The USA decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War. On June 27, 1950, President Harry S. Truman announces that he is ordering…
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8 April 1950
Pakistan and India sign the Liaquat–Nehru Pact. On April 8, 1950, the Delhi Pact was signed. It was the outcome of six days of talks…
8 February 1950
The secret police of East Germany, the Stasi, is established. The Ministry for State Security, commonly known as the Stasi, was the official state security…
14 January 1950
The first prototype of the Russian fighter MiG-17 makes its maiden flight. The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 is a high-subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from…
17 November 1950
Lhamo Dondrub is made the 14th Dalai Lama. The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is a living paradox; he upholds compassion and nonviolence while battling…
17 August 1950
American POWs are shot to death by the North Korean Army in what is called the ‘Hill 303 massacre’.
9 February 1950
Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.