Explore 3918 historical events from 1950–1959.
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: After American troops withdrew, North Korean forces captured the village of Yongdong in South 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…
Korean War: Over fears that North Korean soldiers were infiltrating refugee columns, U.S. forces concluded a four-day…
The royal question was a major political crisis in Belgium that lasted from 1945 to 1951, coming to a head between March and August 1950. The question at stake surrounded whether K…
At the height of a political crisis known as the royal question, four workers were shot dead by the Belgian…
The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment was an elite light infantry unit of North Korea's Korean People's Army (KPA) that existed briefly during the Korean War. It was headquartere…
The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment of North Korea was disbanded after fighting for less than two months in the…
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: United Nations forces repelled an attempt by North Korea to capture the city of Taegu.
Althea Neale Gibson was an American tennis player and professional golfer, and one of the first Black athletes to cross the color line of international tennis. In 1956, she became …
American tennis player Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National…