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  • U.S.
    1950
    John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful Mind

    Ph.D.

    U.S.
    1950

    Nash earned a Ph.D. in 1950 with a 28-page dissertation on non-cooperative games.




  • Maryland, U.S.
    1950
    Computer animation

    SEAC

    Maryland, U.S.
    1950

    One of the first programmable digital computers was SEAC (the Standards Eastern Automatic Computer), which entered service in 1950 at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in Maryland, USA.




  • U.S.
    Thursday Jan 5, 1950
    Harry S. Truman

    The U.S. would not engage in any dispute involving the Taiwan Strait

    U.S.
    Thursday Jan 5, 1950

    Truman announced on 5 January 1950 that the United States would not engage in any dispute involving the Taiwan Strait, and that he would not intervene in the event of an attack by the PRC.




  • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Feb 15, 1950
    Walt Disney

    His Studio's First animated feature In Eight Years

    Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Feb 15, 1950

    In early 1950, Disney produced Cinderella, his studio's first animated feature in eight years. It was popular with critics and theater audiences. Costing $2.2 million to produce, it earned nearly $8 million in its first year.




  • Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
    Thursday Mar 2, 1950
    Neil Armstrong

    The First Aircraft Carrier landing on the USS Cabot

    Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
    Thursday Mar 2, 1950

    On March 2, 1950, he made his first aircraft carrier landing on the USS Cabot, an achievement he considered comparable to his first solo flight.




  • Shaw, Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Monday Apr 3, 1950
    Carter G. Woodson

    Death

    Shaw, Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Monday Apr 3, 1950

    Woodson died suddenly from a heart attack in the office within his home in the Shaw, Washington, D.C. neighborhood on April 3, 1950, at the age of 74. He is buried at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery in Suitland, Maryland.




  • U.S.
    1950
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Nina Died

    U.S.
    1950

    Nina Gomer died in 1950.


  • New York, U.S.
    1950
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Du Bois ran for U.S. Senator from New York

    New York, U.S.
    1950

    In 1950, at the age of 82, Du Bois ran for U.S. Senator from New York on the American Labor Party ticket and received about 200,000 votes, or 4% of the statewide total.


  • New York, U.S.
    Sunday Jun 25, 1950
    Korean War

    The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned the North Korean invasion

    New York, U.S.
    Sunday Jun 25, 1950

    On 25 June 1950, the United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned the North Korean invasion of South Korea, with UN Security Council Resolution 82.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 27, 1950
    Korean War

    Help to South Korea

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 27, 1950

    On 27 June President Truman ordered US air and sea forces to help South Korea.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Jul 3, 1950
    Harry S. Truman

    Joint Resolution Expressing Approval of the Action Taken in Korea

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Jul 3, 1950

    However, on July 3, 1950, Truman did give Senate Majority Leader Scott W. Lucas a draft resolution titled "Joint Resolution Expressing Approval of the Action Taken in Korea"


  • U.S.
    Friday Jul 7, 1950
    United Nations

    Security Council resolution

    U.S.
    Friday Jul 7, 1950

    Though the UN's primary mandate was peacekeeping, the division between the US and USSR often paralyzed the organization, generally allowing it to intervene only in conflicts distant from the Cold War. Two notable exceptions were a Security Council resolution on 7 July 1950 authorizing a US-led coalition to repel the North Korean invasion of South Korea, passed in the absence of the USSR, and the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement on 27 July 1953.


  • Kentucky, U.S.
    1950
    KFC

    New Look

    Kentucky, U.S.
    1950

    In 1950, and after being recommissioned as a Kentucky colonel by Governor Lawrence Wetherby, Sanders began to dress the part, growing a goatee and wearing a black frock coat (later switched to a white suit), and a string tie.


  • Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 16, 1950
    Neil Armstrong

    Armstrong became a Fully qualified Naval Aviator

    Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 16, 1950

    On August 16, 1950, Armstrong was informed by letter that he was a fully qualified naval aviator.


  • Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 23, 1950
    Neil Armstrong

    Graduation

    Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 23, 1950

    Neil's mother and sister attended his graduation ceremony on August 23, 1950.


  • New York, U.S.
    Saturday Oct 7, 1950
    Willis Carrier

    Death

    New York, U.S.
    Saturday Oct 7, 1950

    Willis Carrier died in 7 October 1950.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 1, 1950
    Harry S. Truman

    Assassination Attempt

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 1, 1950

    On November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempted to assassinate Truman at Blair House.


  • California, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 7, 1950
    Richard Nixon

    Winning 1950 United States Senate election in California

    California, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 7, 1950

    In 1949, Nixon began to consider running for the United States Senate against the Democratic incumbent, Sheridan Downey. and entered the race in November. Downey, faced with a bitter primary battle with Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas, announced his retirement in March 1950. Nixon and Douglas won the primary elections and engaged in a contentious campaign in which the ongoing Korean War was a major issue. Nixon tried to focus attention on Douglas's liberal voting record. As part of that effort, a "Pink Sheet" was distributed by the Nixon campaign suggesting that, as Douglas's voting record was similar to that of New York Congressman Vito Marcantonio (believed by some to be a communist), their political views must be nearly identical.Nixon won the election by almost twenty percentage points.


  • U.S.
    Monday Nov 27, 1950
    Neil Armstrong

    Neil was assigned to VF-51

    U.S.
    Monday Nov 27, 1950

    On November 27, 1950, he was assigned to VF-51, an all-jet squadron, becoming its youngest officer.


  • U.S.
    Nov, 1950
    3D printing

    Tools of the Trade

    U.S.
    Nov, 1950

    The general concept of and procedure to be used in 3D-printing was first described by Raymond F. Jones in his story, "Tools of the Trade," published in the November 1950 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine. He referred to it as a "molecular spray" in that story.


  • Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
    1950
    Ted Bundy

    Louise changed her surname from Cowell to Nelson

    Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
    1950

    In 1950, Louise changed her surname from Cowell to Nelson, and at the urging of multiple family members, she left Philadelphia with her son to live with cousins Alan and Jane Scott in Tacoma, Washington.


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Dec, 1950
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Trustees of Columbia University declined to accept Eisenhower's offer to resign

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Dec, 1950

    The trustees of Columbia University declined to accept Eisenhower's offer to resign in December 1950, when he took an extended leave from the university to become the Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and he was given operational command of NATO forces in Europe.


  • U.S.
    1950
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    Great Appalachian Storm of 1950

    U.S.
    1950

    The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 was a large extratropical cyclone which moved through the Eastern United States, causing significant winds, heavy rains east of the Appalachians, and blizzard conditions along the western slopes of the mountain chain. In all, the storm impacted 22 states, killing 353, injuring over 160, and creating US$66.7 million in damage (1950 dollars).


  • U.S.
    Saturday Dec 16, 1950
    Korean War

    National state of emergency

    U.S.
    Saturday Dec 16, 1950

    On 16 December 1950, President Truman declared a national state of emergency with Presidential Proclamation No. 2914, 3 C.F.R. 99 (1953). which remained in force until 14 September 1978.


  • U.S.
    1950
    John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful Mind

    Ph.D.

    U.S.
    1950

    Nash earned a Ph.D. in 1950 with a 28-page dissertation on non-cooperative games.


  • Maryland, U.S.
    1950
    Computer animation

    SEAC

    Maryland, U.S.
    1950

    One of the first programmable digital computers was SEAC (the Standards Eastern Automatic Computer), which entered service in 1950 at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in Maryland, USA.


  • U.S.
    Thursday Jan 5, 1950
    Harry S. Truman

    The U.S. would not engage in any dispute involving the Taiwan Strait

    U.S.
    Thursday Jan 5, 1950

    Truman announced on 5 January 1950 that the United States would not engage in any dispute involving the Taiwan Strait, and that he would not intervene in the event of an attack by the PRC.


  • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Feb 15, 1950
    Walt Disney

    His Studio's First animated feature In Eight Years

    Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Wednesday Feb 15, 1950

    In early 1950, Disney produced Cinderella, his studio's first animated feature in eight years. It was popular with critics and theater audiences. Costing $2.2 million to produce, it earned nearly $8 million in its first year.


  • Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
    Thursday Mar 2, 1950
    Neil Armstrong

    The First Aircraft Carrier landing on the USS Cabot

    Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
    Thursday Mar 2, 1950

    On March 2, 1950, he made his first aircraft carrier landing on the USS Cabot, an achievement he considered comparable to his first solo flight.


  • Shaw, Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Monday Apr 3, 1950
    Carter G. Woodson

    Death

    Shaw, Washington, D.C., U.S.
    Monday Apr 3, 1950

    Woodson died suddenly from a heart attack in the office within his home in the Shaw, Washington, D.C. neighborhood on April 3, 1950, at the age of 74. He is buried at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery in Suitland, Maryland.


  • U.S.
    1950
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Nina Died

    U.S.
    1950

    Nina Gomer died in 1950.


  • New York, U.S.
    1950
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Du Bois ran for U.S. Senator from New York

    New York, U.S.
    1950

    In 1950, at the age of 82, Du Bois ran for U.S. Senator from New York on the American Labor Party ticket and received about 200,000 votes, or 4% of the statewide total.


  • New York, U.S.
    Sunday Jun 25, 1950
    Korean War

    The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned the North Korean invasion

    New York, U.S.
    Sunday Jun 25, 1950

    On 25 June 1950, the United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned the North Korean invasion of South Korea, with UN Security Council Resolution 82.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 27, 1950
    Korean War

    Help to South Korea

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 27, 1950

    On 27 June President Truman ordered US air and sea forces to help South Korea.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Jul 3, 1950
    Harry S. Truman

    Joint Resolution Expressing Approval of the Action Taken in Korea

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Jul 3, 1950

    However, on July 3, 1950, Truman did give Senate Majority Leader Scott W. Lucas a draft resolution titled "Joint Resolution Expressing Approval of the Action Taken in Korea"


  • U.S.
    Friday Jul 7, 1950
    United Nations

    Security Council resolution

    U.S.
    Friday Jul 7, 1950

    Though the UN's primary mandate was peacekeeping, the division between the US and USSR often paralyzed the organization, generally allowing it to intervene only in conflicts distant from the Cold War. Two notable exceptions were a Security Council resolution on 7 July 1950 authorizing a US-led coalition to repel the North Korean invasion of South Korea, passed in the absence of the USSR, and the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement on 27 July 1953.


  • Kentucky, U.S.
    1950
    KFC

    New Look

    Kentucky, U.S.
    1950

    In 1950, and after being recommissioned as a Kentucky colonel by Governor Lawrence Wetherby, Sanders began to dress the part, growing a goatee and wearing a black frock coat (later switched to a white suit), and a string tie.


  • Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 16, 1950
    Neil Armstrong

    Armstrong became a Fully qualified Naval Aviator

    Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 16, 1950

    On August 16, 1950, Armstrong was informed by letter that he was a fully qualified naval aviator.


  • Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 23, 1950
    Neil Armstrong

    Graduation

    Naval Air Station Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida, U.S.
    Wednesday Aug 23, 1950

    Neil's mother and sister attended his graduation ceremony on August 23, 1950.


  • New York, U.S.
    Saturday Oct 7, 1950
    Willis Carrier

    Death

    New York, U.S.
    Saturday Oct 7, 1950

    Willis Carrier died in 7 October 1950.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 1, 1950
    Harry S. Truman

    Assassination Attempt

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Nov 1, 1950

    On November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempted to assassinate Truman at Blair House.


  • California, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 7, 1950
    Richard Nixon

    Winning 1950 United States Senate election in California

    California, U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 7, 1950

    In 1949, Nixon began to consider running for the United States Senate against the Democratic incumbent, Sheridan Downey. and entered the race in November. Downey, faced with a bitter primary battle with Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas, announced his retirement in March 1950. Nixon and Douglas won the primary elections and engaged in a contentious campaign in which the ongoing Korean War was a major issue. Nixon tried to focus attention on Douglas's liberal voting record. As part of that effort, a "Pink Sheet" was distributed by the Nixon campaign suggesting that, as Douglas's voting record was similar to that of New York Congressman Vito Marcantonio (believed by some to be a communist), their political views must be nearly identical.Nixon won the election by almost twenty percentage points.


  • U.S.
    Monday Nov 27, 1950
    Neil Armstrong

    Neil was assigned to VF-51

    U.S.
    Monday Nov 27, 1950

    On November 27, 1950, he was assigned to VF-51, an all-jet squadron, becoming its youngest officer.


  • U.S.
    Nov, 1950
    3D printing

    Tools of the Trade

    U.S.
    Nov, 1950

    The general concept of and procedure to be used in 3D-printing was first described by Raymond F. Jones in his story, "Tools of the Trade," published in the November 1950 issue of Astounding Science Fiction magazine. He referred to it as a "molecular spray" in that story.


  • Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
    1950
    Ted Bundy

    Louise changed her surname from Cowell to Nelson

    Tacoma, Washington, U.S.
    1950

    In 1950, Louise changed her surname from Cowell to Nelson, and at the urging of multiple family members, she left Philadelphia with her son to live with cousins Alan and Jane Scott in Tacoma, Washington.


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Dec, 1950
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Trustees of Columbia University declined to accept Eisenhower's offer to resign

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Dec, 1950

    The trustees of Columbia University declined to accept Eisenhower's offer to resign in December 1950, when he took an extended leave from the university to become the Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and he was given operational command of NATO forces in Europe.


  • U.S.
    1950
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    Great Appalachian Storm of 1950

    U.S.
    1950

    The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 was a large extratropical cyclone which moved through the Eastern United States, causing significant winds, heavy rains east of the Appalachians, and blizzard conditions along the western slopes of the mountain chain. In all, the storm impacted 22 states, killing 353, injuring over 160, and creating US$66.7 million in damage (1950 dollars).


  • U.S.
    Saturday Dec 16, 1950
    Korean War

    National state of emergency

    U.S.
    Saturday Dec 16, 1950

    On 16 December 1950, President Truman declared a national state of emergency with Presidential Proclamation No. 2914, 3 C.F.R. 99 (1953). which remained in force until 14 September 1978.


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