1950 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1950?
- January 26, 1950 – The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India.
- 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.
- March 7, 1950 – Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.
- March 17, 1950 – Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name “Californium”.
- April 19, 1950 – Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 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.
- July 4, 1950 – The first broadcast by Radio Free Europe.
- July 5, 1950 – Korean War: Task Force Smith – First clash between American and North Korean forces in the Battle of Osan.
- July 24, 1950 – Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
- August 17, 1950 – Hill 303 massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army.
- August 25, 1950 – President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation’s railroads to avert a strike.
- September 3, 1950 – “Nino” Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers’ champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
- September 15, 1950 – Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon
- October 9, 1950 – Goyang Geumjeong Cave Massacre started.
- 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.
- November 5, 1950 – Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
- November 13, 1950 – General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
- 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.
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