Baseball The New York Yankees are the World Champs of Baseball, beating the New York Giants, 4 games to 1. Football The Washington Redskins win the National Football League title, beating the Chicago Bears, 28-21. The first Cotton Bowl is played in Dallas, Texas. Golf Byron Nelson won The Masters Ralph Guldahl took the US Open Henry Cotton was the British Open … [Read more...]
Movies 1937
At the Academy Awards.. Oscar was 10 years old and the Best Picture award was known as the “Outstanding Production” award. It was the last year for the Best Assistant Director award (given to Robert Webb for In Old Chicago). Walt Disney Productions won a special Oscar for the design of the Multi-Plane Camera used extensively for the first animated … [Read more...]
Famous Deaths 1950
Died in 1950... George Orwell Sid Grauman George Bernard Shaw Harry Lauder Kurt Weill Vaslav Nijinsky Buddy De Sylva Al Jolson Walter Damrosch Emil Jannings, actor Walter Huston … [Read more...]
Famous Birthdays 1950
Born in 1950.. Morgan Fisher (Mott the Hoople) Chris Stein (Blondie) Billy Ocean Pat Simmons (The Doobie Brothers) Danny Federici (E Street Band) Ross Valory (Santana) Natalie Cole Danny Seals Steve Hackett (Genesis) Peter Gabriel Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash) Walter Becker (Steely Dan) Jonathan Cain (Journey) Karen Carpenter … [Read more...]
Sports 1950
Baseball The New York Yankees are the World Champs of Baseball, sweeping the Philadelphia Phillies in 4 games in the World Series. Basketball The Minneapolis Lakers beat the Syracuse Nationals for the NBA Crown, 4 games to 2. Football The Cleveland Browns beat the Los Angeles Rams 30-28, to win the National Football League Championship. Golf Jimmy Demaret won The … [Read more...]