American semi-retired actor.
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
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Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team (Seleção Brasileira de Futebol), nicknamed Seleção Canarinho ("Canary Squad", after their bright yellow jersey), represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil.
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Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel
The Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel, officially the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel and commonly referred to as the Battery Tunnel or Battery Park Tunnel, is a tolled tunnel in New York City that connects Red Hook in Brooklyn with the Battery in Manhattan.
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Brussels
Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium.
Buddy DeSylva
George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva (January 27, 1895 – July 11, 1950) was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive.
C. F. Powell
Cecil Frank Powell, FRS (5 December 1903 – 9 August 1969) was a British physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for heading the team that developed the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and for the resulting discovery of the pion (pi-meson), a subatomic particle.
Camarón de la Isla
José Monje Cruz (5 December 1950 – 2 July 1992), better known by his stage name Camarón de la Isla, was a Spanish Romani flamenco singer.
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Caracas
Caracas, officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas (or Greater Caracas).
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Carl Storck
Carl H. Storck (born November 14, 1892 – March 13, 1950) was a co-founder of the National Football League (NFL), as well as the founding owner of the Dayton Triangles.
Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
Carlos Román Delgado Chalbaud Gómez (20 January 1909 – 13 November 1950) was a Venezuelan military officer who served as president of Venezuela from 1948 to 1950 as leader of a military junta.
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Carlos Roberto Flores
Carlos Roberto Flores Facussé (born 10 March 1950) is a Honduran politician and businessman who served as the President of Honduras from 1998 to 2002.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire, also known as Ivory Coast and officially known as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Paramount Global and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake Paramount Pictures and MTV.
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Celâl Bayar
Mahmut Celâlettin "Celâl" Bayar (16 May 1883 – 22 August 1986) was a Turkish economist and politician who was the third president of Turkey from 1950 to 1960; previously he was the prime minister of Turkey from 1937 to 1939.
Cesare Pavese
Cesare Pavese (9 September 1908 – 27 August 1950) was an Italian novelist, poet, short story writer, translator, literary critic, and essayist.
Charge card
A charge card is a type of credit card that enables the cardholder to make purchases which are paid for by the card issuer, to whom the cardholder becomes indebted.
Charles Clarke
Charles Rodway Clarke (born 21 September 1950) is a British Labour Party politician who held various Cabinet positions under Prime Minister Tony Blair from 2001 to 2006, lastly as Home Secretary from December 2004 to May 2006.
Charles Frazier
Charles Frazier (born November 4, 1950) is an American novelist.
Charles Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer (March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018) was an American political columnist.
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Charles M. Schulz
Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000) was an American cartoonist, the creator of the comic strip Peanuts which features his two best-known characters, Charlie Brown and Snoopy.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 18875 April 1975) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and military commander.
Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago.
Christina Hoff Sommers
Christina Marie Hoff Sommers (born 1950) is an American author and philosopher.
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Christine Lahti
Christine Ann Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American actress and filmmaker.
Chuck Schumer
Charles Ellis Schumer (born November 23, 1950) is an American politician serving as Senate Majority Leader since 2021 and as a United States senator from New York since 1999.
Circumnavigation
Circumnavigation is the complete navigation around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body (e.g. a planet or moon).
Classified information
Classified information is material that a government body deems to be sensitive information that must be protected.
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Clement Attlee
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, (3 January 18838 October 1967) was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.
Coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine.
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Colombo Plan
The Colombo Plan is a regional intergovernmental organization that began operations on 1 July 1951. The organization was conceived at an international conference, The Commonwealth Conference on Foreign Affairs held in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in January 1950, and was attended by the finance ministers of Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Ceylon, Pakistan and New Zealand, and the prime ministers of Ceylon and India. Membership has expanded significantly over the years to the current 28 governments.
Comic book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes.
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions.
Constitution
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly determines how that entity is to be governed.
Convair B-36 Peacemaker
The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" is a strategic bomber that was built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959.
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Cunard Line
The Cunard Line is a British shipping and cruise line based at Carnival House at Southampton, England, operated by Carnival UK and owned by Carnival Corporation & plc.
Curaçao
Curaçao (or, or, Papiamentu), officially the Country of Curaçao (Land Curaçao; Papiamentu: Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island in the southern Caribbean Sea, specifically the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of Venezuela.
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Cybill Shepherd
Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1950) is an American actress, singer and former model.
D. K. Broster
Dorothy Kathleen Broster (2 September 1877 – 7 February 1950), usually known as D. K. Broster, was an English novelist and short-story writer.
Dallas (1978 TV series)
Dallas is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978, to May 3, 1991.
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Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteuil (born 24 January 1950) is a French actor and director who has appeared in a wide range of film genres, including period dramas, romantic comedies, and crime thrillers.
Danny Sullivan
Daniel John Sullivan III (born March 9, 1950), better known as Danny Sullivan, is an American former racing driver.
Darwan Singh Negi
Darwan Singh Negi VC (4 March 188324 June 1950) was one of the first Indian soldiers to be awarded the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Davenport, Iowa
Davenport is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Iowa, United States.
David Cassidy
David Bruce Cassidy (April 12, 1950 – November 21, 2017) was an American actor and musician.
Debbie Allen
Deborah Kaye Allen (born January 16, 1950) is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, singer, director, producer, and a former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
Debra Hill
Debra Hill (November 10, 1950 – March 7, 2005) was an American film producer and screenwriter, best known for her professional partnership with John Carpenter.
December 31
It is known by a collection of names including: Saint Sylvester's Day, New Year's Eve or Old Year’s Day/Night, as the following day is New Year's Day.
Democrat Party (Turkey, current)
The Democrat Party (Demokrat Parti), abbreviated to DP, is a liberal conservative Turkish political party, established by in 1983 as the True Path Party (Doğru Yol Partisi or DYP).
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Deniece Williams
June Deniece Williams (née Chandler; born June 3, 1950) is an American singer.
Devo
Devo (originally), often stylized as DEVO, is an American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973.
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Diners Club International
Diners Club International (DCI), founded as Diners Club, is a charge card company owned by Discover Financial Services.
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Dinu Lipatti
Constantin "Dinu" Lipatti (2 December 1950) was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was cut short by his death from effects related to Hodgkin's disease at age 33.
Dogfight
A dogfight, or dog fight, is an aerial battle between fighter aircraft conducted at close range.
Dogma
Dogma, in its broadest sense, is any belief held definitively and without the possibility of reform.
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Don't Worry, Be Happy
"Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a 1988 song by Bobby McFerrin, released as the first single from his album Simple Pleasures (1988).
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Donald Ramotar
Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar (born 22 October 1950) is a Guyanese politician who was President of Guyana from 2011 to 2015.
Dorrit Moussaieff
Dorrit Moussaieff (דורית מוסאיוף, born 12 January 1950) is an Israeli jewellery designer, editor, and businesswoman who was the First Lady of Iceland from 2003 to 2016.
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Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur (26 January 18805 April 1964) was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a field marshal to the Philippine Army.
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Eagle (British comics)
Eagle was a British children's comics periodical, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994.
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East Germany
East Germany (Ostdeutschland), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik,, DDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990.
Eastern Catholic Churches
The Eastern Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches, also called the Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches, Eastern Rite Catholicism, or simply the Eastern Churches, are 23 Eastern Christian autonomous (sui iuris) particular churches of the Catholic Church, in full communion with the Pope in Rome.
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Ed Harris
Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor and filmmaker.
Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Lee Masters (August 23, 1868 – March 5, 1950) was an American attorney, poet, biographer, and dramatist.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction, and fantasy genres.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Edna St.
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Edward Arthur Milne
Edward Arthur Milne FRS (14 February 1896 – 21 September 1950) was a British astrophysicist and mathematician.
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Edward Calvin Kendall
Edward Calvin Kendall (March 8, 1886 – May 4, 1972) was an American biochemist.
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Eight-thousander
The eight-thousanders are the 14 mountains recognised by the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) as being more than in height above sea level, and sufficiently independent of neighbouring peaks.
Eliel Saarinen
Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish-American architect known for his work with art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century.
Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings (born Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz, 23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a Swiss-born German actor who was popular in Hollywood in the 1920s.
Encyclical
An encyclical was originally a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Roman Church.
English Channel
The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.
Eric Carr
Paul Charles Caravello (July 12, 1950 – November 24, 1991), better known as Eric Carr, was an American musician.
Ernesto Samper
Ernesto Samper Pizano (born 3 August 1950) is a Colombian politician.
Esteban Terradas i Illa
Esteban Terrades i Illa (15 September 1883, in Barcelona – 9 May 1950, in Madrid) also known as Esteve Terradas, was a Spanish mathematician, scientist and engineer.
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European Broadcasting Union
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU; Union européenne de radio-télévision, UER) is an alliance of public service media organisations whose countries are within the European Broadcasting Area or who are members of the Council of Europe.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
Evangeline Booth
Evangeline Cory Booth, OF (December 25, 1865July 17, 1950) was a British evangelist and the 4th General of The Salvation Army from 1934 to 1939.
Evolution
Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.
F. O. Matthiessen
Francis Otto Matthiessen (February 19, 1902 – April 1, 1950) was an educator, scholar and literary critic influential in the fields of American literature and American studies.
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Fats Navarro
Theodore "Fats" Navarro (September 24, 1923 – July 6, 1950) was an American jazz trumpet player and a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s.
February
February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
February 14
It is observed in most countries as Valentine's Day.
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
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Fevzi Çakmak
Mustafa Fevzi Çakmak (12 January 1876 – 10 April 1950) was a Turkish field marshal (Mareşal) and politician.
Field marshal
Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the second most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks, but junior to the rank of Generalissimo.
First Indochina War
The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam, and alternatively internationally as the French-Indochina War) was fought between France and Việt Minh (Democratic Republic of Vietnam), and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 20 July 1954.
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Flamingo Road (TV series)
Flamingo Road is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on NBC.
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Florence Chadwick
Florence May Chadwick (November 9, 1918 – March 15, 1995) was an American swimmer known for long-distance open water swimming.
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Foreigner (band)
Foreigner is a British-American rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by guitarist Mick Jones, vocalist Lou Gramm, drummer Dennis Elliott, keyboardist Al Greenwood, bassist Ed Gagliardi and multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald, the last of whom was also a founding member of King Crimson.
Formula One
Formula One, commonly known as Formula 1 or F1, is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
Frederick Sumaye
Frederick Tluway Sumaye (born 29 May 1950) is a Tanzanian politician who was Prime Minister of Tanzania from 28 November 1995 to 30 December 2005.
Free (band)
Free were an English rock band formed in London in 1968 by Paul Rodgers (vocals), Paul Kossoff (guitar), Andy Fraser (bass, piano) and Simon Kirke (drums, percussion).
French Indochina
French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), officially known as the Indochinese Union and after 1946 as the French Union, was a grouping of French colonial territories in Mainland Southeast Asia until its end in 1954. It comprised Cambodia, Laos (from 1899), the Chinese territory of Guangzhouwan (from 1898 until 1945), and the Vietnamese regions of Tonkin in the north, Annam in the centre, and Cochinchina in the south.
Gabriel Byrne
Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor.
Genesis (band)
Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, in 1967.
Gennadiy Nikonov
Gennadiy Nikolaevich Nikonov (Геннадий Николаевич Никонов; August 11, 1950 – May 14, 2003) was a Russian firearm engineer.
Gennifer Flowers
Gennifer Flowers (born January 24, 1950) is an American author, singer, model, actress, former State of Arkansas employee, and former TV journalist.
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist.
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George Minot
George Richards Minot (December 2, 1885 – February 25, 1950) was an American medical researcher who shared the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with George Hoyt Whipple and William P. Murphy for their pioneering work on pernicious anemia.
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was a British novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell, a name inspired by his favourite place River Orwell.
George Thorogood
George Lawrence Thorogood (born February 24, 1950) is an American musician, singer and songwriter from Wilmington, Delaware.
George Wallace
George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – September 13, 1998) was an American politician and judge who served as the 45th governor of Alabama for four terms.
Gilles Villeneuve
Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve (January 18, 1950 – May 8, 1982) was a Canadian racing driver who spent six years in Formula One racing for Scuderia Ferrari, winning six Grands Prix and earning widespread acclaim for his performances.
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Giuseppe Farina
Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina (30 October 1906 – 30 June 1966), often known by the name Giuseppe Antonio Farina, was an Italian racing driver.
Googoosh
Faegheh Atashin (فائقه آتشین; born 5 May 1950), known professionally as Googoosh (گوگوش), is an Iranian singer and former actress.
Governor of Texas
The Governor of Texas heads the state government of Texas and is the highest elected official in the state.
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Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis
The governor-general of Saint Kitts and Nevis is the representative of the monarch of Saint Kitts and Nevis, currently King Charles III.
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Grand Wizard
The grand wizard (also grand and imperial wizard, imperial wizard or national director) is the national leader of several different Ku Klux Klan organizations in the United States and abroad.
Grâce-Hollogne
Grâce-Hollogne (Gråce-Hologne) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
Grigory Kulik
Grigory Ivanovich Kulik (Григорий Иванович Кулик; Grygorii Ivanovych Kulyk; 9 November 1890 – 24 August 1950) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union who served as chief of the Red Army's Main Artillery Directorate from 1937 until June 1941.
Griselio Torresola
Griselio Torresola Roura (July 19, 1925 – November 1, 1950) born in Jayuya, Puerto Rico, was one of two Puerto Rican nationalists from New York City who attempted to assassinate United States President Harry Truman on November 1, 1950.
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Group Areas Act
Group Areas Act was the title of three acts of the Parliament of South Africa enacted under the apartheid government of South Africa.
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Grover Cleveland Alexander (February 26, 1887 – November 4, 1950), nicknamed "Old Pete" and "Alexander the Great", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher.
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Grzegorz Lato
Grzegorz Bolesław Lato (Polish pronunciation:; born 8 April 1950) is a Polish former professional football player and manager who played as a winger.
Guilhermina Suggia
Guilhermina Augusta Xavier de Medim Suggia Carteado Mena, known as Guilhermina Suggia, (27 June 1885 – 30 July 1950) was a Portuguese cellist.
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Gustaf V
Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf; 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 8 December 1907 until his death in 1950.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax (Scottish-Gaelic: Halafacs or An Àrd-Bhaile) is the capital and most populous municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the most populous municipality in Atlantic Canada.
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Hanging
Hanging is killing a person by suspending them from the neck with a noose or ligature.
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Harry Lauder
Sir Henry Lauder (4 August 1870 – 26 February 1950)Russell, Dave.
Hasely Crawford
Hasely Joachim Crawford TC, OLY (born 16 August 1950) is a former track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago.
Heart (band)
Heart is an American/Canadian rock band formed in 1973 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Heinrich Mann
Luiz Heinrich Mann (March 27, 1871 – March 11, 1950), best known as simply Heinrich Mann, was a German writer known for his socio-political novels.
Henry H. Arnold
Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and later, General of the Air Force.
Henry L. Stimson
Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, lawyer, and Republican Party politician.
Hindus
Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.
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HMNB Clyde
His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS Neptune), primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth).
HNK Hajduk Split
Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football.
Howard Rollins
Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
Huey Lewis
Hugh Anthony Cregg III (born July 5, 1950), known professionally as Huey Lewis, is an American singer, songwriter and actor.
Hugo Egon Balder
Hugo Egon Balder (born Egon Hugo Balder; 22 March 1950) is a German television presenter, producer, and comedian.
Ieu Koeus
Ieu Koeus (អៀវ កើស; 1905 – 14 January 1950) was a Cambodian politician.
Incheon
Incheon (or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Korea, bordering Seoul and Gyeonggi to the east.
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands.
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International Police Association
The International Police Association (IPA) is a worldwide fraternal police organization.
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Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force (IAF; tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as, Kheil HaAvir, "Air Corps") operates as the aerial and space warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
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Jack Layton
John Gilbert Layton (July 18, 1950 – August 22, 2011) was a Canadian academic and politician who served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2003 to 2011 and leader of the Official Opposition in 2011.
Jakaya Kikwete
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born 7 October 1950) is a Tanzanian politician who was the fourth president of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015.
James A. Colescott
James Arnold Colescott (January 11, 1897 – January 11, 1950) was an American white supremacist who was Imperial Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
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James Rudolph Garfield
James Rudolph Garfield (October 17, 1865 – March 24, 1950) was an American lawyer and politician.
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Jan Smuts
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, (baptismal name Jan Christiaan Smuts, 24 May 1870 11 September 1950) was a South African statesman, military leader and philosopher.
Janez Drnovšek
Janez Drnovšek (17 May 1950 – 23 February 2008) was a Slovenian liberal politician, President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1989–1990), Prime Minister of Slovenia (1992–2002, with a short break in 2000) and President of Slovenia (2002–2007).
January 1
January 1 is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years).
Javier Clemente
Javier Clemente Lázaro (born 12 March 1950) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
Jay Leno
James Douglas Muir Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an American television host, writer and comedian.
Jayuya Uprising
The Jayuya Uprising, also known as Jayuya Revolt or Cry of Jayuya (Grito de Jayuya), was a Nationalist insurrection that took place on October 30, 1950, in the town of Jayuya, Puerto Rico.
Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver (born May 6, 1950) is an American mystery and crime writer.
Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer (born July 29, 1950) is an American neo-conceptual artist, based in Hoosick, New York.
Jerry Zucker
Jerry Gordon Zucker (born March 11, 1950) is an American film producer, director, and writer known for his role in directing comedy spoof films such as Airplane! and Top Secret!, and the Best Picture-nominated supernatural drama film Ghost.
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
Jet aircraft
A jet aircraft (or simply jet) is an aircraft (nearly always a fixed-wing aircraft) propelled by one or more jet engines.
Jill Stein
Jill Ellen Stein (born May 14, 1950) is an American physician, activist, and politician.
Jivanmukta
A jīvanmukta, literally meaning 'liberated while living', is a person who, in the Jain and Vedānta philosophy, has gained complete self-knowledge and self-realisation and attained kaivalya (enlightenment) or moksha (liberation), thus is liberated while living and not yet died.
Joan Armatrading
Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading (born 9 December 1950) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Jocky Wilson
John Thomas "Jocky" Wilson (22 March 1950 – 24 March 2012) was a Scottish professional darts player.
Jody Scheckter
Jody David Scheckter (born 29 January 1950) is a South African business proprietor and retired motor racing driver.
Jody Williams
Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950) is an American political activist known for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights (especially those of women), and her efforts to promote new understandings of security in today's world.
Joe Yule
Ninnian Joseph Yule (30 April 1892 – 30 March 1950) was a Scottish-American burlesque and vaudeville actor who later appeared in many films as a character actor.
Joey Kramer
Joseph Michael Kramer (born June 21, 1950) is an American musician best known as the drummer of the hard rock band Aerosmith, which was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
Johannes V. Jensen
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen (20 January 1873 – 25 November 1950) was a Danish author, known as one of the great Danish writers of the first half of 20th century.
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John Candy
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian who is best known for his work in Hollywood films.
John F. Fitzgerald
John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald (February 11, 1863 – October 2, 1950) was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts.
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John Gould Fletcher
John Gould Fletcher (January 3, 1886 – May 10, 1950) was an Imagist poet (the first Southern poet to win the Pulitzer Prize), author and authority on modern painting.
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John Hughes (filmmaker)
John Wilden Hughes Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer and screenwriter.
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John Landis
John David Landis (born August 3, 1950) is an American filmmaker and actor.
John M. Stahl
John Malcolm Stahl (January 21, 1886 – January 12, 1950) was an American film director and producer.
Jonathan Cain
Jonathan Leonard Friga (born February 26, 1950), known professionally as Jonathan Cain, is an American musician, singer and songwriter.
Joseph Schumpeter
Joseph Alois Schumpeter (February 8, 1883 – January 8, 1950) was an Austrian political economist.
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Josiane Balasko
Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director.
Juan Gabriel
Alberto Aguilera Valadez (7 January 1950 – 28 August 2016), known professionally as Juan Gabriel, was a Mexican singer-songwriter and actor.
Juho Kusti Paasikivi
Juho Kusti Paasikivi (27 November 1870 – 14 December 1956) was a Finnish politician who served as the seventh president of Finland from 1946 to 1956.
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Julie Kavner
Julie Deborah Kavner (born September 7, 1950) is an American actress.
Julie Walters
Dame Julia Mary Walters (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress.
Julius Erving
Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr.
Karel Koželuh
Karel Koželuh (Kozeluh Károly; 7 March 1895 – 27 April 1950) was a Czech tennis, association football, and ice hockey player of the 1920s and 1930s.
Karen Carpenter
Karen Anne Carpenter (March 2, 1950 – February 4, 1983) was an American singer and drummer who formed half of the highly successful duo Carpenters with her older brother Richard.
Karl Guthe Jansky
Karl Guthe Jansky (October 22, 1905 – February 14, 1950) was an American physicist and radio engineer who in April 1933 first announced his discovery of radio waves emanating from the Milky Way in the constellation Sagittarius.
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Karl Renner
Karl Renner (14 December 1870 – 31 December 1950) was an Austrian politician and jurist of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria.
Karl Seitz
Karl Josef Seitz (4 September 1869 – 3 February 1950) was an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Workers' Party.
Kazys Grinius
Kazys Grinius (17 December 1866 – 4 June 1950) was the third President of Lithuania, holding the office from 7 June 1926 to 17 December 1926.
Ken Kutaragi
is a Japanese engineering technologist and businessman.
Kenneth Muir (British Army officer)
Major Kenneth Muir VC (6 March 1912 – 23 September 1950) was a British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Kiki Cuyler
Hazen Shirley Cuyler (August 30, 1898 – February 11, 1950), nicknamed "Kiki", was an American professional baseball right fielder.
Kingdom of Mysore
The Kingdom of Mysore was a geopolitical realm in southern India founded in around 1399 in the vicinity of the modern-day city of Mysore and prevailed until 1950.
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Kirk Bryan (geologist)
Kirk Bryan (22 July 1888 in Albuquerque, New Mexico Territory – 22 August 1950 in Cody, Wyoming) was an American geologist on the faculty of Harvard University from 1925 until his death in 1950.
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Kirka
Kirill "Kirka" Babitzin (22 September 1950 – 31 January 2007) was one of the most commercially successful Finnish musicians.
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Kiss (band)
Kiss (often styled as KISS) was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals) and Peter Criss (drums, vocals).
Klaus Fuchs
Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs (29 December 1911 – 28 January 1988) was a German theoretical physicist and atomic spy who supplied information from the American, British, and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after World War II.
Knesset
The Knesset (translit, translit) is the unicameral legislature of Israel.
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Koibla Djimasta
Koibla Djimasta (1950 – January 30, 2007) was a Chadian politician of Sara ethnicity from the southern Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture.
Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a German statesman who served as the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963.
Korean People's Army
The Korean People's Army (KPA) encompasses the combined military forces of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
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Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups.
Kuniaki Koiso
was a Japanese politician, military leader and convicted war criminal who served as prime minister of Japan from 1944 to 1945 during World War II.
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially based on the Chinese mainland and then in Taiwan since 1949.
Kurt Alder
Kurt Alder (10 July 1902 – 20 June 1958) was a German chemist and Nobel laureate.
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900April 3, 1950) was a German-born American composer active from the 1920s in his native country, and in his later years in the United States.
Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal (born 15 June 1950 in Sadulpur, Rajasthan, India) is an Indian steel magnate, based in the United Kingdom.
Laos
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia.
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Laura Gemser
Laurette Marcia Gemser (born 5 October 1950) is an Indonesian-Dutch retired actress, model and costume designer.
Law enforcement in South Korea
South Korea has a relatively unified and integrated approach to law enforcement.
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Léon Blum
André Léon Blum (9 April 1872 – 30 March 1950) was a French socialist politician and three-time Prime Minister of France.
Leopold III of Belgium
Leopold III (3 November 1901 – 25 September 1983) was King of the Belgians from 23 February 1934 until his abdication on 16 July 1951.
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Leslie Comrie
Leslie John Comrie FRS (15 August 1893 – 11 December 1950) was an astronomer and a pioneer in mechanical computation.
LGBT rights by country or territory
Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality.
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Li Zongren
Li Zongren (13 August 1890 – 30 January 1969; also known as Li Tsung-jen), courtesy name Telin (Te-lin), was a prominent Chinese warlord based in Guangxi and Kuomintang (KMT) military commander during the Northern Expedition, Second Sino-Japanese War and Chinese Civil War.
Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
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List of leaders of the Soviet Union
During its 69-year history, the Soviet Union usually had a de facto leader who would not necessarily be head of state or even head of government but would lead while holding an office such as Communist Party General Secretary.
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List of mayors of Baltimore
The mayor of Baltimore is the head of the executive branch of the government of the City of Baltimore, Maryland.
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List of sultans of Brunei
The Sultan of Brunei is the monarchical head of state of Brunei and head of government in his capacity as prime minister of Brunei.
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Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Lou Gramm
Louis Andrew Grammatico (born May 2 1950), known professionally as Lou Gramm, is an American singer and songwriter.
Louis Lachenal
Louis Lachenal (17 July 1921 – 25 November 1955), a French climber born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, was one of the first two mountaineers to climb a summit of more than 8,000 meters.
Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta
Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta (10 February 1950 – 23 March 1994) was a Mexican politician, economist, and Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) presidential candidate, who was assassinated at a campaign rally in Tijuana during the Mexican presidential campaign of 1994.
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Ma Ying-jeou
Ma Ying-jeou (t; born 13 July 1950) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the 6th president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016.
MacGyver (1985 TV series)
MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff and starring Richard Dean Anderson as the title character.
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Malays (ethnic group)
Malays (Orang Melayu, Jawi) are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations.
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Maluku Islands
The Maluku Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Maluku) or the Moluccas are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia.
Manny Trillo
Jesús Manuel Marcano Trillo (born December 25, 1950), nicknamed "Indio", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball second baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics (–), Chicago Cubs (–, –), Philadelphia Phillies (–), Cleveland Indians, Montreal Expos, San Francisco Giants (–), and Cincinnati Reds.
Maracanã Stadium
Maracanã Stadium (Estádio do Maracanã), officially named Jornalist Mário Filho Stadium (Portuguese: Estádio Jornalista Mario Filho), is an association football stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
María Antonieta de las Nieves
María Antonieta Gómez Rodríguez (born 22 December 1949), more commonly known by her stage name María Antonieta de las Nieves, is a Mexican actress, comedian, singer, and author.
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Marc Aaronson
Marc Aaronson (August 24, 1950 – April 30, 1987) was an American astronomer.
Marcel Mauss
Marcel Mauss (10 May 1872 – 10 February 1950) was a French sociologist and anthropologist known as the "father of French ethnology".
Marge Simpson
Marjorie Jacqueline "Marge" Simpson is a character in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons and part of the eponymous family (The Simpsons).
Mark Mothersbaugh
Mark Allen Mothersbaugh (born May 18, 1950) is an American musician and composer.
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Mark Spitz
Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion.
Markie Post
Marjorie Armstrong Post (November 4, 1950 – August 7, 2021), known professionally as Markie Post, was an American actress.
Marshal of the Soviet Union
Marshal of the Soviet Union (Marshal sovetskogo soyuza) was the second-highest military rank of the Soviet Union.
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Marta Steinsvik
Marta Steinsvik (23 March 1877 – 27 July 1950) was a Norwegian author and translator.
Martin Short
Martin Hayter Short (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian–American comedian, actor, and writer.
Mauna Loa
Mauna Loa is one of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii in the U.S. state of Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean.
Maurice Herzog
Maurice André Raymond Herzog (15 January 191913 December 2012) was a French mountaineer and administrator who was born in Lyon, France.
Max Beckmann
Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (February 12, 1884 – December 27, 1950) was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer.
Max Davidson
Max Davidson (May 23, 1875 – September 4, 1950) was a German-American film actor known for his comedic Jewish persona during the silent film era.
Meet the Press
Meet the Press is a weekly American television Sunday morning talk show broadcast on NBC.
Melissa Mathison
Melissa Marie Mathison (June 3, 1950 – November 4, 2015) was an American film and television screenwriter and an activist for the Tibetan independence movement.
MI5
MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), officially the Security Service, is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and Defence Intelligence (DI).
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Michael Ironside
Frederick "Michael" Reginald Ironside (born February 12, 1950), is a Canadian actor and filmmaker.
Mickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor.
Mihail Manoilescu
Mihail Manoilescu (December 9, 1891 – December 30, 1950) was a Romanian journalist, engineer, economist, politician and memoirist, who served as Foreign Minister of Romania during the summer of 1940.
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Mikhail Fradkov
Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov (p; born 1 September 1950) is a Russian politician who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 2004 to 2007.
Miklós Bánffy
Count Miklós Bánffy de Losoncz (30 December 1873 – 5 June 1950) was a Hungarian nobleman, liberal politician, and historical novelist.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Микоян-Гуревич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union.
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Minimum wage
A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their employees—the price floor below which employees may not sell their labor.
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia)
The minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation is a high-ranking Russian government official who heads the ministry of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation.
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Miou-Miou
Sylvette Herry (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Miou-Miou, is a French actress.
Mithun Chakraborty
Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language language films.
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Modified Mercalli intensity scale
The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS) measures the effects of an earthquake at a given location.
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Morgan Fairchild
Morgan Fairchild (born Patsy Ann McClenny; February 3, 1950) is an American actress.
Myxomatosis
Myxomatosis is a disease caused by Myxoma virus, a poxvirus in the genus Leporipoxvirus.
N. Chandrababu Naidu
Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 20 April 1950), commonly known as CBN, is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the 13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh and holds the record of longest-serving Chief Minister in the political history of South Indian states.
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Nainital
Nainital (Kumaoni: Naintāl) is a town and headquarters of Nainital district of Kumaon division, Uttarakhand, India.
Nancy Allen (actress)
Nancy Allen (born June 24, 1950) is an American actress.
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Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the current Prime Minister of India since 26 May 2014.
Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress.
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests.
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National Council of Churches
The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, usually identified as the National Council of Churches (NCC), is the largest ecumenical body in the United States.
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National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC).
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Néstor Kirchner
Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić (25 February 195027 October 2010) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 2003 to 2007.
Neil Jordan
Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish film director, screenwriter, novelist and short-story writer.
Nicolai Hartmann
Paul Nicolai Hartmann (20 February 1882 – 9 October 1950) was a Baltic German philosopher.
Nikolai Myaskovsky
Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (Никола́й Я́ковлевич Мяско́вский; Mikołaj Miąskowski; 20 April 18818 August 1950), was a Russian and Soviet composer.
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Nobel Prize in Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik) is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin) is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine.
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Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson on October 10, 1950) is an American author of over 225 romance novels.
Norman Haworth
Sir Walter Norman Haworth FRS (19 March 1883 – 19 March 1950) was a British chemist best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid (vitamin C) while working at the University of Birmingham.
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia.
Nuclear physics
Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions, in addition to the study of other forms of nuclear matter.
Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.
Nuclear weapon design
Nuclear weapon designs are physical, chemical, and engineering arrangements that cause the physics package of a nuclear weapon to detonate.
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Olaf Stapledon
William Olaf Stapledon (10 May 1886 – 6 September 1950) was a British philosopher and author of science fiction.
Old Testament
The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Israelites.
Orthodox Church in America
The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian church based in North America.
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Oscar Collazo
Oscar Collazo (January 20, 1914 – February 21, 1994) was one of two Puerto Rican militants of the Nationalist Party who on November 1, 1950, attempted to assassinate U.S. President Harry S. Truman in Washington, D.C. He had been living in New York City after growing up in Puerto Rico.
Othmar Spann
Othmar Spann (1 October 1878 – 8 July 1950) was a conservative Austrian philosopher, sociologist and economist.
Otto Diels
Otto Paul Hermann Diels (23 January 1876 – 7 March 1954) was a German chemist.
Parliament of South Africa
The Parliament of the Republic of South Africa is South Africa's legislature; under the present Constitution of South Africa, the bicameral Parliament comprises a National Assembly and a National Council of Provinces.
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Paul Holmes (broadcaster)
Sir Paul Scott Holmes (29 April 19501 February 2013) was a New Zealand broadcaster who gained national recognition through his high-profile radio and television journalism.
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Paul Kossoff
Paul Francis Kossoff (14 September 1950 – 19 March 1976) was an English guitarist, best known as the co-founder and guitarist of the rock band Free.
Paul Robeson
Paul Leroy Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances.
Paul Watson
Paul Franklin Watson (born December 2, 1950) is a Canadian-American environmental, conservation and animal rights activist, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an anti-poaching and direct action group focused on marine conservation activism.
Péter Esterházy
Péter Esterházy (14 April 1950 – 14 July 2016) was a Hungarian writer.
Peanuts
Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz.
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Pedro de Cordoba
Pedro de Cordoba (September 28, 1881 – September 16, 1950) was an American actor.
People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China.
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Per-Kristian Foss
Per-Kristian Foss (born 19 July 1950) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and from 2014 to 2021 the Auditor General of Norway.
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Peter Frampton
Peter Kenneth Frampton (born 22 April 1950) is an English-American guitarist, singer and songwriter who rose to prominence as a member of the rock bands the Herd and Humble Pie.
Peter Fraser
Peter Fraser (28 August 1884 – 12 December 1950) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 24th prime minister of New Zealand from 27 March 1940 until 13 December 1949.
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter and human rights activist.
Phil Alden Robinson
Phil Alden Robinson (born March 1, 1950) is an American film director and screenwriter whose films include Field of Dreams, Sneakers, and The Sum of All Fears.
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Phil McGraw
Phillip Calvin McGraw (born September 1, 1950), known professionally as Dr.
Philadelphia Phillies
The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia.
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Philip Showalter Hench
Philip Showalter Hench (February 28, 1896 – March 30, 1965) was an American physician.
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Phoebe Snow
Phoebe Snow (born Phoebe Ann Laub; July 17, 1950 – April 26, 2011) was an American roots music singer-songwriter and guitarist, known for her hit 1974 and 1975 songs "Poetry Man" and "Harpo's Blues", and her credited guest vocals backing Paul Simon on "Gone at Last".
Phyllis Nelson
Phyllis Nelson (October 3, 1950 – January 12, 1998) was an American singer, most famous for her 1985 song "Move Closer", which topped the chart in the United Kingdom.
Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII (born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli,; 2 March 18769 October 1958) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958.
Premier of Queensland
The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland.
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President of Argentina
The president of Argentina (Presidente de Argentina; officially known as the president of the Argentine Nation Presidente de la Nación Argentina.) is both head of state and head of government of Argentina.
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President of Austria
The president of Austria (lit) is the head of state of the Republic of Austria.
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President of Brazil
The president of Brazil (presidente do Brasil), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil (presidente da República Federativa do Brasil) or simply the President of the Republic, is the head of state and head of government of Brazil.
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President of Colombia
The President of Colombia (President of the Republic) is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Colombia.
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President of Cuba
The president of Cuba (Presidente de Cuba), officially the president of the Republic of Cuba (Presidente de la República de Cuba), is the head of state of Cuba.
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President of El Salvador
The president of El Salvador (presidente de El Salvador), officially titled President of the Republic of El Salvador (Presidente de la República de El Salvador), is the head of state and head of government of El Salvador.
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President of France
The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces.
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President of India
The president of India (IAST) is the head of state of the Republic of India.
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President of Lithuania
The president of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos Prezidentas) is the head of state of the Republic of Lithuania.
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President of Malawi
The president of the Republic of Malawi (Mtsogoleri wa Dziko la Malawi) is the head of state and head of government of Malawi.
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President of Nicaragua
The president of Nicaragua (presidente de Nicaragua), officially known as the president of the Republic of Nicaragua (Presidente de la República de Nicaragua), is the head of state and head of government of Nicaragua.
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President of Slovenia
The president of Slovenia, officially the president of the Republic of Slovenia (Predsednik Republike Slovenije), is the head of state of the Republic of Slovenia.
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President of Tanzania
The president of the United Republic of Tanzania (Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania) is the head of state and head of government of Tanzania.
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President of Turkey
The president of Turkey, officially the president of the Republic of Türkiye (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Cumhurbaşkanı), is the head of state and head of government of Turkey.
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Prime Minister of Bulgaria
The prime minister of Bulgaria (Ministar-predsedatel) is the head of government of Bulgaria.
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Prime Minister of Canada
The prime minister of Canada (premier ministre du Canada) is the head of government of Canada.
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Prime Minister of France
The prime minister of France (Premier ministre français), officially the prime minister of the French Republic, is the head of government of the French Republic and the leader of the Council of Ministers.
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Prime Minister of Greece
The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic (Prothypourgós tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), usually referred to as the prime minister of Greece (label), is the head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Greek Cabinet.
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Prime Minister of India
The prime minister of India (ISO) is the head of government of the Republic of India.
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Prime Minister of Iraq
The Prime Minister of Iraq is the head of government of Iraq and the commander-in-chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces.
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Prime Minister of Japan
The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government and the highest political position of Japan.
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Prime Minister of Lebanon
The prime minister of Lebanon, officially the president of the Council of Ministers, is the head of government and the head of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon.
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Prime Minister of Malta
The prime minister of Malta (Prim Ministru ta' Malta) is the head of government, which is the highest official of Malta.
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Prime Minister of New Zealand
The prime minister of New Zealand (Te pirimia o Aotearoa) is the head of government of New Zealand.
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Prime Minister of Poland
The president of the Council of Ministers (Prezes Rady Ministrów), colloquially and commonly referred to as the prime minister, is the head of the cabinet and the head of government of Poland.
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Prime Minister of Portugal
The prime minister of Portugal (primeiro-ministro) is the head of government of Portugal.
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Prime Minister of Romania
The prime minister of Romania (Prim-ministrul României), officially the prime minister of the Government of Romania (Prim-ministrul Guvernului României), is the head of the Government of Romania.
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Prime Minister of Russia
The chairman of the government of the Russian Federation, also informally known as the prime minister, is the head of government of Russia and the second highest ranking political office in Russia.
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Prime Minister of South Africa
The prime minister of South Africa (Eerste Minister van Suid-Afrika) was the head of government in South Africa between 1910 and 1984.
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Prime Minister of Turkey
The prime minister of Turkey, officially the prime minister of the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Başbakanı), was the head of government of the Republic of Turkey from 1920 to 2018, who led a political coalition in the Turkish Parliament and presided over the cabinet.
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 19219 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas).
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Radio astronomy
Radio astronomy is a subfield of astronomy that studies celestial objects at radio frequencies.
Rafael Sabatini
Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-born British writer of romance and adventure novels.
Rajendra Prasad
Rajendra Prasad (born Rajendra Prasad Srivastava; 3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1950 to 1962.
Rajinikanth
Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema.
Ralph Bunche
Ralph Johnson Bunche (August 7, 1904 – December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist, diplomat, and leading actor in the mid-20th-century decolonization process and US civil rights movement, who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel.
Ralph Freeman (civil engineer, born 1880)
Sir Ralph Freeman (27 November 1880 – 11 March 1950) was an English structural engineer, responsible for the design of several of the world's most impressive bridges.
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Ramana Maharshi
Ramana Maharshi (30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950) was an Indian Hindu sage and jivanmukta (liberated being).
Randy Quaid
Randy Randall Rudy Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor known for his roles in both serious drama and light comedy.
Ransom E. Olds
Ransom Eli Olds (June 3, 1864 – August 26, 1950) was a pioneer of the American automotive industry, after whom the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named.
Raymond Sommer
Pierre Raymond Sommer (31 August 1906 – 10 September 1950) was a French racing driver.
RCA
The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America.
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Referendum
A referendum (referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue.
Renate Stecher
Renate Stecher (née Meißner, born 12 May 1950) is a German (former East German) sprint runner and a triple Olympic champion.
Republic
A republic, based on the Latin phrase res publica ('public affair'), is a state in which political power rests with the public through their representatives—in contrast to a monarchy.
Republic of Korea Armed Forces
The Republic of Korea Armed Forces, also known as the ROK Armed Forces, are the armed forces of South Korea.
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Rex Ingram (director)
Rex Ingram (born Reginald Ingram Montgomery Hitchcock; 15 January 1893 – 21 July 1950) was an Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor.
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Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate best known for co-founding the Virgin Group in 1970, which today controls more than 400 companies in various fields.
Richard Dean Anderson
Richard Dean Anderson (born January 23, 1950) is a retired American actor.
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Rick Perry
James Richard Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of energy from 2017 to 2019 in the administration of Donald Trump.
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro.
RMS Aquitania
RMS Aquitania was an ocean liner of the Cunard Line in service from 1914 to 1950.
Robert B. Laughlin
Robert Betts Laughlin (born November 1, 1950) is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University.
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Robert Brandom
Robert Boyce Brandom (born March 13, 1950) is an American philosopher who teaches at the University of Pittsburgh.
Robert Schuman
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman (29 June 18864 September 1963) was a Luxembourg-born French statesman.
Ron Perlman
Ronald N. Perlman (born April 13, 1950) is an American actor.
Rosi Mittermaier
Rosa Anna Katharina Mittermaier-Neureuther (Mittermaier; 5 August 1950 – 4 January 2023) was a German alpine skier.
Rowan Williams
Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, (born 14 June 1950) is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet.
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
Russell Alan Hulse
Russell Alan Hulse (born November 28, 1950) is an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with his thesis advisor Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation".
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Salvatore Giuliano
Salvatore Giuliano (Sicilian: Turiddu or Sarvaturi Giulianu; 16 November 1922 – 5 July 1950) was an Italian bandit, who rose to prominence in the disorder that followed the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943.
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Samuel Alito
Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. (born April 1, 1950) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Sarawak
Sarawak is a state of Malaysia.
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Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live (SNL) is an American late-night live sketch comedy variety show created by Lorne Michaels and developed by Michaels and Dick Ebersol that airs on NBC and streams on Peacock.
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Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is a non-profit, marine conservation activism organization based in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, Washington, in the United States.
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Sergey Lavrov
Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov (Сергей Викторович Лавров; born 21 March 1950) is a Russian diplomat who has served as the foreign minister of Russia since 2004.
Short Sunderland
The Short S.25 Sunderland is a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF).
Sid Grauman
Sidney Patrick Grauman (March 17, 1879 – March 5, 1950) was an American entrepreneur and showman who established two of Hollywood's most recognizable and visited landmarks, the Chinese Theatre and the Egyptian Theatre.
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in England, near the Northamptonshire villages of Silverstone and Whittlebury.
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Smokie (band)
Smokie (originally spelt Smokey) are an English rock band from Bradford, Yorkshire.
Snow
Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes.
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Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe.
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South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
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St. Roch (ship)
RCMPV St.
Stanisław Kętrzyński
Stanisław Kętrzyński (10 September 1878 in Lwów, Austro-Hungary – 26 May 1950 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish historian, diplomat and freemason.
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Stasi
The Ministry for State Security (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit,; abbreviated as "MfS"), commonly known as the italics, an abbreviation of Staatssicherheit, was the state security service and secret police of East Germany (the GDR) from 1950 to 1990.
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Steve Wozniak
Stephen Wozniak (born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname "Woz", is an American technology entrepreneur, electrical engineer, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor.
Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt (né Lento; born November 22, 1950), also known as Little Steven or Miami Steve, is an American musician and actor.
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris (Judkins; born May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.
Sudha Murty
Sudha Murty (born 19 August 1950) is an Indian educator, author, and philanthropist.
Suez Canal
The Suez Canal (قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt).
Suppression of Communism Act, 1950
The Suppression of Communism Act, 1950 (Act No. 44 of 1950), renamed the Internal Security Act in 1976, was legislation of the national government in apartheid South Africa which formally banned the Communist Party of South Africa and proscribed any party or group subscribing to communism, according to a uniquely broad definition of the term.
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Susana Higuchi
Susana Shizuko Higuchi Miyagawa (樋口 静子, Hepburn:,; 26 April 1950 – 8 December 2021) was a Peruvian politician and engineer.
Suzi Quatro
Susan Kay Quatro (born June 3, 1950) is an American singer, bass guitarist, songwriter and actor.
Tadeusz Reichstein
Tadeusz Reichstein (20 July 1897 – 1 August 1996), also known as Tadeus Reichstein, was a Polish-Swiss chemist and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (1950), which was awarded for his work on the isolation of cortisone.
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Taipei
Taipei, officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
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Takeshi Kaga
, real name, is a well-known stage and movie actor in Japan who is best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV.
Tamil language
Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.
Ted Theodore
Edward Granville Theodore (29 December 1884 – 9 February 1950) was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Queensland from 1919 to 1925, as leader of the state Labor Party.
Teddy Pendergrass
Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter.
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo (translit,; translit), usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.
Thames Estuary
The Thames Estuary is where the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea, in the south-east of Great Britain.
The Archers
The Archers is a British radio soap opera currently broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word channel.
The Choirboys (band)
The Choirboys are an Australian hard rock and Australian pub rock band from Sydney formed as Choirboys in 1979 with mainstays Mark Gable on lead vocals, Ian Hulme on bass guitar, Brad Carr on lead guitar and Lindsay Tebbutt on drums.
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The Jazz Singer
The Jazz Singer is a 1927 American part-talkie musical drama film directed by Alan Crosland and produced by Warner Bros.
The Last Picture Show
The Last Picture Show is a 1971 American coming-of-age drama film directed and co-written by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from the semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry.
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Themba Dlamini
Absalom Themba Dlamini (born 1 December 1950) was the Prime Minister of Eswatini from November 2003 to September 2008.
Thermonuclear weapon
A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design.
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Thomas Blamey
Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey, (24 January 1884 – 27 May 1951) was an Australian general of the First and Second World Wars.
Thomas Gottschalk
Thomas Johannes Gottschalk (born 18 May 1950) is a German radio and television host and entertainer.
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Tim Russert
Timothy John Russert (May 7, 1950 – June 13, 2008) was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press.
Tollund Man
The Tollund Man (died 405–384 BCE) is a naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 5th century BC, during the period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age.
Tom Petty
Thomas Earl Petty (October 20, 1950October 2, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Tsui Hark
Tsui Hark (Từ Khắc, born 15 February 1950), born Tsui Man-kong (Từ Văn Quang), is a Hong Kong filmmaker.
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.
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United States Department of Commerce
The United States Department of Commerce (DOC) is an executive department of the U.S. federal government concerned with creating the conditions for economic growth and opportunity.
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United States Government Publishing Office
The United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO or GPO), formerly the United States Government Printing Office, is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States Federal government.
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United States Maritime Administration
The United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation.
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United States Secretary of Energy
The United States secretary of energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy, a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and fifteenth in the presidential line of succession.
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United States Secretary of State
The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government and the head of the Department of State.
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United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce
The United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce was a special committee of the United States Senate which existed from 1950 to 1951 and which investigated organized crime which crossed state borders in the United States.
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UNRWA
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA, pronounced) is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees.
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Uruguay national football team
The Uruguay national football team (Selección de fútbol de Uruguay), nicknamed La Celeste (The Sky Blue), represents Uruguay in international men's football, and is administered by the Uruguayan Football Association, the governing body for football in Uruguay.
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Vallabhbhai Patel
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (ISO: Vallabhbhāī Jhāvērabhāī Paṭēla; 31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was an Indian independence activist and barrister who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950.
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Vasil Kolarov
Vasil Petrov Kolarov (Васил Петров Коларов; 16 July 1877 – 23 January 1950) was a Bulgarian communist political leader and leading functionary in the Communist International (Comintern).
Vaslav Nijinsky
Vaslav or Vatslav Nijinsky (Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky,; Wacław Niżyński,; 12 March 1889/18908 April 1950) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish ancestry.
Vatican City
Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State (Stato della Città del Vaticano; Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a landlocked sovereign country, city-state, microstate, and enclave within Rome, Italy.
Vesna Vulović
Vesna Vulović (Весна Вуловић,; 3 January 1950 – 23 December 2016) was a Serbian flight attendant who survived the highest fall without a parachute: or 33,338 feet.
Victoria Principal
Vicki Ree Principal (born January 3, 1950), later known as Victoria Principal, is an American actress, producer, entrepreneur, and author, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the American primetime television soap opera series Dallas.
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Viet Minh
The Việt Minh (abbreviated from Việt Nam Độc lập Đồng minh, 越南獨立同盟; Ligue pour l'indépendance du Viêt Nam) was a national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Hồ Chí Minh on 19 May 1941.
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
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Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych (born 9 July 1950) is a former Ukrainian politician who served as the fourth president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014.
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Vital Brazil
Vital Brazil Mineiro da Campanha, known as Vital Brazil (April 28, 1865 – May 8, 1950), was a Brazilian physician, biomedical scientist and immunologist, known for the discovery of the polyvalent anti-ophidic serum used to treat bites of venomous snakes of the Crotalus, Bothrops and Elaps genera.
Volkswagen Type 2
The Volkswagen Type 2 is a forward control light commercial vehicle introduced in 1950 by the German automaker Volkswagen as its second car model.
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Walter Huston
Walter Thomas Huston (April 6, 1884 – April 7, 1950) was a Canadian actor and singer.
Walter Kwok
Walter Kwok Ping-sheung JP (Cantonese pronunciation:; 1950 – 20 October 2018) was a Hong Kong real estate developer.
Walton Walker
Walton Harris Walker (December 3, 1889 – December 23, 1950) was a United States Army four-star general who served with distinction in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, where he commanded the Eighth United States Army before dying in a jeep accident.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
Wayne Bennett (rugby league)
Wayne James Bennett (born 1 January 1950), also known by the nickname "Benny", is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player.
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Wendie Malick
Wendie Malick (born December 13, 1950) is an American actress and former fashion model, known for her roles in various television comedies.
Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an American playwright.
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Wernher von Braun
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (23 March 191216 June 1977) was a German-American aerospace engineer and space architect.
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West Bank
The West Bank (aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; HaGadáh HaMaʽarávit), so called due to its location relative to the Jordan River, is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip).
West Virginia
West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.
William H. Macy
William Hall Macy Jr. (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor.
William Hurt
William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American actor.
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian statesman and politician who was the tenth prime minister of Canada for three non-consecutive terms from 1921 to 1926, 1926 to 1930, and 1935 to 1948.
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Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and 1951 to 1955.
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Winter storm
A winter storm is an event in which wind coincides with varieties of precipitation that only occur at freezing temperatures, such as snow, mixed snow and rain, or freezing rain.
Wolfsburg
Wolfsburg (Eastphalian: Wulfsborg) is the fifth largest city in the German state of Lower Saxony, located on the river Aller.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Yalu River
The Yalu River or Amnok River is a river on the border between China and North Korea.
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија) was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992.
Yvan Goll
Yvan Goll (also written Iwan Goll, Ivan Goll; born Isaac Lang; 29 March 1891 – 27 February 1950) was a French-German poet who was bilingual and wrote in both French and German.
12 Hours of Sebring
The 12 Hours of Sebring is an annual motorsport endurance race for sports cars held at Sebring International Raceway, on the site of the former Hendricks Army Airfield World War II air base in Sebring, Florida, US.
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1861
Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry.
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1867
There were only 354 days this year in the newly purchased territory of Alaska.
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1872
In Japan, this leap year runs with only 354 days as the country dropped 12 days in the month of December.
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1892
In Samoa, this was the only leap year spanned to 367 days as July 4 repeated.
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1900
As of March 1 (O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 (O.S. February 15), 2100.
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1905
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony is subtitled The Year 1905 to commemorate this) and the start of Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland.
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1908
This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time.
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1912
This year is notable for the sinking of the ''Titanic'', which occurred on April 15th.
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1915
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
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1917
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
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1918
The ceasefire that effectively ended the First World War took place on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of this year.
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1923
In Greece, this year contained only 352 days as 13 days was skipped to achieve the calendrical switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar.
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1926
In Turkey, the year technically contained only 352 days.
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1950 British Columbia B-36 crash
Sometime after midnight on 14 February 1950, a Convair B-36B, United States Air Force Serial Number 44-92075 assigned to the US 7th Bombardment Wing, Heavy at Carswell Air Force Base in Texas, crashed in northwestern British Columbia on Mount Kologet after jettisoning a Mark 4 nuclear bomb.
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1950 FIFA World Cup
The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams.
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1950 United Kingdom general election
The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first to be held after a full term of a majority Labour government.
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1983
1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
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1990
Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South Africa, and the Baltic states declaring independence from the Soviet Union during Perestroika.
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1991
It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947.
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1992
1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations.
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1993
1993 was designated as.
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1996
1996 was designated as.
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1998
1998 was designated as the International Year of the Ocean.
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2 Squadron SAAF
2 Squadron is a squadron in the South African Air Force which was formed in 1940.
2001
The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror.
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2002
After the September 11 attacks of the previous year, foreign policy and international relations were generally united in combating al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations.
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2003
2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Freshwater In 2003, a United States-led coalition invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
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2005
2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit.
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2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
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2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
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2008
2008 was designated as.
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2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Johannes Kepler.
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2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake.
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2011
The year marked the start of a series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, and in some cases sparking civil wars such as the Syrian civil war and the first Libyan civil war, the former still ongoing while the latter gave way to the second Libyan civil war.
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2012
2012 was designated as.
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2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four different digits (a span of 26 years).
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2014
2014 was designated as.
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2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as.
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2016
2016 was designated as.
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2017
2017 was designated as International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
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2019
This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year.
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2020
The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns, and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in the 1930s.
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2021
Similar to the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple COVID-19 variants.
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2022
The year saw the removal of nearly all COVID-19 restrictions and the reopening of international borders in most countries, while the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines continued.
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2023
The year 2023 saw the decline in severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the WHO (World Health Organization) ending its global health emergency status in May.
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24th Infantry Division (United States)
The 24th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the United States Army that was inactivated in October 1996.
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