President Truman orders the development of thermonuclear weapons.
Tag: 1950
13 May 1950
The inaugural Formula One World Championship race takes place at Silverstone Circuit.
3 September 1950
“Nino” Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers’ champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix. [wiki]Giuseppe_Farina[/wiki]
7 March 1950
Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Fuchs’]
14 January 1950
The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-17′]
9 October 1950
The Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre in Korea begins. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goyang_Geumjeong_Cave_massacre’]
14 January 1950
The first prototype of the USSR’s MiG-17 makes its maiden flight. Another prototype of Mikoyan Gurevich fighter I-330 SI made its first flight on the…
17 November 1950
Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama. The 14th Dalai Lama religious name: Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin…
7 October 1950
Mother Teresa sets up the Missionaries of Charity. Missionaries of Charity is a Roman Catholic Latin Rite religious congregation established in 1950 by Mother Teresa….