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28 March 1950 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 28 March 1950 was a Tuesday.
- Top Film of 1950
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1950 was Cinderella.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 28 March is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 28 March 1950 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 28 March 1950 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 28 March
- 1939 Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege.
- 1941 World War II: First day of the Battle of Cape Matapan in Greece between the navies of the United Kingdom and Australia, and the Royal Italian navy.
- 1942 World War II: A British combined force permanently disables the Louis Joubert Lock in Saint-Nazaire in order to keep the German battleship Tirpitz away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes.
- 1946 Cold War: The United States Department of State releases the Acheson–Lilienthal Report, outlining a plan for the international control of nuclear power.
- 1959 The State Council of the People's Republic of China dissolves the government of Tibet.
Famous people born on 28 March
- Julia Stiles, American actress (born 1981)
- Lady Gaga, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1986)
- Dianne Wiest, American actress (born 1948)
- Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1955)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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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.)
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
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
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 →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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