Most commentators consider Marcel Mauss ( 1872 – 1950 ), nephew of the influential sociologist Émile Durkheim, to be the founder of the French anthropological tradition.

Alfred Habdank Skarbek Korzybski () ( July 3, 1879 – March 1, 1950 ) was a Polish-American philosopher and scientist.

13, No. 1 ( Feb., 1950 ), pp. 76 – 77.

* 1884 – Walter Huston, Canadian actor ( d. 1950 )

* 1950 – Cleo Odzer, American writer

* 1950 – Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman

* 1950 – David Cassidy, American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist ( The Partridge Family )

* 1950 – Charles Fleischer, American actor

* 1950 – Dorian Harewood, American actor

Bradman was succeeded as Australian captain by Lindsay Hassett, who led the team to 4 – 1 victory in 1950 – 51.

* 1950 – Jussi Adler-Olsen, Danish author

* 1950 – Kathryn Harrold, American actress

* 1950 – Lance Ito, American judge

* 1950 – Sue Rodriguez, Canadian assisted suicide advocate ( d. 1994 )

* 1950 – Charles R. Drew, American physician ( b. 1904 )

* Nedelkovh, Aleksandar B. British and American Science Fiction Novel 1950 – 1980 with the Theme of Alternative History ( an Axiological Approach ).

* 1950 – Bunkhouse Buck, American wrestler

* 1950 – Jim Carroll, American poet and actor ( d. 2009 )

* 1950 – Roy Williams, American basketball coach

* 1950 – John Landis, American director

* 1950 – Jo Marie Payton, American actress

Spanish historiography was influenced by the " Annales School " starting in 1950 with Jaime Vincens Vives ( 1910 – 1960 ).

* 1879 – Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous ( d. 1950 )

* 1950 – Willie Hall, American drummer ( The Bar-Kays )

This view was challenged by China and North Korea, who accused the U. S. of large-scale field testing of biological warfare against them during the Korean War ( 1950 – 1953 ), but this claim has been disputed.

" In a secret 1950 document, NSC-68, they proposed to strengthen their alliance systems, quadruple defense spending, and embark on an elaborate propaganda campaign to convince the U. S. public to fight this costly cold war.

In early 1950, the U. S. took its first efforts to oppose communist forces in Vietnam ; planned to form a West German army, and prepared proposals for a peace treaty with Japan that would guarantee long-term U. S. military bases there.

In early 1950, the United States made its first commitment to form a peace treaty with Japan that would guarantee long-term U. S. military bases.

Some observers ( including George Kennan ) believed that the Japanese treaty led Stalin to approve a plan to invade U. S .- supported South Korea on June 25, 1950.

Published 1964 as Atlas of the Heavens-II Catalogue 1950. 0, Sky Publishing Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U. S. A.

In 1950 U. S. servicemen in Korea voted her their favorite star.

At the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, rather than waiting for the draft, he volunteered for the U. S. Army to have some choice in assignments.

From 1950 to 1953, he was attached to the U. S. Embassy in London as a scientific liaison officer with the Office of Naval Research, where he studied research programs in Europe into cosmic radiation and nuclear physics.

After various Korean border conflicts, war broke out with U. S .- allied South Korea in 1950, starting the Korean War.

Following World War II, a nationwide movement pressed to return to pre-war society as quickly as possible in the U. S. When combined with the increasing national paranoia about communism and psychoanalytic theory that had become pervasive in medical knowledge, homosexuality became an undesired characteristic of employees working for the U. S. government in 1950.

* 1950 – Television: CBS's mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U. S. Federal Communications Commission.

In 1950, the U. S. Congress gave Puerto Ricans the right to organize a constitutional convention, contingent on the results of a referendum, where the electorate would determine if they wished to organize their own government pursuant to a constitution of their own choosing.

* In 1950 Menzies was awarded the Legion of Merit ( Chief Commander ) by U. S. President Harry S. Truman for " exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services 1941 – 1944 and December 1949 – July 1950 ".

In the U. S., 1950 was the first year that more people lived in suburbs than elsewhere.

Homosexuals were included in this list by the U. S. State Department in 1950, on the theory that they were prone to blackmail.

In April 1950, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission ordered " Scientific American " to cease publication of an issue containing an article by Hans Bethe that appeared to reveal classified information about the thermonuclear " H-bomb.

A patent for such a device was issued to New York restaurateur Juvenico Maldonado in 1950, based on his patent filing of 1947 ( U. S. Patent No. 2, 506, 305 ).< ref >

As a result, from 1950 onward, Thailand had received both military and economic aid from the U. S .. With regard to his economic policy, the Phibulsongkram Government set up many state enterprises, which was seen as a culmination of economic nationalism in the country.

* On November 1, 1950, two Puerto Rican nationalists staged an attempted assassination on U. S. President Harry S. Truman.

* October 17 – James Rudolph Garfield, U. S. politician ( d. 1950 )