You Bet Your Life debuted in October 1947 on radio on ABC ( which aired it from 1947 – 49 ), sponsored by costume jewelry manufacturer Allen Gellman ; and then on CBS ( 1949 – 50 ), and finally NBC, continuing until May 1961 — on radio only, 1947 – 1950 ; on both radio and television, 1950 – 1960 ; and on television only, 1960-1961.

By the time You Bet Your Life debuted on TV on October 5, 1950, Groucho had grown a real mustache ( which he had already sported earlier in the films Copacabana and Love Happy ).

When Haiti announced that its first direct elections ( all men twenty-one or over were allowed to vote ) would be held on October 8, 1950, Magloire resigned from the junta and declared himself a candidate for president.

This was followed on October 3, 1948 by an appearance on the NBC TV series Welcome Aboard, then a stint as the first of a series of hosts of The Colgate Comedy Hour in 1950.

* 13 October 1950 – Robert Lehr ( CDU ) succeeds Heinemann as Minister of the Interior.

Meanwhile, the investigation into the British Embassy leak was still ongoing, and the stress of it was exacerbated by the arrival in Washington, in October 1950, of Guy Burgess – Philby's unstable, dangerously alcoholic, and flamboyantly homosexual Cambridge colleague and fellow Soviet spy.

The Oxford English Dictionary records its earliest known English-language usage of brainwashing in an article by Edward Hunter in New Leader published on 7 October 1950.

In October 1950, party committees began to be organized within the military.

The FCC had briefly approved a different color television standard, starting in October 1950, which was developed by CBS.

Corp. acquiring the majority of the cartoons and live action short subjects released before October 1950 ( exceptions are noted below ), in 1955.

The sign was switched on for the first time on 10 October 1950, watched by a large crowd.

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* " Titanium: Our Next Major Metal ", Popular Science, October 1950 — one of first general public detailed articles on Titanium

Written by Lewis between 1949 and 1954, illustrated by Pauline Baynes and originally published in London between October 1950 and March 1956, The Chronicles of Narnia has been adapted several times, complete or in part, for radio, television, the stage, and film.

The books were first published in the United Kingdom by Geoffrey Bles, with the first edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe released in London on 16 October 1950.

The Convention of the World Meteorological Organization was signed 11 October 1947 and established upon ratification in 1950.

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

* October 11 – Lionel Cripps, Rhodesian politician ( d. 1950 )

* October 31 – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian political leader ( Iron Man of India ) ( d. 1950 )

* October 1 – Othmar Spann, Austrian philosopher and economist ( d. 1950 )

On 12 October 1950, two U. S. minesweepers hit mines and sank.

Laurette Marcia " Laura " Gemser ( born October 5, 1950, Java, Indonesia ) is a Dutch-based actress of Indo descent, now Italian citizen.

The actor Norman Painting played Phil Archer continuously from the first trial series in 1950 until his death on 29 October 2009.

* Contestado War ( 1912-1916 ): Was a guerrilla war for land between settlers and landowners, the latter supported by the Brazilian state's police and military forces, that lasted from October 1912 to August 1916.

The UDR was a crucial component of the majority that supported the D ' Alema government in October 1998, after the fall of the Prodi government which lost a vote of confidence.

Irving Stowe arranged a benefit concert ( supported by Joan Baez ) that took place on October 16, 1970 at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver.

On 31 October 2007 the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate, by a vote of 17 to 4, recommended ratification, and President George W. Bush publicly supported U. S. accession to the Convention ; no date has yet been set for action by the full Senate.

After an open letter from ICANN issuing an ultimatum to VeriSign, later supported by the IAB, the company voluntarily shut down the service on October 4, 2003.

During Lebanon's civil war, Syria's troop deployment in Lebanon was legitimized by the Lebanese Parliament in the Taif Agreement, supported by the Arab League, and is given a major share of the credit for finally bringing the civil war to an end in October 1990.

In a referendum on October 25, 1992 — the first general vote of the people since their declared independence — 56. 75 % of the total number of voters supported the new constitution.

* 1927 October 6The seventh CGPM adjusts the definition of the metre to be the distance, at, between the axes of the two central lines marked on the prototype bar of platinum-iridium, this bar being subject to one standard atmosphere of pressure and supported on two cylinders of at least diameter, symmetrically placed in the same horizontal plane at a distance of from each other.

He supported Cesare Borgia and reconfirmed him as Gonfalonier ; but after a brief pontificate of twenty-six days he died ( 18 October 1503 ) of an ulcer in the leg, or, as some have alleged, of poison administered at the instigation of Pandolfo Petrucci, governor of Siena.

As Chancellor, Gladstone made a speech at Newcastle on 7 October 1862 in which he supported the independence of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War, claiming that Jefferson Davis had " made a nation ".

As of October 2010, the Linux implementation of XFS supported the required on-disk metadata for DMAPI implementation, but the kernel support was reportedly not usable.

Zamyatin originally supported the October Revolution, but opposed the increasing use of censorship which followed.

* October 17 – Battle of Placentia: Ricimer, supported by Majorian ( comes domesticorum ), defeats near Piacenza ( Northern Italy ) the usurper Avitus.

After Henry's death ( October 1139 ), the war was continued by his son Henry the Lion, supported by the Saxons, and by his brother Welf VI.

On 1 October 1982, the CDU proposed a constructive vote of no confidence which was supported by the FDP.

On 30 October 2008, Nature endorsed an American presidential candidate for the first time when it supported Barack Obama during his campaign in America's 2008 presidential election.

By October 1982, Le Pen supported the prospect of deals with the mainstream right, provided that the FN did not have to soften its position on key issues.

But the next year, Margaret was left despairing when Clarence and Warwick supported a French-backed Lancastrian invasion of England: although she, together with her mother Cecily, Dowager Duchess of York, attempted to reconcile Clarence and Edward IV, the rebellion continued, and on 2 October 1470 the Lancastrians were returned to power and Edward had fled to Margaret and Charles in Burgundy.

According to a CBS poll, 92 % of Panamanian adults supported the U. S. incursion, and 76 % wished that U. S. forces had invaded in October during the coup.

The clash culminated in a coup on 30 October 1429, supported by Friedrich and led by Oswald against the bishop, who while being a prisoner of Oswald was beaten publicly by him.

Probus sent some troops against the new usurper, but when those troops changed sides and supported Carus, Probus's remaining soldiers then assassinated him at Sirmium ( September / October 282 ).

When Charles Portal was made Chief of the Air Staff in October 1940 he supported Douglas, moving Park and Dowding and appointing Douglas to replace Dowding as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief ( AOCinC ) of Fighter Command.

In October 1972 Congress passed legislation creating a second deputy secretary of defense position, a proposal Laird strongly supported, even though he never filled the position.

Since October 2010, the county board of commissioners has supported a " strategic investment program " for another wind power project in Oregon, Horizon Wind Energy's proposed Antelope Ridge Wind Farm ; after delays due to concerns about the project's impact on wildlife, the project has received support from Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.