Events in the year 1950 in West Germany and East Germany.
Incumbents
West Germany President – Theodor Heuss Chancellor – Konrad Adenauer
East Germany First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party – Walter Ulbricht President – Wilhelm Pieck Minister-President – Otto Grotewohl
Events April 30 - The last Ration stamps (for sugar) expire in West Germany; In the GDR, food stamps were still in use until 1958. June 5 - German broadcaster ARD started. July 6 - Treaty of Zgorzelec was signed between the Republic of Poland and East Germany (GDR). July 19 - The Central Council of Jews in Germany is founded. August 5 - Publication of the Charter of German Expellees. September 7 - Schwarzwaldmädel, the first German color film after the end of the war, premieres in Stuttgart. It ushers in an era of local film in West Germany. September 19 - At the conference of foreign ministers of the three Western powers in New York, the federal government in Bonn was recognized as the only “free and legally constituted” government in Germany. October 5–9 - Himmerod memorandum October 19 - East German general election, 1950
Births January 9 - Rio Reiser, singer (died 1996) January 21 - Marion Becker, athlete January 22 - Werner Schulz, politician (died 2022) January 27 - Ulrich Deppendorf, journalist January 30 - Reinhold Kauder, canoeist February 2 - Barbara Sukowa, actress February 8 - Manfred Milinski, biologist March 6 - Felix Genn, German bishop of Roman Catholic Church March 12 – Traudl Treichl, German alpine skier March 22 - Hugo Egon Balder, actor and comedian March 22 - Herman Weigel, German film producer April 25 - Peter Hintze, German politician (died 2016) April 30 - Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt, German judge May 12 - Renate Stecher, athlete May 16 - Georg Bednorz, physicist May 18 - Thomas Gottschalk, actor and television presenter May 26 - Werner Bergmann, sociologist May 31 - Christine Kurzhals, politician (died 1998) June 15 - Heidi Schüller, long jumper June 16 - Klaus Lage, singer June 21 - Ferdinand Kirchhof, judge June 20 - Gudrun Landgrebe, actress July 7 - Gerda Hasselfeldt, politician July 27- David Storl, track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put August 5 - Rosi Mittermaier, alpine ski racer (died 2023) August 12 – Iris Berben, actress September 2 - Michael Rother, musician September 23 - Dietmar Lorenz, judoka (died 2021) October 13 - Annegret Richter, athlete October 28 - Annette Humpe, singer November 10 - Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller, historian (died 2023) November 17 - Roland Matthes, swimmer (died 2019) November 28 - Hans Fassnacht, swimmer
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