At A Glance

12 August 1950 at a glance

Day of the week
12 August 1950 was a Saturday.
Top Film of 1950
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1950 was Cinderella.
Star sign
The star sign for 12 August is Leo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 12 August 1950 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for August is Peridot.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 12 August 1950 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 12 August

  • 1944 World War II: Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, becoming the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces.
  • 1960 Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
  • 1964 South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
  • 1977 The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
  • 1981 The IBM Personal Computer is released.

Famous people born on 12 August

  • Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1927–2007)
  • Peter Krause, American actor (born 1965)
  • George IV (1762–1830)
  • Casey Affleck, American actor (born 1975)

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Events of 1950 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1950 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 13 January – Siobhán McKenna starred in San Siobhán, her own translation of George Bernard Shaw's play Saint Joan into Irish.
  • 12 May – Nationalist senators and members of parliament in Northern Ireland asked the Government of Ireland to give Northern-elected representatives seats in Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann.
  • 1 July – Sir Gilbert Laithwaite, hitherto British Representative to Ireland, became the first British Ambassador to Ireland. (Frederick Boland was the first Irish ambassador to the United Kingdom.)
More events of 1950 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in Ireland in 1950

Taoiseach

John A. Costello

Petrol (per litre)

1s 6d/gal

Loaf of Bread

4d

Average House

£1,200

Weekly Wage

£3

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Famous Faces Born in the 1950s

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Pierce Brosnan16 May 1953ActorView their day →Brendan Gleeson29 March 1955ActorView their day →Fiona Shaw10 July 1958ActressView their day →Gabriel Byrne12 May 1950ActorView their day →Colm Meaney30 May 1953ActorView their day →Bob Geldof5 October 1951Singer-songwriter & political activistView their day →Catherine Connolly5 November 1955President of IrelandView their day →Shane MacGowan25 December 1957Singer-songwriterView their day →

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