page_title: October 1950
section_title: October 12, 1950 (Thursday)
hierarchical_section_title: October 1950 / October 12, 1950 (Thursday)
caption_attribution_description: English: Publicity photo of George Burns and wife Gracie Allen.
context_page_description: The following events occurred in October 1950:
context_section_description: U.S. President Harry S. Truman was provided with a top secret report from the CIA's Office of Research and Estimates.  Threat of Full Chinese Intervention in Korea (ORE 58-50) stated that "Despite statements by Chou Enlai, troop movements to Manchuria, and propaganda charges of atrocities and border violations... there are no convincing indications of an actual Chinese Communist intention to resort to full-scale intervention in Korea", and that "such action is not probable in 1950" and that "the most favorable time for intervention in Korea has passed".
  The United Nations General Assembly voted for General MacArthur to be the administrator of all UN held territory in North Korea, while South Korea President Syngman Rhee would continue to have authority over territory below the 38th Parallel.
  Two U.S. Navy minesweepers were sunk in the course of attempting to clear floating sea mines from North Korea's Wonsan Harbor as part of Operation Wonsan , a squadron of U.S. Navy warships came into conflict with Korean People's Army (KPA) batteries.  Six U.S. Navy men died, and 43 more were wounded in the blast that sank USS Pirate and USS Pledge.  When carrier planes attempted to drop bombs as a method of clearing the mines, it was "discovered that even a 1,000-pound bomb will not set off a mine".  The remaining vessels and aircraft silenced the enemy guns.
  Turkey entered the Korean War with the arrival of an advance party of the Turkish Brigade at Pusan.  The remaining 5,190 troops arrived five days later.
  The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show premiered on the CBS television network after the husband and wife comedy team became the latest to make a transition from radio.  The radio program had run for 13 years as The Burns and Allen Show.  Gracie Allen reportedly was "petrified" during the initial live broadcast because she had never had to memorize her lines before; on the radio, she was always able to read from her script without being seen by the home audience.
  Born:
  Takeshi Kaga, Japanese actor, as Shigekatsu Katsuta in Kanazawa
  Edward Bloor, American novelist of young adult fiction, in Trenton, New Jersey;
  Died: Bill Cannastra, 29, a central figure in the Beat Generation, was killed in a freak accident when he tried to leave a subway car by climbing through its window.  The train departed the Bleeker Street station in New York before Cannastra could complete his exit, and he was killed by his impact with the subway tunnel.
caption: Burns and Allen
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