George Bernard Shaw died on 2 November 1950 in Ayot St Lawrence, aged 94. An Irish playwright, critic and public commentator, Shaw moved from Dublin to London in 1876 and became a leading member of the Fabian Society, which promoted gradual socialism. After working as a music, theatre and art critic, he turned to writing plays that mixed wit with social argument, among them Man and Superman, Major Barbara, Pygmalion and Saint Joan. Pygmalion later became the basis of the musical My Fair Lady. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925 and an Oscar for the screenplay of Pygmalion in 1938, making him the only person to win both. He was a vegetarian and a provocative public figure, and he lived to ninety-four.
Before and after
- from 1 October 1950 to 13 October 1950Battle of Route Coloniale 4
- 9 October 1950Birth of Jody Williams
- 29 October 1950Birth of Abdullah Gül
- 31 October 1950Birth of Zaha Hadid
- 2 November 1950Death of George Bernard Shaw
- 4 November 1950European Convention on Human Rights
- from 27 November 1950 to 13 December 1950Battle of Changjin Reservoir
- 14 December 1950Founding of Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- 1951Golden Bear
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