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27 May 1950 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 27 May 1950 was a Saturday.
- Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
- “Hop Scotch Polka” recorded by Guy Lombardo, Art Mooney and Gene Rayburn was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.
- Top Film of 1950
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1950 was Cinderella.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 27 May is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 27 May 1950 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 27 May 1950 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 27 May
- 1941 World War II: U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaims an "unlimited national emergency".
- 1950 The Linnanmäki amusement park is opened for the first time in Helsinki.
- 1958 First flight of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
- 1960 In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office.
- 1962 The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
Famous people born on 27 May
- Christopher Lee, English actor (1922–2015)
- Paul Bettany, English actor (born 1971)
- Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (1923–2023)
- João Cancelo, Portuguese footballer (born 1994)
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Events of 1950 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1950 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 8 February – Petrol rationing ends, nearly ten years after it was introduced during World War II.
- 6 May – A state election is held in Tasmania. The result is a hung parliament, but Robert Cosgrove's Labor Party remains in power with independent support.
- 13 May – A state election is held in Victoria.
Life in Australia in 1950
Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
Monarch
King George VI
Petrol (per litre)
$0.03
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Average House
$3,000
Weekly Wage
$8.00
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