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1950
The 20th Century Almanac · The Fifties

1950

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

North Korean tanks rolled across the 38th parallel, plunging the world into the Korean War as President Truman committed U.S. forces under the UN flag. Senator Joseph McCarthy launched his Red Scare crusade, and Joseph Mankiewicz's All About Eve dazzled critics.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
All About Eve
Nobel · Literature
Russell
World Series
New York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Philli
No. 1 Song
Top TV
Academy · Actor
Jose Ferrer

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1950

Champions

NBAMinneapolis Lakers vs. Syracuse Nationals Series: 4-2
NCAA FootballOklahoma Record: 10-1-0
Heisman TrophyVic Janowicz, ohio state, HB points: 633
Stanley CupDetroit Red Wings vs. New York Rangers Series: 4-3 US Open Golf: Ben Hogan Score: 287 Course: Merion Golf Club Location: Ardmore, PA
World CupUruguay vs. Brazil Score: 2-1
World SeriesNew York Yankees vs. Philadelphia Phillies Series: 4-0

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

  1. Samson and Delilah
  2. Battleground
  3. King Solomon's Mines
  4. Cheaper by the Dozen
  5. Annie Get Your Gun
  6. Cinderella
  7. Father of the Bride
  8. Sands of Iwo Jima
  9. Broken Arrow
  10. Twelve O'Clock High - Henry King

Academy Awards

Honoring 1950
Best Picture
All About Eve
Best Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All About Eve
Best Actor
Jose Ferrer
Cyrano de Bergerac
Best Actress
Judy Holliday
Born Yesterday

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
The prize was awarded jointly to: DIELS, OTTO, PAUL HERMANN, Germany, Kiel University, b. 1876, d. 1954; and ALDER, KURT, Germany, Cologne University, b. 1902, d. 1958: "for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis"
Literature
RUSSELL, Earl (BERTRAND ARTHUR WILLIAM), Great Britain, b. 1872, d. 1970: "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"
Peace
BUNCHE, RALPH, Professor Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, b. 1904, d. 1971: Director of the UN Division of Trusteeship, Acting Mediator in Palestine 1948
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to: KENDALL, EDWARD CALVIN, U.S.A., Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, b. 1886, d. 1972; REICHSTEIN, TADEUS, Switzerland, Basel University, b. 1897 (in Wloclawek, Poland), d. 1996; and HENCH, PHILIP SHOWALTER, U.S.A.,
Physics
POWELL, CECIL FRANK, Great Britain, Bristol University, b. 1903, d. 1969: "for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method"

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama
Richard Rodgers..."Oscar Hammerstein"
Fiction
A.B. Guthrie Jr. ..."The Way West"
History
Oliver W. Larkin... "Art and Life in America" International Reporting: Edmund Stevens... "Christian Science Monitor" National Reporting: Edwin O. Guthman..."Seattle Times"
Public Service
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