1950 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1950?
- January 7, 1950 – A fire at the Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, kills 41 people.
- January 14, 1950 – The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
- February 9, 1950 – Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
- February 17, 1950 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- 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.
- May 19, 1950 – A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city.
- June 8, 1950 – Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history.
- June 28, 1950 – Hangang Bridge bombing: Korean War.
- July 2, 1950 – The Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down.
- July 4, 1950 – The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe.
- July 5, 1950 – Zionism: the Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
- September 4, 1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
- September 15, 1950 – Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon
- September 28, 1950 – Indonesia joins the United Nations.
- October 2, 1950 – Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published
- October 3, 1950 – Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San, primarily pitting Australian and British forces against communist China, begins.
- October 11, 1950 – Television: CBS’s mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
- December 16, 1950 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight with communist North Korea in the Korean War.
- December 17, 1950 – The F-86 Sabre’s first mission over Korea.
- December 25, 1950 – The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.
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