What Happened In September 1950 In History

Historical Events for September, 1950

• 4th » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500 (1950–2004) called Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
• 15th » Korean War: United States forces Battle of Inchon e.g land at Inchon
• 23rd » Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II occurred.
• 24th » Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A Blue moon Visibly blue moon or blue moon is seen as far away as Europe.
• 26th » United Nations troops recapture Seoul from North Korean forces.
• 26th » Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.
• 28th » Indonesia joins the United Nations.

Famous Birthdays on September in 1950

• 1st » Mikhail Fradkov, Russian politician, 36th Prime Minister of Russia
• 1st » Phillip Fulmer, American football player and coach
• 1st » Phil McGraw, American psychologist, author, and talk show host
• 2nd » Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
• 2nd » Michael Rother, German guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter (Neu!, Kraftwerk, and Harmonia (band) known as Harmonia)
• 2nd » Yuen Wah, Chinese actor, martial artist, and stuntman
• 4th » Ehteshamuddin, Pakistani cricketer
• 4th » Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
• 5th » Rosie Cooper, English politician
• 5th » Cathy Guisewite, American cartoonist, created 'Cathy'
• 7th » David Cannadine, English historian and author
• 7th » John Friedrich (fraudster) e.g Johann Friedrich, German-Australian engineer (d. 1991)
• 7th » Julie Kavner, American actress and singer
• 7th » Peggy Noonan, American author and journalist
• 8th » Ian Davidson (British politician) known as Ian Davidson, Scottish politician
• 8th » Zachary Richard, American singer-songwriter and poet
• 8th » Mike Simpson, American dentist and politician
• 9th » Gogi Alauddin, Pakistani Squash (sport) e.g squash player and coach
• 9th » John McFee, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Doobie Brothers and Southern Pacific (band) or Southern Pacific)
• 10th » Joe Perry (musician) e.g Joe Perry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Aerosmith and The Joe Perry Project)
• 11th » Anne Dell, Australian biochemist and academic
• 11th » Bruce Doull, Australian footballer
• 11th » Leonora Linter, Russian-Estonian businessman and activist
• 11th » Amy Madigan, American actress and singer
• 11th » Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
• 12th » Marguerite Blais, Canadian journalist and politician
• 12th » Gustav Brunner, Austrian engineer
• 12th » Bruce Mahler, American actor and screenwriter
• 12th » Mike Murphy (ice hockey, born 1950) known as Mike Murphy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 12th » Cynthia Myers, American model and actress (d. 2011)
• 13th » Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Polish lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Poland
• 13th » Jacky Robert, French-American chef
• 13th » Klaus Wunder, German footballer
• 13th » Pat Holland e.g Patsy Holland, English footballer and manager
• 14th » Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (free (band) or Free, Black Cat Bones, and Back Street Crawler (band) known as Back Street Crawler) (d. 1976)
• 14th » Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver
• 14th » Mike Nifong, American lawyer and politician
• 14th » John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (d. 1989)
• 15th » Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Pakistani-English caliph
• 16th » The Bellamy Brothers known as David Bellamy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Bellamy Brothers)
• 16th » Henry Louis Gates, American educator, scholar, and author
• 16th » Loyd Grossman, American-English singer, guitarist, and television host
• 17th » Narendra Modi, Indian politician, 15th Prime Minister of India
• 17th » Fee Waybill, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Tubes)
• 18th » Shabana Azmi, Indian actress and singer
• 18th » Siobhan Davies, English dancer and choreographer
• 18th » Chris Heister, Swedish politician, Governor of Stockholm County
• 18th » Darryl Sittler, Canadian ice hockey player
• 18th » Anna Deavere Smith, American actress and playwright
• 19th » Joan Lunden, American journalist and author
• 19th » Michael Proctor (academic) e.g Michael Proctor, English physicist, mathematician, and academic
• 21st » Charles Clarke, English economist and politician, Secretary of State for Education
• 21st » Bill Murray, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 22nd » Kirka, Finnish singer (d. 2007)
• 23rd » George Garzone, American saxophonist and educator
• 24th » Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 24th » Alan Colmes, American comedian and talk show host
• 24th » John Kessel, American author, poet, and playwright
• 24th » Harriet Walter, English actress
• 24th » Kristina Wayborn, Swedish model and actress, Miss Sweden named Miss Sweden 1970
• 25th » Stanisław Szozda, Polish cyclist (d. 2013)
• 27th » Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor and martial artist
• 28th » Paul Burgess (musician) Paul Burgess, English drummer (10cc, Jethro Tull (band) Jethro Tull, Camel (band) Camel, Magna Carta (band) Magna Carta, and The Icicle Works)
• 28th » Laurie Lewis, American singer and fiddler
• 28th » John Sayles, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 29th » Ken Macha, American baseball player and manager
• 30th » Laura Esquivel, Mexican author and screenwriter
• 30th » Victoria Tennant, English actress and dancer
• 30th » Renato Zero, Italian singer-songwriter and actor

Famous Deaths for September 1950

• 6th » Olaf Stapledon, English philosopher and author (b. 1886)
• 11th » Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1870)
• 16th » Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)
• 23rd » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
• 24th » Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)

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