page_title: July 1950
section_title: July 19, 1950 (Wednesday)
hierarchical_section_title: July 1950 / July 19, 1950 (Wednesday)
caption_attribution_description: English: A photograph of Australian adventurer w:Ben Carlin and his American wife Elinor.
context_page_description: The following events occurred in July 1950:
context_section_description: In New Orleans, U.S. District Judge J. Skelly Wright issued an injunction prohibiting Washington Parish, Louisiana from any further rejection of African American citizens from registering to vote.  On July 28, William Bailey, who brought the federal lawsuit after being denied since 1946, would become the first black registered voter in the 20th Century.  About fifty other black persons registered later that day at the courthouse in Bogalusa.
  Ben Carlin and his wife, Elinore Carlin, set out from Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the Half-Safe, an amphibious jeep, in an effort to become the first persons to drive around the world.  Mrs. Carlin would abandon the journey after several years because of seasickness, and Mr. Carlin, after long stops along the way, would complete his journey on May 13, 1958, nearly eight years after starting. He had driven 39,000 miles on land, and traversed 9,600 miles on the ocean.
  Walt Disney Studios' first completely live-action film, Treasure Island, made its debut.
caption: Mr. and Mrs. Carlin
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