Rashomon, which premiered in Tokyo in August 1950, and which also starred Mifune, became, on September 10, 1951, the surprise winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and was subsequently released in Europe and North America.

Bohr worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton in early 1948, and later at Columbia University from January 1949 to August 1950.

Pasternak's translation of the first part of Faust led him to be attacked in the August 1950 edition of Novy Mir.

Included in that collection were “ Judgment Night ” ( first published in August and September, 1943 ), the lush rendering of a future galactic empire with a sober meditation on the nature of power and its inevitable loss ; “ The Code ” ( July, 1945 ), an homage to the classic Faust with modern theories and Lovecraftian dread ; “ Promised Land ” ( February, 1950 ) and “ Heir Apparent ” ( July, 1950 ) both documenting the grim twisting that mankind must undergo in order to spread into the solar system ; and “ Paradise Street ” ( September, 1950 ), a futuristic take on the Old West conflict between lone hunter and wilderness-taming settlers.

Blyton was born on 11 August 1897 at 354 Lordship Lane, East Dulwich, London, England, the eldest child of Thomas Carey Blyton ( 1870 – 1920 ), a salesman of cutlery, and his wife, Theresa Mary Harrison Blyton ( 1874 – 1950 ).

The Charter of the German Expellees () of August 5, 1950, announced their belief in requiring that " the right to the homeland is recognized and carried out as one of the fundamental rights of mankind given by God ", while renouncing revenge and retaliation in the face of the " unending suffering " ( unendliche Leid ) of the previous decade, and supporting the unified effort to rebuild Germany and Europe.

His siblings were August ( 1872 – 1952 ), Johannes ( 1873 – 1937 ), Lilli ( 1879 – 1950 ) and Elisabeth, who died shortly after birth in c. 1880.

In talks, interviews and round-table discussions broadcast on Hessen Radio, South-West Radio and Radio Bremen, Adorno discussed topics as diverse as “ The Administered World ” ( September 1950 ), “ What is the Meaning of ‘ Working Through the Past ?”’ ( February 1960 ) to “ The Teaching Profession and its Taboos ” ( August 1965 ).

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (; 3 September 1900-31 August 1986 ), was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland ( 1950 – 1953, 1954 – 1956 ) and later as the eighth and longest-serving President of Finland ( 1956 – 1982 ).

O ' Dwyer resigned from office on August 31, 1950.

* On 15 August 1950 an earthquake and floods in Assam, India killed 574 and left 5, 000, 000 homeless.

* August 20 – Rio Reiser, German rock musician and singer ( b. 1950 )

* August 17 – Julia Marlowe, stage actress ( d. 1950 )

* August 15 – Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and computing pioneer ( d. 1950 )

* August 29 – Albert Lebrun, French politician ( d. 1950 )

* August 15 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian nationalist, writer, and mystic ( d. 1950 )

* August 4 – Harry Lauder, Scottish entertainer ( d. 1950 )

* August 22 – Jack Layton, Canadian politician ( b. 1950 )

Powell had a copy of a State Department Policy Statement from 15 August 1950, in which the American government said that the " agitation " caused by partition in Ireland " lessens the usefulness of Ireland in international organisations and complicates strategic planning for Europe ".

On August 31, 1950, O ' Dwyer, pursued by both federal and state investigators, was suddenly appointed by President Harry S. Truman as ambassador to Mexico, where he would be beyond the reach of officials who wanted his public testimony in several matters on which he preferred not to speak.

On August 14, 1950, twelve climbers ( V. Aksenov, K, Zaporojchenko, Y. Izrael, V. Kovalev, A. Kormshikov, Y. Maslov, E. Nagel, V. Narishkin, V. Nikonov, V. Nozdryuhin, I. Rojkov ) under the direction of Vladimir Racek reached the summit for the fourth time.

A condensed version of the novel was published in serial form in 1950 in Boys ' Life magazine ( August, September, October, November 1950 ), under the title " Satellite Scout ".

In August 1956 Souvanna and the Communist Pathet Lao, which his half-brother Souphanouvong headed agreed on broad proposals for a ‘ government of national union ’.

In August 1950, Souphanouvong joined the Viet Minh in their headquarters north of Hanoi, Vietnam, and become the head of the Pathet Lao, along with its political arm dubbed Neo Lao Hak Sat ( Lao Patriotic Front ).

In August, 1950, Souphanouvong had joined the Viet Minh in their headquarters north of Hanoi, Vietnam, and become the head of the Pathet Lao, along with its political arm dubbed Neo Lao Hak Sat ( Lao Patriotic Front ).

The long-lasting sejm convened by Stanisław August in 1788 is known as the Great, or Four-Year Sejm.

In 1919, a national assembly was convened in Weimar, where a new constitution for the German Reich was written, then adopted on 11 August of that same year.

The English invasion campaign had subdued most of the country by August and, after removing the Stone of Destiny from Scone Abbey and transporting it to Westminster Abbey, Edward convened a parliament at Berwick, where the Scottish nobles paid homage to him as King of England.

Finally, on 8 July and 8 August, the king announced his intention to bring back the Estates General, the traditional elected legislature of the country which had not been convened since 1614.

A Cabinet meeting convened on 13 August failed to agree, and a final decision was postponed until 14 September.

The principal event of the golden jubilee of Indian independence was President K. R. Narayanan's midnight address to the nation during the special session of Parliament convened on the night of 14 August ; in this address, he identified the establishment of a democratic system of government and politics to be the greatest achievement of India since independence.

The Second Dáil was Dáil Éireann as it convened from 16 August 1921 until 8 June 1922.

In August 1950, a federal grand jury was convened to hear the Justice Department's case for indictments.

Returning to Poitiers, de Molay asked the Pope to set up an inquiry to quickly clear the Order of the rumours and accusations surrounding it, and the Pope convened an inquiry on 24 August.

In the first phase, representatives of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States convened between August 21 and September 28.

On 10 August 1928, a constituent assembly convened by the French in Syria was rapidly adjourned when calls were made for a reunification with Palestine.

In August 1953, the Shah finally agreed to Mossadegh's overthrow, after Roosevelt told that the U. S. would proceed with him or without him and formally dismissed the Prime Minister in a written decree, an act that had been made part of the constitution during the Constitution Assembly of 1949, convened under martial law, at which time the power of the monarchy was increased in various ways by the Shah himself.

He was re-elected Speaker of the new Chamber which convened on 26 July 1954 ; but the Chamber was immediately dissolved on 3 August 1954.

At an August 1990 meeting of the nation ’ s intellectuals convened by President Ramiz Alia, Berisha urged the Albanian Party of Labor ( APL ) to abolish the third article of the communist constitution which sanctioned that the Party of Labor had the hegemony of the Power, to recognize the Human Rights Charter, the drafting of a new democratic constitution, and to remove all monuments of Stalin in the country.

To embarrass the GSA, Bergland and his employees convened a press conference on 10 August 1977 to unveil a plaque naming the executive cafeteria " The Alferd Packer Memorial Grill ," announcing that Packer's life exemplified the spirit and fare of the cafeteria and would " serve all mankind.

The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago in late August — convened to select the party's candidates for the November 1968 Presidential election.

On August 23, 1784, delegates from the North Carolina counties of Washington ( which at the time included present day Carter County ), Sullivan, Spencer ( now Hawkins County ) and Greene — all counties in present-day Tennessee — convened in the town of Jonesborough and declared the lands independent of the State of North Carolina.

Quriaqos died in August 817, and the legitimist Jacobite bishops convened a synod in June 818 at Callinicus ( Raqqa ) in which they reiterated their opposition to the use of the phrase ' heavenly bread '.

They convened the Fourth National Protest Day ( August 11, 1983 ) and proposed, in September 1983, the formation of the Socialist Bloc, the first attempt at a unification of Chilean socialism under the slogan " Democracy Now!

The battle started with the next Annual General Meeting which was convened on 22 August 1936 and adjourned from time to time & finally held on 20 September 1936.

The council convened in the Church of the Holy Apostles on August 17, 786.

Accordingly, the first session of the Legislature convened on August 27, 1776.

On 8 August 1958, a preparatory meeting for the Belgian government and the Federal Government of Rhodesia & Nyasaland to discuss the Northern Rhodesia / Congo boundary was convened.

The first proposal dates from a conference held in Tucson that convened on August 29, 1856.