Manager Phillip Noyce

Events in 1950 and 29-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Phillip Noyce

• Korean War begins when North Korean Communist forces invade South Korea.
• Sino-Soviet friendship treaty signed.
• Communist Chinese forces invade Tibet.
• British atomic physicist Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. Background: The Cold War

Birthday Phillip Noyce (29-4) in history

• Day 29-4 year 1429: The heroine, Joanna of Arc, has entered the city of Orléans. She ended its months-long siege and became known as "The Handmaid of Orléans."
• Day 29-4 year 1916: The Easter rebellion in Ireland ended with the surrender of Irish nationalists.
• Day 29-4 year 1945: American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp.
• Day 29-4 year 1978: Japan's Naomi Uemura, traveling by sled dog, became the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
• Day 29-4 year 1980: Film director Alfred Hitchcock died at age of 80.
• Day 29-4 year 1986: Pitcher Roger Clemens set a major league baseball record by striking out 20 batters in a regular nine-inning game. He repeated his feat in 1996.
• Day 29-4 year 1992: A Los Angeles jury acquitted four police officers accused of beating Rodney King. Massive rioting and looting ensued.
• Day 29-4 year 1997: The first joint U.S.-Russian space walk was made by Jerry Linenger and Vasily Tsibliyev from space station Mir.
• Day 29-4 year 2011: Kate Middleton marries Prince William in a lavish royal wedding at Westminster Abbey in London.