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23 November 1950 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 23 November 1950 was a Thursday.
- Top Film of 1950
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1950 was Cinderella.
- Bestselling Novel of 1950
- “The Cardinal” by Henry Morton Robinson was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1950.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Texaco Star Theater” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1950–51 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 23 November is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 23 November 1950 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 23 November 1950 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 23 November
- 1943 World War II: The Deutsche Opernhaus on Bismarckstraße in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg is destroyed. It will eventually be rebuilt in 1961 and be called the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
- 1943 World War II: Tarawa and Makin atolls fall to American forces.
- 1944 World War II: The Lotta Svärd Movement is disbanded under the terms of the armistice treaty in Finland after the Continuation War.
- 1955 The Cocos Islands are transferred from the control of the United Kingdom to that of Australia.
- 1959 French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
Famous people born on November 23
- Miley Cyrus, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1992)
- Vincent Cassel, French actor and producer (born 1966)
- Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan union leader and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1962)
- Chuck Schumer, American lawyer and politician (born 1950)
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Events of 1950 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1950 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- February 9 – Second Red Scare: In his speech to the Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the U.S. State Department of being filled with 205 Communists.
- February 15 – Walt Disney releases his twelfth animated feature film, Cinderella, in Hollywood.
- March 17 – University of California, Berkeley researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they have named "californium".
Life in the US in 1950
President
Harry S. Truman
Gas (per gallon)
$0.27
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Average House
$7,354
Weekly Wage
$55
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Famous Faces Born in the 1950s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Michael Jackson29 August 1958Singer & songwriterView their day →Anthony Bourdain25 June 1956Chef & television personalityView their day →Bruce Willis19 March 1955ActorView their day →Madonna16 August 1958SingerView their day →Annette Bening29 May 1958ActressView their day →Robin Williams21 July 1951Actor & comedianView their day →Steve Jobs24 February 1955Entrepreneur & co-founder of Apple Inc.View their day →Prince7 June 1958MusicianView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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