1950

The year 1950 AD.
==Events==
* Publication begins of the Cave 1 Dead Sea Scrolls.
* The people of Liberal, USA and Olney, England, begin holding the "International Pancake Day" race between the two towns on Shrove Tuesday
* Pope Pius XII issues the encyclical Humani Generis takes a neutral position regarding evolution
* October 17: Philippe Cardinal Barbarin of France - born 17 October 1950 Archbishop of Lyon 
* November 1: Pope Pius XII issues the apostolic constitution, Munificentissimus Deus, defining ex cathedra the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven.
* November 21: Pope Pius XII issues the apostolic constitution, Sponsa Christi
==Births and Deaths==
* October 17: Philippe Cardinal Barbarin of France named Archbishop of Lyon
==See also==
20th century
Category:20th century