1950

Events

 * September 21:
 * George Marshall becomes United States Secretary of Defense
 * October 7:
 * Walter Smith becomes Director of Central Inteliigence
 * December 1:
 * Richard Nixon becomes a Senator of California

Births

 * January 1:
 * Jacob George Hornberger - Libertarian Presidential candidate in 2020 (Living)
 * March 24:
 * Ann Leila Kirkpatrick - Member of the House of Representatives (Living)
 * April 1:
 * Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (Living)
 * May 23:
 * William Pelham Barr - United States Attorney General (Living)
 * November 23:
 * Charles Ellis Schumer - Senator of New York (Living)

Deaths

 * November 1:
 * John McDuffie - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1883)