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  1. First Indochina War

    Hồ Chí Minh's government gained recognition from China and the Soviet Union

    Jan, 1950Vietnam

    By January 1950, Hồ Chí Minh's government gained recognition from China and the Soviet Union. In the same year, the government of Bảo Đại gained recognition by the United States and the United Kingdom.

  2. Margaret Thatcher

    Conservative Candidate For Dartford

    Jan, 1950Kent, England

    One of her Oxford friends was also a friend of the Chair of the Dartford Conservative Association in Kent, who were looking for candidates. Officials of the association were so impressed by her that they asked her to apply, even though she was not on the party's approved list; she was selected in January 1950 (aged 24) and added to the approved list post ante.

  3. Stephen Hawking

    Family Moved

    1950St Albans, Hertfordshire, England

    In 1950, when Hawking's father became head of the division of parasitology at the National Institute for Medical Research, the family moved to St Albans, Hertfordshire.

  4. Akio Morita

    Selling The First Tape Recorder

    1950Tokyo, Japan

    in 1950, sold the first tape recorder in Japan.

  5. Alan Turing

    The Chess Program was Completed

    1950England

    By 1950, the chess program was completed and dubbed the Turbochamp.

  6. Amancio Ortega

    Ortega Left School

    1950A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

    Ortega left school and moved to A Coruña at the age of 14, due to the job of his father, a railway worker.

  7. John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful Mind

    Ph.D.

    1950U.S.

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

  8. Computer animation

    SEAC

    1950Maryland, U.S.

    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.

  9. Harry S. Truman

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

    Thursday Jan 5, 1950U.S.

    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.

  10. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    The Little Princesses

    1950England, United Kingdom

    In 1950, the former royal governess, Marion Crawford, published an unauthorized biography of Elizabeth's and Margaret's childhood years, titled The Little Princesses, in which she described Margaret's "light-hearted fun and frolics" and her "amusing and outrageous ... antics".

  11. The palace of Westminster England

    The Chamber of the House of Commons reopened

    1950London, England, United Kingdom

    The Chamber of the House of Commons is at the northern end of the Palace of Westminster; it was opened in 1950 after the Victorian chamber had been destroyed in 1941 and re-built under the architect Giles Gilbert Scott. The Chamber measures 14 by 20.7 metres (46 by 68 ft) and is plainer in style than the Lords Chamber; the benches, as well as other furnishings in the Commons side of the Palace, are coloured green. Members of the public are forbidden to sit on the benches. Other parliaments in Commonwealth nations, including those of India, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, have copied the colour scheme under which the Lower House is associated with green, and the Upper House with red.

  12. Ho Chi Minh

    Meeting Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong

    Feb, 1950Moscow, Russia

    In February 1950, after the successful removal of the French border blockade, he met with Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong in Moscow after the Soviet Union recognized his government. They all agreed that China would be responsible for backing the Việt Minh. Mao Zedong's emissary to Moscow stated in August that China planned to train 60,000–70,000 Viet Minh in the near future.

  13. Atomic Bomb

    Jettisoning a Mark IV atomic bomb

    Monday Feb 13, 1950British Columbia, Canada

    February 13, 1950: a Convair B-36B crashed in northern British Columbia after jettisoning a Mark IV atomic bomb. This was the first such nuclear weapon loss in history.

  14. Walt Disney

    His Studio's First animated feature In Eight Years

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

    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.

  15. Margaret Thatcher

    The 1950 general elections

    Thursday Feb 23, 1950Dartford, England

    In the 1950 general elections, Roberts was the Conservative candidate for the safe Labor seat of Dartford. The local party selected her as its candidate because, though not a dynamic public speaker, Roberts was well-prepared and fearless in her answers. She attracted media attention as the youngest and the only female candidate, but she lost to Norman Dodds.She lost again in the 1951 general elections.

  16. Nelson Mandela

    Xuma's place on the ANC

    Mar, 1950Johannesburg, South Africa

    Mandela took Xuma's place on the ANC national executive in March 1950,and that same year was elected national president of the ANCYL.

  17. Amancio Ortega

    First Job

    1950A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

    Ortega found a job as a shop hand for a local shirtmaker called Gala, and learned to make clothes by hand.

  18. Neil Armstrong

    The First Aircraft Carrier landing on the USS Cabot

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

    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.

  19. Korean War

    Stalin's permission

    Apr, 1950Soviet Union (Russia now)

    In April 1950, Stalin gave Kim permission to invade the South under the condition that Mao would agree to send reinforcements if needed. Stalin made it clear that Soviet forces would not openly engage in combat, to avoid a direct war with the US.

  20. Carter G. Woodson

    Death

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

    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.

  21. Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis

    1950Germany

    In 1950, Wolfgang Schmieder published a thematic catalogue of Bach's compositions called the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (Bach Works Catalogue). Schmieder largely followed the Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausgabe, a comprehensive edition of the composer's works that was produced between 1850 and 1900. The first edition of the catalogue listed 1,080 surviving compositions indisputably composed by Bach.

  22. Korean War

    Met with Mao (The Chinese Leader)

    May, 1950China

    Kim met with Mao in May 1950. Mao was concerned the US would intervene but agreed to support the North Korean invasion. China desperately needed the economic and military aid promised by the Soviets.

  23. Alan Turing

    The Pilot ACE Executed Its First Program

    Wednesday May 10, 1950Hampton, London, England

    While he was at Cambridge, the Pilot ACE was being built in his absence. It executed its first program on 10 May 1950, and a number of later computers around the world owe much to it, including the English Electric DEUCE and the American Bendix G-15. The full version of Turing's ACE was not built until after his death.

  24. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    The world's most eligible bachelor-girl

    1950England, United Kingdom

    The press discussed "the world's most eligible bachelor-girl" and her alleged romances with more than 30 bachelors, including the Hon. Dominic Elliot, Colin Tennant (later Baron Glenconner), and future Prime Minister of Canada John Turner. Most had titles and almost all were wealthy. Her family reportedly hoped that she would marry Lord Dalkeith, but unlike him, the princess was uninterested in the outdoors. Billy Wallace, the sole heir to a £2.8 million (£74 million today) fortune and an old friend, was reportedly Margaret's favorite date during the mid-1950s.

  25. Korean War

    North Korean forces numbers

    Jun, 1950South Korea

    By June 1950, according to American intelligence, North Korean forces numbered 74,370 Korean Peoples' Army troops and 20,000 in the Border Constabulary, organized into 10 infantry divisions, one tank division, and one air force division, with 210 fighter planes and 280 tanks, who captured scheduled objectives and territory, among them Kaesong, Chuncheon, Uijeongbu, and Ongjin.

  26. Mikhail Gorbachev

    Candidate member of the Communist Party

    Jun, 1950Russia

    In June 1950, Gorbachev became a candidate member of the Communist Party.

  27. Korean War

    Kim Il-sung called for a Korea-wide election and consultative conference

    Wednesday Jun 7, 1950North Korea

    On 7 June 1950, Kim Il-sung called for a Korea-wide election on 5–8 August 1950 and a consultative conference in Haeju on 15–17 June 1950.

  28. Korean War

    The North sent three diplomats to the South as a peace overture

    Sunday Jun 11, 1950South Korea

    On 11 June, the North sent three diplomats to the South as a peace overture that Rhee rejected outright.

  29. W. E. B. Du Bois

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

    1950New York, U.S.

    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.

  30. Korean War

    Kim Il-Sung revised his war plan

    Wednesday Jun 21, 1950North Korea

    On 21 June, Kim Il-Sung revised his war plan to involve a general attack across the 38th Parallel, rather than a limited operation in the Ongjin Peninsula. Kim was concerned that South Korean agents had learned about the plans and that South Korean forces were strengthening their defenses. Stalin agreed to this change of plan.

  31. FIFA World Cup

    World Cup Returns

    Saturday Jun 24, 1950Brazil

    Competitions resumed with the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, which was the first to include British participants. British teams withdrew from FIFA in 1920, partly out of unwillingness to play against the countries they had been at war with, and partly as a protest against a foreign influence to football, but rejoined in 1946 following FIFA's invitation. England's involvement, however, was not to be a success.

  32. Harry S. Truman

    The Korean War

    Sunday Jun 25, 1950South Korea

    On June 25, 1950, the North Korean army under Kim Il-sung invaded South Korea, starting the Korean War.

  33. Korean War

    North Korean military (KPA) forces crossed the border and advanced into South Korea

    Sunday Jun 25, 1950South Korea

    The conflict escalated into warfare when North Korean military (KPA) forces—supported by the Soviet Union and China—crossed the border and advanced into South Korea on 25 June 1950.

  34. Vietnam War

    Korean War

    Sunday Jun 25, 1950Korean Peninsula (North Korea and South Korea)

    The outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 convinced many Washington policymakers that the war in Indochina was an example of communist expansionism directed by the Soviet Union.

  35. Korean War

    The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned the North Korean invasion

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

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

  36. Josip Broz Tito

    The National Assembly supported a crucial bill written by Milovan Đilas

    Monday Jun 26, 1950Yugoslavia

    On 26 June 1950, the National Assembly supported a crucial bill written by Milovan Đilas and Tito regarding "self-management", a type of cooperative independent socialist experiment that introduced profit sharing and workplace democracy in previously state-run enterprises, which then became the direct social ownership of the employees.

  37. Louis Armstrong

    American version of "C'est si bon"

    Monday Jun 26, 1950New York, U.S.

    In June 1950, Suzy Delair performed rehearsals of the song "C'est si bon" with Aimé Barelli and his Orchestra at the Monte Carlo casino where Louis Armstrong was finishing the evening. Armstrong enjoyed the song and he recorded the American version in New York City on June 26, 1950.

  38. Korean War

    Rhee evacuated from Seoul

    Tuesday Jun 27, 1950South Korea

    On 27 June, Rhee evacuated from Seoul with some of the government.

  39. Harry S. Truman

    Prevent further conflict between the communist government on the China mainland and the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan

    Tuesday Jun 27, 1950Taiwan & China

    On June 27, 1950, after the outbreak of fighting in Korea, Truman ordered the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet into the Taiwan Strait to prevent further conflict between the communist government on the China mainland and the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan.

  40. Korean War

    Help to South Korea

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

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

  41. Korean War

    Resolution 83

    Tuesday Jun 27, 1950New York, U.S.

    After debating the matter, the Security Council, on 27 June 1950, published Resolution 83 recommending member states provide military assistance to the Republic of Korea.

  42. Korean War

    The Massacre of suspected political opponents

    Wednesday Jun 28, 1950South Korea

    On 28 June, Rhee ordered the massacre of suspected political opponents in his own country.

  43. Korean War

    Blew up the Hangang Bridge

    Wednesday Jun 28, 195002:00:00 AMSeoul, South Korea

    On 28 June, at 2 am, the ROK (South) blew up the Hangang Bridge across the Han River in an attempt to stop the KPA (North).

  44. First Indochina War

    The First U.S. Supplies For Indochina Were Delivered

    Friday Jun 30, 1950Vietnam

    On June 30, 1950, the first U.S. supplies for Indochina were delivered. In September, Truman sent the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) to Indochina to assist the French.

  45. Vietnam War

    The People's Republic of China (PRC) began assisting the Viet Minh

    Jul, 1950Vietnam

    Military advisors from the People's Republic of China (PRC) began assisting the Viet Minh ((League for the Independence of Vietnam) was a national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Hồ Chí Minh on May 19, 1941) in July 1950.

  46. Laser

    Alfred Kastler proposed the method of optical pumping

    1950France

    In 1950, Alfred Kastler (Nobel Prize for Physics 1966) proposed the method of optical pumping, experimentally confirmed, two years later, by Brossel, Kastler, and Winter.

  47. Harry S. Truman

    Joint Resolution Expressing Approval of the Action Taken in Korea

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

    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"

  48. Korean War

    The Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister accused the US

    Tuesday Jul 4, 1950Soviet Union, (Russia that time)

    On 4 July the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister accused the US of starting armed intervention on behalf of South Korea.

  49. Korean War

    The Battle of Osan

    Wednesday Jul 5, 1950Osan, South Korea

    The Battle of Osan, the first significant US engagement of the Korean War, involved the 540-soldier Task Force Smith, which was a small forward element of the 24th Infantry Division which had been flown in from Japan. On 5 July 1950, Task Force Smith attacked the KPA at Osan but without weapons capable of destroying the KPA tanks. They were unsuccessful; the result was 180 dead, wounded, or taken prisoner.

  50. Korean War

    General MacArthur ordered Major General Hobart R. Gay, commander of the US 1st Cavalry Division, to plan the division's amphibious landing at Incheon

    Thursday Jul 6, 1950South Korea

    Against the rested and re-armed Pusan Perimeter defenders and their reinforcements, the KPA were undermanned and poorly supplied; unlike the UN forces, they lacked naval and air support. To relieve the Pusan Perimeter, General MacArthur recommended an amphibious landing at Incheon, near Seoul and well over 160 km (100 mi) behind the KPA lines. On 6 July, he ordered Major General Hobart R. Gay, commander of the US 1st Cavalry Division, to plan the division's amphibious landing at Incheon.

  51. United Nations

    Security Council resolution

    Friday Jul 7, 1950U.S.

    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.

  52. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Philip was promoted to lieutenant commander

    Sunday Jul 16, 1950Malta

    On 16 July 1950, Philip was promoted to lieutenant commander and given command of the frigate HMS Magpie.

  53. KFC

    New Look

    1950Kentucky, U.S.

    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.

  54. Harry S. Truman

    U.S. troops pouring into South Korea

    Aug, 1950South Korea

    By August 1950, U.S. troops pouring into South Korea under UN auspices were able to stabilize the situation.

  55. Korean War

    The Pusan Perimeter

    Aug, 1950Busan, South Korea

    After the first two months of war, the ill-equipped and underprepared South Korean Army (ROKA) and the US forces rapidly dispatched to Korea were on the point of defeat, forced back to a small area behind a defensive line known as the Pusan Perimeter.

  56. Korean War

    Mao reported to the Politburo that he would intervene in Korea

    Friday Aug 4, 1950China

    On 4 August 1950, with a planned invasion of Taiwan aborted due to the heavy US naval presence, Mao reported to the Politburo that he would intervene in Korea when the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Taiwan invasion force was reorganized into the PLA North East Frontier Force.

  57. Neil Armstrong

    Armstrong became a Fully qualified Naval Aviator

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

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

  58. Korean War

    China warning

    Sunday Aug 20, 1950China

    On 20 August 1950, Premier Zhou Enlai informed the UN that "Korea is China's neighbor ... The Chinese people cannot but be concerned about a solution of the Korean question". Thus, through neutral-country diplomats, China warned that in safeguarding Chinese national security, they would intervene against the UN Command in Korea.

  59. Neil Armstrong

    Graduation

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

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

  60. Korean War

    67th Fighter Squadron aircraft mistakenly attacked facilities in Chinese territory

    Sunday Aug 27, 1950South Korea

    On 27 August, 67th Fighter Squadron aircraft mistakenly attacked facilities in Chinese territory and the Soviet Union called the UN Security Council's attention to China's complaint about the incident.

  61. Korean War

    Amphibious UN counter-offensive

    Sep, 1950Incheon, South Korea

    In September 1950, an amphibious UN counter-offensive was launched at Incheon, and cut off many KPA troops in South Korea.

  62. Vietnam War

    Military Assistance and Advisory Group

    Sep, 1950Vietnam

    In September 1950, the United States created a Military Assistance and Advisory Group (MAAG) to screen French requests for aid, advise on strategy, and train Vietnamese soldiers. By 1954, the United States had spent US$1 billion in support of the French military effort, shouldering 80 percent of the cost of the war.

  63. Fidel Castro

    Graduation

    Sep, 1950Havana, Cuba

    Returning to Havana several weeks later after the speech, Castro lay low and focused on his university studies, graduating as a Doctor of Law in September 1950.

  64. Korean War

    The Amphibious assault force faced few KPA defenders at Incheon

    Friday Sep 15, 1950Incheon, South Korea

    By 15 September, the amphibious assault force faced few KPA defenders at Incheon: military intelligence, psychological warfare, guerrilla reconnaissance, and protracted bombardment facilitated a relatively light battle. However, the bombardment destroyed most of the city of Incheon.

  65. First Indochina War

    Thái attacked Đông Khê

    Friday Sep 15, 1950Vietnam

    Major general Thái attacked Đông Khê on September 15, and Đông Khê fell on September 18.

  66. Korean War

    Eighth Army began its breakout from the Pusan Perimeter

    Saturday Sep 16, 1950Busan, South Korea

    On 16 September Eighth Army began its breakout from the Busan Perimeter. Task Force Lynch, 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, and two 70th Tank Battalion units (Charlie Company and the Intelligence–Reconnaissance Platoon) advanced through 171.2 km (106.4 mi) of KPA territory to join the 7th Infantry Division at Osan on 27 September.

  67. Narendra Damodardas Modi

    Birth

    Saturday Sep 16, 1950Vadnagar, Bombay State, India (now Gujarat)

    Narendra Modi was born on 17 September 1950 to a family of grocers in Vadnagar, Mehsana district, Bombay State (present-day Gujarat).

  68. Korean War

    Stalin dispatched General H. M. Zakharov to North Korea

    Monday Sep 18, 1950North Korea

    On 18 September, Stalin dispatched General H. M. Zakharov to North Korea to advise Kim Il-sung to halt his offensive around the Pusan perimeter and to redeploy his forces to defend Seoul.

  69. Korean War

    Seoul was recaptured by UN forces

    Monday Sep 25, 1950Seoul, South Korea

    On 25 September, Seoul was recaptured by UN forces. US air raids caused heavy damage to the KPA, destroying most of its tanks and much of its artillery. KPA troops in the south, instead of effectively withdrawing north, rapidly disintegrated, leaving Pyongyang vulnerable.

  70. Korean War

    MacArthur received the top secret National Security Council Memorandum

    Wednesday Sep 27, 1950South Korea

    On 27 September, MacArthur received the top secret National Security Council Memorandum 81/1 from Truman reminding him that operations north of the 38th Parallel were authorized only if "at the time of such operation there was no entry into North Korea by major Soviet or Chinese Communist forces, no announcements of intended entry, nor a threat to counter our operations militarily".

  71. Korean War

    Stalin held Soviet military advisers responsible for the defeat

    Wednesday Sep 27, 1950Soviet Union, (Russia now)

    On 27 September, Stalin convened an emergency session of the Politburo, in which he condemned the incompetence of the KPA command and held Soviet military advisers responsible for the defeat.

  72. Korean War

    MacArthur restored Syngman Rhee

    Friday Sep 29, 1950South Korea

    On 29 September MacArthur restored the government of the Republic of Korea under Syngman Rhee.

  73. Korean War

    Warning the US that China was prepared to intervene in Korea if the US crossed the 38th Parallel

    Saturday Sep 30, 1950South Korea

    On 30 September, Zhou Enlai warned the US that China was prepared to intervene in Korea if the US crossed the 38th Parallel. Zhou attempted to advise KPA commanders on how to conduct a general withdrawal by using the same tactics that allowed Chinese communist forces to successfully escape Chiang Kai-shek's Encirclement Campaigns in the 1930s, but by some accounts KPA commanders did not use these tactics effectively.

  74. Korean War

    The South Korean police executed people who were suspected to be sympathetic to North Korea

    Oct, 1950South Korea

    During October, the South Korean police executed people who were suspected to be sympathetic to North Korea, and similar massacres were carried out until early 1951.

  75. Korean War

    The UN Command repelled the KPA northwards past the 38th Parallel

    Sunday Oct 1, 1950North Korea

    By 1 October 1950, the UN Command repelled the KPA northwards past the 38th Parallel; the ROK advanced after them, into North Korea.

  76. Korean War

    UN forces invaded North Korea

    Oct, 1950Yalu River, North Korea

    UN forces invaded North Korea in October 1950 and moved rapidly towards the Yalu River (the border with China).

  77. Alan Turing

    Turing's Paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence"

    Oct, 1950England

    In "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" (Mind, October 1950), Turing addressed the problem of artificial intelligence, and proposed an experiment that became known as the Turing test, an attempt to define a standard for a machine to be called "intelligent". The idea was that a computer could be said to "think" if a human interrogator could not tell it apart, through conversation, from a human being.

  78. Korean War

    China emergency meetings

    Monday Oct 2, 1950China

    In a series of emergency meetings that lasted from 2 to 5 October, Chinese leaders debated whether to send Chinese troops into Korea.

  79. Korean War

    The UN Command forces followed the ROK forces northwards

    Saturday Oct 7, 1950North Korea

    MacArthur made a statement demanding the KPA's unconditional surrender. Six days later, on 7 October, with UN authorization, the UN Command forces followed the ROK forces northwards.

  80. Mother Teresa

    A Vatican permission

    Saturday Oct 7, 1950India

    On 7 October 1950, Teresa received Vatican permission for the diocesan congregation, which would become the Missionaries of Charity. In her words, it would care for "the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone".

  81. Willis Carrier

    Death

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

    Willis Carrier died in 7 October 1950.

  82. Korean War

    The People's Volunteer Army

    Sunday Oct 8, 1950China

    On 8 October 1950, Mao re designated the PLA North East Frontier Force as the People's Volunteer Army (PVA).

  83. Korean War

    Zhou and a Chinese delegation arrived in Moscow

    Tuesday Oct 10, 1950Moscow, Soviet Union (Russia now)

    To enlist Stalin's support, Zhou and a Chinese delegation arrived in Moscow on 10 October, at which point they flew to Stalin's home on the Black Sea.

  84. Korean War

    President Truman and General MacArthur met

    Sunday Oct 15, 1950Wake Island, Pacific Ocean

    Meanwhile, on 15 October 1950, President Truman and General MacArthur met at Wake Island.

  85. Korean War

    China entered the war

    Wednesday Oct 18, 1950North Korea

    Immediately on his return to Beijing on 18 October 1950, Zhou met with Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai and Gao Gang, and the group ordered two hundred thousand PVA troops to enter North Korea, which they did on 19 October.

  86. Korean War

    Pyongyang was Captured

    Thursday Oct 19, 1950Pyongyang, North Korea

    The Eighth US Army drove up western Korea and captured Pyongyang on 19 October 1950.

  87. Mao Zedong

    People's Volunteer Army

    Thursday Oct 19, 1950Korea

    In 19 October 1950, Mao made the decision to send the People's Volunteer Army (PVA), a special unit of the People's Liberation Army, into the Korean war and fight as well as to reinforce the armed forces of North Korea, the Korean People's Army, which had been in full retreat. Historical records showed that Mao directed the PVA campaigns to the minutest details.

  88. Korean War

    Chinese forces of the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) crossed the Yalu

    Thursday Oct 19, 1950Yalu River, North Korea

    On 19 October 1950, Chinese forces of the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) crossed the Yalu and entered the war. The surprise Chinese intervention triggered a retreat of UN forces back below the 38th Parallel by late December.

  89. Korean War

    The PVA First Phase Offensive

    Wednesday Oct 25, 1950North Korea

    After secretly crossing the Yalu River on 19 October, the (People's Volunteer Army) PVA 13th Army Group launched the First Phase Offensive on 25 October, attacking the advancing UN forces near the Sino-Korean border.

  90. Korean War

    The UN Corps landed at Wonsan and Riwon

    Thursday Oct 26, 1950North Korea

    The UN Corps landed at Wonsan (in southeastern North Korea) and Riwon (in northeastern North Korea) on 26 October, but these cities had already captured by ROK forces.

  91. The palace of Westminster England

    King George VI opened the new chamber in a ceremony which took place in Westminster Hall

    Thursday Oct 26, 1950London, England, United Kingdom

    The work was undertaken by John Mowlem & Co., and construction lasted until 1950, when King George VI opened the new chamber in a ceremony which took place in Westminster Hall on 26 October.

  92. Korean War

    The First confrontation between Chinese and US military

    Wednesday Nov 1, 1950North Korea

    After inflicting heavy losses on the ROK II Corps at the Battle of Onjong, the first confrontation between Chinese and US military occurred on 1 November 1950.

  93. Harry S. Truman

    Assassination Attempt

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

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

  94. Richard Nixon

    Winning 1950 United States Senate election in California

    Tuesday Nov 7, 1950California, U.S.

    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.

  95. Korean War

    The Overall commander and coordinator of the war effort

    Monday Nov 13, 1950China

    On 13 November, Mao appointed Zhou Enlai the overall commander and coordinator of the war effort, with Peng as field commander.

  96. Korean War

    The Home-by-Christmas Offensive

    Friday Nov 24, 1950North Korea

    On 24 November, the Home-by-Christmas Offensive was launched with the US Eighth Army advancing in northwest Korea, while US X Corps attacked along the Korean east coast.

  97. Korean War

    The Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River

    Saturday Nov 25, 1950Ch'ongch'on River, North Korea

    On 25 November on the Korean western front, the PVA 13th Army Group attacked and overran the ROK II Corps at the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River, and then inflicted heavy losses on the US 2nd Infantry Division on the UN forces' right flank.

  98. Korean War

    The Battle of Chosin Reservoir

    Monday Nov 27, 1950Chosin Reservoir, in present day Changjin County, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea

    In the east on 27 November the PVA 9th Army Group initiated the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.

  99. Neil Armstrong

    Neil was assigned to VF-51

    Monday Nov 27, 1950U.S.

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

  100. First Indochina War

    Hồ Chí Minh's government gained recognition from China and the Soviet Union

    Jan, 1950Vietnam

    By January 1950, Hồ Chí Minh's government gained recognition from China and the Soviet Union. In the same year, the government of Bảo Đại gained recognition by the United States and the United Kingdom.

  101. Margaret Thatcher

    Conservative Candidate For Dartford

    Jan, 1950Kent, England

    One of her Oxford friends was also a friend of the Chair of the Dartford Conservative Association in Kent, who were looking for candidates. Officials of the association were so impressed by her that they asked her to apply, even though she was not on the party's approved list; she was selected in January 1950 (aged 24) and added to the approved list post ante.

  102. Stephen Hawking

    Family Moved

    1950St Albans, Hertfordshire, England

    In 1950, when Hawking's father became head of the division of parasitology at the National Institute for Medical Research, the family moved to St Albans, Hertfordshire.

  103. Akio Morita

    Selling The First Tape Recorder

    1950Tokyo, Japan

    in 1950, sold the first tape recorder in Japan.

  104. Alan Turing

    The Chess Program was Completed

    1950England

    By 1950, the chess program was completed and dubbed the Turbochamp.

  105. Amancio Ortega

    Ortega Left School

    1950A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

    Ortega left school and moved to A Coruña at the age of 14, due to the job of his father, a railway worker.

  106. John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful Mind

    Ph.D.

    1950U.S.

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

  107. Computer animation

    SEAC

    1950Maryland, U.S.

    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.

  108. Harry S. Truman

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

    Thursday Jan 5, 1950U.S.

    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.

  109. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    The Little Princesses

    1950England, United Kingdom

    In 1950, the former royal governess, Marion Crawford, published an unauthorized biography of Elizabeth's and Margaret's childhood years, titled The Little Princesses, in which she described Margaret's "light-hearted fun and frolics" and her "amusing and outrageous ... antics".

  110. The palace of Westminster England

    The Chamber of the House of Commons reopened

    1950London, England, United Kingdom

    The Chamber of the House of Commons is at the northern end of the Palace of Westminster; it was opened in 1950 after the Victorian chamber had been destroyed in 1941 and re-built under the architect Giles Gilbert Scott. The Chamber measures 14 by 20.7 metres (46 by 68 ft) and is plainer in style than the Lords Chamber; the benches, as well as other furnishings in the Commons side of the Palace, are coloured green. Members of the public are forbidden to sit on the benches. Other parliaments in Commonwealth nations, including those of India, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, have copied the colour scheme under which the Lower House is associated with green, and the Upper House with red.

  111. Ho Chi Minh

    Meeting Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong

    Feb, 1950Moscow, Russia

    In February 1950, after the successful removal of the French border blockade, he met with Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong in Moscow after the Soviet Union recognized his government. They all agreed that China would be responsible for backing the Việt Minh. Mao Zedong's emissary to Moscow stated in August that China planned to train 60,000–70,000 Viet Minh in the near future.

  112. Atomic Bomb

    Jettisoning a Mark IV atomic bomb

    Monday Feb 13, 1950British Columbia, Canada

    February 13, 1950: a Convair B-36B crashed in northern British Columbia after jettisoning a Mark IV atomic bomb. This was the first such nuclear weapon loss in history.

  113. Walt Disney

    His Studio's First animated feature In Eight Years

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

    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.

  114. Margaret Thatcher

    The 1950 general elections

    Thursday Feb 23, 1950Dartford, England

    In the 1950 general elections, Roberts was the Conservative candidate for the safe Labor seat of Dartford. The local party selected her as its candidate because, though not a dynamic public speaker, Roberts was well-prepared and fearless in her answers. She attracted media attention as the youngest and the only female candidate, but she lost to Norman Dodds.She lost again in the 1951 general elections.

  115. Nelson Mandela

    Xuma's place on the ANC

    Mar, 1950Johannesburg, South Africa

    Mandela took Xuma's place on the ANC national executive in March 1950,and that same year was elected national president of the ANCYL.

  116. Amancio Ortega

    First Job

    1950A Coruña, Galicia, Spain

    Ortega found a job as a shop hand for a local shirtmaker called Gala, and learned to make clothes by hand.

  117. Neil Armstrong

    The First Aircraft Carrier landing on the USS Cabot

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

    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.

  118. Korean War

    Stalin's permission

    Apr, 1950Soviet Union (Russia now)

    In April 1950, Stalin gave Kim permission to invade the South under the condition that Mao would agree to send reinforcements if needed. Stalin made it clear that Soviet forces would not openly engage in combat, to avoid a direct war with the US.

  119. Carter G. Woodson

    Death

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

    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.

  120. Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis

    1950Germany

    In 1950, Wolfgang Schmieder published a thematic catalogue of Bach's compositions called the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (Bach Works Catalogue). Schmieder largely followed the Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausgabe, a comprehensive edition of the composer's works that was produced between 1850 and 1900. The first edition of the catalogue listed 1,080 surviving compositions indisputably composed by Bach.

  121. Korean War

    Met with Mao (The Chinese Leader)

    May, 1950China

    Kim met with Mao in May 1950. Mao was concerned the US would intervene but agreed to support the North Korean invasion. China desperately needed the economic and military aid promised by the Soviets.

  122. Alan Turing

    The Pilot ACE Executed Its First Program

    Wednesday May 10, 1950Hampton, London, England

    While he was at Cambridge, the Pilot ACE was being built in his absence. It executed its first program on 10 May 1950, and a number of later computers around the world owe much to it, including the English Electric DEUCE and the American Bendix G-15. The full version of Turing's ACE was not built until after his death.

  123. Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    The world's most eligible bachelor-girl

    1950England, United Kingdom

    The press discussed "the world's most eligible bachelor-girl" and her alleged romances with more than 30 bachelors, including the Hon. Dominic Elliot, Colin Tennant (later Baron Glenconner), and future Prime Minister of Canada John Turner. Most had titles and almost all were wealthy. Her family reportedly hoped that she would marry Lord Dalkeith, but unlike him, the princess was uninterested in the outdoors. Billy Wallace, the sole heir to a £2.8 million (£74 million today) fortune and an old friend, was reportedly Margaret's favorite date during the mid-1950s.

  124. Korean War

    North Korean forces numbers

    Jun, 1950South Korea

    By June 1950, according to American intelligence, North Korean forces numbered 74,370 Korean Peoples' Army troops and 20,000 in the Border Constabulary, organized into 10 infantry divisions, one tank division, and one air force division, with 210 fighter planes and 280 tanks, who captured scheduled objectives and territory, among them Kaesong, Chuncheon, Uijeongbu, and Ongjin.

  125. Mikhail Gorbachev

    Candidate member of the Communist Party

    Jun, 1950Russia

    In June 1950, Gorbachev became a candidate member of the Communist Party.

  126. Korean War

    Kim Il-sung called for a Korea-wide election and consultative conference

    Wednesday Jun 7, 1950North Korea

    On 7 June 1950, Kim Il-sung called for a Korea-wide election on 5–8 August 1950 and a consultative conference in Haeju on 15–17 June 1950.

  127. Korean War

    The North sent three diplomats to the South as a peace overture

    Sunday Jun 11, 1950South Korea

    On 11 June, the North sent three diplomats to the South as a peace overture that Rhee rejected outright.

  128. W. E. B. Du Bois

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

    1950New York, U.S.

    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.

  129. Korean War

    Kim Il-Sung revised his war plan

    Wednesday Jun 21, 1950North Korea

    On 21 June, Kim Il-Sung revised his war plan to involve a general attack across the 38th Parallel, rather than a limited operation in the Ongjin Peninsula. Kim was concerned that South Korean agents had learned about the plans and that South Korean forces were strengthening their defenses. Stalin agreed to this change of plan.

  130. FIFA World Cup

    World Cup Returns

    Saturday Jun 24, 1950Brazil

    Competitions resumed with the 1950 World Cup in Brazil, which was the first to include British participants. British teams withdrew from FIFA in 1920, partly out of unwillingness to play against the countries they had been at war with, and partly as a protest against a foreign influence to football, but rejoined in 1946 following FIFA's invitation. England's involvement, however, was not to be a success.

  131. Harry S. Truman

    The Korean War

    Sunday Jun 25, 1950South Korea

    On June 25, 1950, the North Korean army under Kim Il-sung invaded South Korea, starting the Korean War.

  132. Korean War

    North Korean military (KPA) forces crossed the border and advanced into South Korea

    Sunday Jun 25, 1950South Korea

    The conflict escalated into warfare when North Korean military (KPA) forces—supported by the Soviet Union and China—crossed the border and advanced into South Korea on 25 June 1950.

  133. Vietnam War

    Korean War

    Sunday Jun 25, 1950Korean Peninsula (North Korea and South Korea)

    The outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 convinced many Washington policymakers that the war in Indochina was an example of communist expansionism directed by the Soviet Union.

  134. Korean War

    The United Nations Security Council unanimously condemned the North Korean invasion

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

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

  135. Josip Broz Tito

    The National Assembly supported a crucial bill written by Milovan Đilas

    Monday Jun 26, 1950Yugoslavia

    On 26 June 1950, the National Assembly supported a crucial bill written by Milovan Đilas and Tito regarding "self-management", a type of cooperative independent socialist experiment that introduced profit sharing and workplace democracy in previously state-run enterprises, which then became the direct social ownership of the employees.

  136. Louis Armstrong

    American version of "C'est si bon"

    Monday Jun 26, 1950New York, U.S.

    In June 1950, Suzy Delair performed rehearsals of the song "C'est si bon" with Aimé Barelli and his Orchestra at the Monte Carlo casino where Louis Armstrong was finishing the evening. Armstrong enjoyed the song and he recorded the American version in New York City on June 26, 1950.

  137. Korean War

    Rhee evacuated from Seoul

    Tuesday Jun 27, 1950South Korea

    On 27 June, Rhee evacuated from Seoul with some of the government.

  138. Harry S. Truman

    Prevent further conflict between the communist government on the China mainland and the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan

    Tuesday Jun 27, 1950Taiwan & China

    On June 27, 1950, after the outbreak of fighting in Korea, Truman ordered the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet into the Taiwan Strait to prevent further conflict between the communist government on the China mainland and the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan.

  139. Korean War

    Help to South Korea

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

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

  140. Korean War

    Resolution 83

    Tuesday Jun 27, 1950New York, U.S.

    After debating the matter, the Security Council, on 27 June 1950, published Resolution 83 recommending member states provide military assistance to the Republic of Korea.

  141. Korean War

    The Massacre of suspected political opponents

    Wednesday Jun 28, 1950South Korea

    On 28 June, Rhee ordered the massacre of suspected political opponents in his own country.

  142. Korean War

    Blew up the Hangang Bridge

    Wednesday Jun 28, 195002:00:00 AMSeoul, South Korea

    On 28 June, at 2 am, the ROK (South) blew up the Hangang Bridge across the Han River in an attempt to stop the KPA (North).

  143. First Indochina War

    The First U.S. Supplies For Indochina Were Delivered

    Friday Jun 30, 1950Vietnam

    On June 30, 1950, the first U.S. supplies for Indochina were delivered. In September, Truman sent the Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) to Indochina to assist the French.

  144. Vietnam War

    The People's Republic of China (PRC) began assisting the Viet Minh

    Jul, 1950Vietnam

    Military advisors from the People's Republic of China (PRC) began assisting the Viet Minh ((League for the Independence of Vietnam) was a national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Hồ Chí Minh on May 19, 1941) in July 1950.

  145. Laser

    Alfred Kastler proposed the method of optical pumping

    1950France

    In 1950, Alfred Kastler (Nobel Prize for Physics 1966) proposed the method of optical pumping, experimentally confirmed, two years later, by Brossel, Kastler, and Winter.

  146. Harry S. Truman

    Joint Resolution Expressing Approval of the Action Taken in Korea

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

    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"

  147. Korean War

    The Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister accused the US

    Tuesday Jul 4, 1950Soviet Union, (Russia that time)

    On 4 July the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister accused the US of starting armed intervention on behalf of South Korea.

  148. Korean War

    The Battle of Osan

    Wednesday Jul 5, 1950Osan, South Korea

    The Battle of Osan, the first significant US engagement of the Korean War, involved the 540-soldier Task Force Smith, which was a small forward element of the 24th Infantry Division which had been flown in from Japan. On 5 July 1950, Task Force Smith attacked the KPA at Osan but without weapons capable of destroying the KPA tanks. They were unsuccessful; the result was 180 dead, wounded, or taken prisoner.

  149. Korean War

    General MacArthur ordered Major General Hobart R. Gay, commander of the US 1st Cavalry Division, to plan the division's amphibious landing at Incheon

    Thursday Jul 6, 1950South Korea

    Against the rested and re-armed Pusan Perimeter defenders and their reinforcements, the KPA were undermanned and poorly supplied; unlike the UN forces, they lacked naval and air support. To relieve the Pusan Perimeter, General MacArthur recommended an amphibious landing at Incheon, near Seoul and well over 160 km (100 mi) behind the KPA lines. On 6 July, he ordered Major General Hobart R. Gay, commander of the US 1st Cavalry Division, to plan the division's amphibious landing at Incheon.

  150. United Nations

    Security Council resolution

    Friday Jul 7, 1950U.S.

    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.

  151. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Philip was promoted to lieutenant commander

    Sunday Jul 16, 1950Malta

    On 16 July 1950, Philip was promoted to lieutenant commander and given command of the frigate HMS Magpie.

  152. KFC

    New Look

    1950Kentucky, U.S.

    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.

  153. Harry S. Truman

    U.S. troops pouring into South Korea

    Aug, 1950South Korea

    By August 1950, U.S. troops pouring into South Korea under UN auspices were able to stabilize the situation.

  154. Korean War

    The Pusan Perimeter

    Aug, 1950Busan, South Korea

    After the first two months of war, the ill-equipped and underprepared South Korean Army (ROKA) and the US forces rapidly dispatched to Korea were on the point of defeat, forced back to a small area behind a defensive line known as the Pusan Perimeter.

  155. Korean War

    Mao reported to the Politburo that he would intervene in Korea

    Friday Aug 4, 1950China

    On 4 August 1950, with a planned invasion of Taiwan aborted due to the heavy US naval presence, Mao reported to the Politburo that he would intervene in Korea when the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Taiwan invasion force was reorganized into the PLA North East Frontier Force.

  156. Neil Armstrong

    Armstrong became a Fully qualified Naval Aviator

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

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

  157. Korean War

    China warning

    Sunday Aug 20, 1950China

    On 20 August 1950, Premier Zhou Enlai informed the UN that "Korea is China's neighbor ... The Chinese people cannot but be concerned about a solution of the Korean question". Thus, through neutral-country diplomats, China warned that in safeguarding Chinese national security, they would intervene against the UN Command in Korea.

  158. Neil Armstrong

    Graduation

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

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

  159. Korean War

    67th Fighter Squadron aircraft mistakenly attacked facilities in Chinese territory

    Sunday Aug 27, 1950South Korea

    On 27 August, 67th Fighter Squadron aircraft mistakenly attacked facilities in Chinese territory and the Soviet Union called the UN Security Council's attention to China's complaint about the incident.

  160. Korean War

    Amphibious UN counter-offensive

    Sep, 1950Incheon, South Korea

    In September 1950, an amphibious UN counter-offensive was launched at Incheon, and cut off many KPA troops in South Korea.

  161. Vietnam War

    Military Assistance and Advisory Group

    Sep, 1950Vietnam

    In September 1950, the United States created a Military Assistance and Advisory Group (MAAG) to screen French requests for aid, advise on strategy, and train Vietnamese soldiers. By 1954, the United States had spent US$1 billion in support of the French military effort, shouldering 80 percent of the cost of the war.

  162. Fidel Castro

    Graduation

    Sep, 1950Havana, Cuba

    Returning to Havana several weeks later after the speech, Castro lay low and focused on his university studies, graduating as a Doctor of Law in September 1950.

  163. Korean War

    The Amphibious assault force faced few KPA defenders at Incheon

    Friday Sep 15, 1950Incheon, South Korea

    By 15 September, the amphibious assault force faced few KPA defenders at Incheon: military intelligence, psychological warfare, guerrilla reconnaissance, and protracted bombardment facilitated a relatively light battle. However, the bombardment destroyed most of the city of Incheon.

  164. First Indochina War

    Thái attacked Đông Khê

    Friday Sep 15, 1950Vietnam

    Major general Thái attacked Đông Khê on September 15, and Đông Khê fell on September 18.

  165. Korean War

    Eighth Army began its breakout from the Pusan Perimeter

    Saturday Sep 16, 1950Busan, South Korea

    On 16 September Eighth Army began its breakout from the Busan Perimeter. Task Force Lynch, 3rd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, and two 70th Tank Battalion units (Charlie Company and the Intelligence–Reconnaissance Platoon) advanced through 171.2 km (106.4 mi) of KPA territory to join the 7th Infantry Division at Osan on 27 September.

  166. Narendra Damodardas Modi

    Birth

    Saturday Sep 16, 1950Vadnagar, Bombay State, India (now Gujarat)

    Narendra Modi was born on 17 September 1950 to a family of grocers in Vadnagar, Mehsana district, Bombay State (present-day Gujarat).

  167. Korean War

    Stalin dispatched General H. M. Zakharov to North Korea

    Monday Sep 18, 1950North Korea

    On 18 September, Stalin dispatched General H. M. Zakharov to North Korea to advise Kim Il-sung to halt his offensive around the Pusan perimeter and to redeploy his forces to defend Seoul.

  168. Korean War

    Seoul was recaptured by UN forces

    Monday Sep 25, 1950Seoul, South Korea

    On 25 September, Seoul was recaptured by UN forces. US air raids caused heavy damage to the KPA, destroying most of its tanks and much of its artillery. KPA troops in the south, instead of effectively withdrawing north, rapidly disintegrated, leaving Pyongyang vulnerable.

  169. Korean War

    MacArthur received the top secret National Security Council Memorandum

    Wednesday Sep 27, 1950South Korea

    On 27 September, MacArthur received the top secret National Security Council Memorandum 81/1 from Truman reminding him that operations north of the 38th Parallel were authorized only if "at the time of such operation there was no entry into North Korea by major Soviet or Chinese Communist forces, no announcements of intended entry, nor a threat to counter our operations militarily".

  170. Korean War

    Stalin held Soviet military advisers responsible for the defeat

    Wednesday Sep 27, 1950Soviet Union, (Russia now)

    On 27 September, Stalin convened an emergency session of the Politburo, in which he condemned the incompetence of the KPA command and held Soviet military advisers responsible for the defeat.

  171. Korean War

    MacArthur restored Syngman Rhee

    Friday Sep 29, 1950South Korea

    On 29 September MacArthur restored the government of the Republic of Korea under Syngman Rhee.

  172. Korean War

    Warning the US that China was prepared to intervene in Korea if the US crossed the 38th Parallel

    Saturday Sep 30, 1950South Korea

    On 30 September, Zhou Enlai warned the US that China was prepared to intervene in Korea if the US crossed the 38th Parallel. Zhou attempted to advise KPA commanders on how to conduct a general withdrawal by using the same tactics that allowed Chinese communist forces to successfully escape Chiang Kai-shek's Encirclement Campaigns in the 1930s, but by some accounts KPA commanders did not use these tactics effectively.

  173. Korean War

    The South Korean police executed people who were suspected to be sympathetic to North Korea

    Oct, 1950South Korea

    During October, the South Korean police executed people who were suspected to be sympathetic to North Korea, and similar massacres were carried out until early 1951.

  174. Korean War

    The UN Command repelled the KPA northwards past the 38th Parallel

    Sunday Oct 1, 1950North Korea

    By 1 October 1950, the UN Command repelled the KPA northwards past the 38th Parallel; the ROK advanced after them, into North Korea.

  175. Korean War

    UN forces invaded North Korea

    Oct, 1950Yalu River, North Korea

    UN forces invaded North Korea in October 1950 and moved rapidly towards the Yalu River (the border with China).

  176. Alan Turing

    Turing's Paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence"

    Oct, 1950England

    In "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" (Mind, October 1950), Turing addressed the problem of artificial intelligence, and proposed an experiment that became known as the Turing test, an attempt to define a standard for a machine to be called "intelligent". The idea was that a computer could be said to "think" if a human interrogator could not tell it apart, through conversation, from a human being.

  177. Korean War

    China emergency meetings

    Monday Oct 2, 1950China

    In a series of emergency meetings that lasted from 2 to 5 October, Chinese leaders debated whether to send Chinese troops into Korea.

  178. Korean War

    The UN Command forces followed the ROK forces northwards

    Saturday Oct 7, 1950North Korea

    MacArthur made a statement demanding the KPA's unconditional surrender. Six days later, on 7 October, with UN authorization, the UN Command forces followed the ROK forces northwards.

  179. Mother Teresa

    A Vatican permission

    Saturday Oct 7, 1950India

    On 7 October 1950, Teresa received Vatican permission for the diocesan congregation, which would become the Missionaries of Charity. In her words, it would care for "the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone".

  180. Willis Carrier

    Death

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

    Willis Carrier died in 7 October 1950.

  181. Korean War

    The People's Volunteer Army

    Sunday Oct 8, 1950China

    On 8 October 1950, Mao re designated the PLA North East Frontier Force as the People's Volunteer Army (PVA).

  182. Korean War

    Zhou and a Chinese delegation arrived in Moscow

    Tuesday Oct 10, 1950Moscow, Soviet Union (Russia now)

    To enlist Stalin's support, Zhou and a Chinese delegation arrived in Moscow on 10 October, at which point they flew to Stalin's home on the Black Sea.

  183. Korean War

    President Truman and General MacArthur met

    Sunday Oct 15, 1950Wake Island, Pacific Ocean

    Meanwhile, on 15 October 1950, President Truman and General MacArthur met at Wake Island.

  184. Korean War

    China entered the war

    Wednesday Oct 18, 1950North Korea

    Immediately on his return to Beijing on 18 October 1950, Zhou met with Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai and Gao Gang, and the group ordered two hundred thousand PVA troops to enter North Korea, which they did on 19 October.

  185. Korean War

    Pyongyang was Captured

    Thursday Oct 19, 1950Pyongyang, North Korea

    The Eighth US Army drove up western Korea and captured Pyongyang on 19 October 1950.

  186. Mao Zedong

    People's Volunteer Army

    Thursday Oct 19, 1950Korea

    In 19 October 1950, Mao made the decision to send the People's Volunteer Army (PVA), a special unit of the People's Liberation Army, into the Korean war and fight as well as to reinforce the armed forces of North Korea, the Korean People's Army, which had been in full retreat. Historical records showed that Mao directed the PVA campaigns to the minutest details.

  187. Korean War

    Chinese forces of the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) crossed the Yalu

    Thursday Oct 19, 1950Yalu River, North Korea

    On 19 October 1950, Chinese forces of the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) crossed the Yalu and entered the war. The surprise Chinese intervention triggered a retreat of UN forces back below the 38th Parallel by late December.

  188. Korean War

    The PVA First Phase Offensive

    Wednesday Oct 25, 1950North Korea

    After secretly crossing the Yalu River on 19 October, the (People's Volunteer Army) PVA 13th Army Group launched the First Phase Offensive on 25 October, attacking the advancing UN forces near the Sino-Korean border.

  189. Korean War

    The UN Corps landed at Wonsan and Riwon

    Thursday Oct 26, 1950North Korea

    The UN Corps landed at Wonsan (in southeastern North Korea) and Riwon (in northeastern North Korea) on 26 October, but these cities had already captured by ROK forces.

  190. The palace of Westminster England

    King George VI opened the new chamber in a ceremony which took place in Westminster Hall

    Thursday Oct 26, 1950London, England, United Kingdom

    The work was undertaken by John Mowlem & Co., and construction lasted until 1950, when King George VI opened the new chamber in a ceremony which took place in Westminster Hall on 26 October.

  191. Korean War

    The First confrontation between Chinese and US military

    Wednesday Nov 1, 1950North Korea

    After inflicting heavy losses on the ROK II Corps at the Battle of Onjong, the first confrontation between Chinese and US military occurred on 1 November 1950.

  192. Harry S. Truman

    Assassination Attempt

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

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

  193. Richard Nixon

    Winning 1950 United States Senate election in California

    Tuesday Nov 7, 1950California, U.S.

    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.

  194. Korean War

    The Overall commander and coordinator of the war effort

    Monday Nov 13, 1950China

    On 13 November, Mao appointed Zhou Enlai the overall commander and coordinator of the war effort, with Peng as field commander.

  195. Korean War

    The Home-by-Christmas Offensive

    Friday Nov 24, 1950North Korea

    On 24 November, the Home-by-Christmas Offensive was launched with the US Eighth Army advancing in northwest Korea, while US X Corps attacked along the Korean east coast.

  196. Korean War

    The Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River

    Saturday Nov 25, 1950Ch'ongch'on River, North Korea

    On 25 November on the Korean western front, the PVA 13th Army Group attacked and overran the ROK II Corps at the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River, and then inflicted heavy losses on the US 2nd Infantry Division on the UN forces' right flank.

  197. Korean War

    The Battle of Chosin Reservoir

    Monday Nov 27, 1950Chosin Reservoir, in present day Changjin County, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea

    In the east on 27 November the PVA 9th Army Group initiated the Battle of Chosin Reservoir.

  198. Neil Armstrong

    Neil was assigned to VF-51

    Monday Nov 27, 1950U.S.

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