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25 May 1950 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 25 May 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 25 May is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 25 May 1950 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 25 May 1950 was First Quarter.
On this day: 25 May
- 1940 World War II: The German 2nd Panzer Division captures the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer; the surrender of the last French and British troops marks the end of the Battle of Boulogne.
- 1946 The Emirate of Transjordan becomes independent from the United Kingdom as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan after ratifying the Treaty of London and making their Amir, Abdullah I, their King.
- 1953 Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
- 1953 The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
- 1955 First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: On the British Kangchenjunga expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reach the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
Famous people born on May 25
- Ian McKellen, English actor (born 1939)
- Cillian Murphy, Irish actor (born 1976)
- Anne Heche, American actress (1969–2022)
- Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and activist (1886–1945)
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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
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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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