1950 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1950?
- January 6, 1950 – The United Kingdom recognizes the People’s Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
- January 21, 1950 – Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
- February 17, 1950 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- 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.
- April 27, 1950 – Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
- May 13, 1950 – The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
- June 25, 1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
- July 5, 1950 – Zionism: the Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
- July 14, 1950 – Korean War: North Korean troops initiate the Battle of Taejon.
- August 18, 1950 – Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements.
- August 20, 1950 – Korean War: United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Naktong River and assault the city of Taegu.
- August 22, 1950 – Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis.
- October 11, 1950 – Television: CBS’s mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
- 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 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.
- November 25, 1950 – The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950, otherwise known at the time as the “Storm of the Century”, strikes New England with hurricane force winds resulting in massive forest blow-downs and storm surge damage along the Northeast coast including New York City. This storm also brings blizzard conditions to the Appalachian Mountains and Ohio Valley, becoming one of the worst storms of all time. 353 people die in the event.
- December 9, 1950 – Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
- 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.
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