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The following events occurred in April 1950: ==April 1, 1950 (Saturday)== *The 1950 United States Census was taken. After seven months of tabulation, the population on that day was announced to have been 150,697,361.〔("U.S. Population Hists Total Of 150,697,361" ), ''St. Petersburg (FL) Evening Independent'', November 2, 1950, p1〕 The population sixty years later (April 1, 2010) would be more than doubled, at 308,745,538.〔("U.S. Census Bureau Announces 2010 Census Population Counts — Apportionment Counts Delivered to President" ), Census.gov〕 *Owen Lattimore, who had been stationed in Afghanistan when Senator Joe McCarthy accused him of being a Soviet agent within the U.S. State Department, returned to the United States to confront the charges.〔"Lattimore Back, Denies He's Red", ''Miami Daily News'', April 1, 1950, p1〕 *Theodore Donay, a German-born American who had previously been convicted of treason for helping a German bomber pilot escape during World War II, vanished while under investigation by the FBI. Donay rented a motorboat at California's Santa Catalina Island, then abandoned it. Hours later, a foreign submarine was sighted off of Point Arguello.〔"Traitor Vanishes As Sub Is Sighted Off California", ''Miami Daily News'', April 3, 1950, p1〕 *Born: Samuel Alito, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court since 2006, in Trenton, New Jersey *Died: Charles R. Drew, 45, African-American surgeon, who pioneered preservation techniques for use in blood banks, following an automobile accident.〔"Prominent Negro Surgeon Is Killed When Car Wrecked Near Haw River", ''Burlington (NC) Daily Times News'', April 1, 1950, p9〕 An urban legend arose that Drew, whose work had saved so many lives, died because he was turned away from the nearest hospital because of his race. In reality, Drew and the other three passengers in his car were taken to the Alamance General Hospital in Burlington, North Carolina, but physicians were unable to save him.〔Gail B. Stewart, ''Urban Legends'' (ReferencePoint Press, 2012) pp14-16〕 *Died: F.O. Matthiessen, 48, American historian and literary critic, after jumping to his death from the 12th story of a Boston hotel.〔"Harvard Professor Dies In 12-Story Hotel Leap", ''Miami Daily News'', April 1, 1950, p1〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「April 1950」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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