1950 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1950?
- January 7, 1950 – A fire at the Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, kills 41 people.
- January 17, 1950 – The Great Brinks Robbery – 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car Company’s offices in Boston, Massachusetts.
- January 31, 1950 – President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
- February 17, 1950 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- March 1, 1950 – Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
- May 9, 1950 – Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the “Schuman declaration”, is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
- June 27, 1950 – The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War.
- June 28, 1950 – Seoul is captured by North Korean troops.
- June 29, 1950 – The United States defeats England during the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
- July 24, 1950 – Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
- August 18, 1950 – Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
- September 4, 1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
- September 24, 1950 – Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A blue moon (in the astronomical sense) is seen as far away as Europe.
- September 26, 1950 – Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.
- October 19, 1950 – The People’s Republic of China joins the Korean War by sending thousands of troops across the Yalu river to fight United Nations forces.
- October 21, 1950 – Korean War: heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade and the North Korean 239th Regiment during the Battle of Yongju.
- October 30, 1950 – Pope Pius XII witnesses “The Miracle of the Sun” while at the Vatican.
- November 19, 1950 – US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe
- November 24, 1950 – The “Storm of the Century”, a violent snowstorm, takes shape on this date before paralyzing the northeastern United States and the Appalachians the next day, bringing winds up to 100 mph and sub-zero temperatures. Pickens, West Virginia, records 57 inches of snow. 353 people would die as a result of the storm.
- November 26, 1950 – Korean War: Troops from the People’s Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
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