Explore 3918 historical events from 1950–1959.
Two Air France Douglas DC-4 aircraft crashed two days apart in June 1950 within a few miles of each other and under similar circumstances. These two accidents, on 12 and 14 June, o…
An Air France Douglas DC-4 crashes near Bahrain International Airport, killing 46 people
Two Air France Douglas DC-4 aircraft crashed two days apart in June 1950 within a few miles of each other and under similar circumstances. These two accidents, on 12 and 14 June, o…
An Air France Douglas DC-4 crashes near Bahrain International Airport, killing 40 people
Apartheid was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised by an authorita…
Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating races
The Knesset is the unicameral legislature of Israel.
The Knesset of Israel passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to the Land of Israel.
The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, w…
Korean War: beginning of the Battle of Taejon.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
Edith Spurlock Sampson was an American lawyer, diplomat and civil rights advocate known for being the first African American to officially represent the United States at the United…
Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, w…
The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea
The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, w…
The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War
The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, w…
Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 and 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre
The Hangang Bridge bombing was a demolition operation conducted by the South Korean Army to destroy the Hangang Bridge in Seoul, South Korea, on 28 June 1950, to delay the rapid No…
Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow
The Korean People's Army encompasses the combined military forces of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). The KPA consists of five branches: the Gro…
Korean War: The Korean People's Army kills almost a thousand doctors, nurses, inpatient civilians and wounded soldiers i
Frank Pace Jr. was the 3rd United States Secretary of the Army and a business executive.
To avert a threatened strike during the Korean War, President Truman orders Secretary of the Army Frank Pace to seize…
The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, w…
Korean War: British Commonwealth Forces Korea arrives to bolster the US presence.
TWA Flight 903 was a regularly scheduled flight from Bombay International Airport, India to New York-Idlewild Airport, via Cairo-King Farouk Airport and Rome-Ciampino Airport. On 3…
TWA Flight 903 crashes near Itay El Barud, Egypt, killing all 55 aboard.
The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, w…
Korean War: U
The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc …
Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, w…
Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan.
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second…
Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
The Chaplain–Medic massacre took place in the Korean War on July 16, 1950, on a mountain above the village of Tuman. South Korean local natives claim that it took place on a mounta…
Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army.
Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956. Farina won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in its inaugural 1…
"Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, w…
Korean War: The U.S. X Corps lands at Inchon.
The People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps is a corps grade airborne and air assault force subordinated to People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) headquarters. Befor…
The People's Liberation Army Air Force Airborne Corps (Then known as the PLAAF 1st Ground Forces Brigade) is founded.
The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, w…
Korean War: An attack by North Korean forces was repelled at the Battle of Nam River.