In history, year 1950 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1950.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1950:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 26 january | Indian independence movement-India officially became a republic under a new constitution, with Rajendra Prasad as its first president. |
| 08 february | The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, was established. |
| 01 march | In a trial lasting less than 90 minutes, German–British physicist Klaus Fuchs was convicted of violating the Official SecretsAct for supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the SovietUnion. |
| 17 march | The synthesis of californium, a radioactive transuranium element, was announced. |
| 30 march | Usmar Ismail began filming Darah dan Doa, formally recognised as the first Indonesian film. |
| 08 june | Thomas Blamey became the only Australian to attain the rank of Field Marshal. |
| 25 june | The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea. The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. |
| 28 june | Korean War: Seoul was captured by North Korean troops. The Korean War in North Korean was a war between North and South Korea, in which a United Nations force led by the United States of America fought for the South, and China fought for the North, which was also assisted by the Soviet Union. |
| 29 june | In one of the greatest upsets in sporting history, the United States defeated England during the 1950 FIFA World Cup. |
| 02 july | A mentally ill Buddhist monk set fire to the Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji, destroying what is now one of the most popular tourist destinations in Japan. |
| 04 july | The United States' anti-communist propaganda source Radio FreeEurope made its first broadcast aimed at Czechoslovakia. |
| 05 july | Korean War-In the first encounter between North Korean andAmerican forces, the unprepared and undisciplined U.S. Army task forcewas routed. |
| 14 july | In an early battle of the Korean War, North Korean troops began attacking the headquarters of the American 24th Infantry Division in Taejon, South Korea. |
| 16 july | Korean War-A Korean People's Army unit massacred twenty-one U.S. Army prisoners of war. |
| 29 july | Korean War: U.S. Army 7th Cavalry Regiment troops concludedfour days of shootings of civilians, sparked by fears that columns ofrefugees might contain North Korean spies. |
| 12 august | Korean War-Members of the North Korean People's Army executed 75 captured U.S. Army prisoners of war. |
| 17 august | Korean War-A North Korean Army unit massacred 42 Americanprisoners of war so that they would not slow the North Koreans down. |
| 25 august | Althea Gibson entered into the U.S. Tennis Championships,becoming the first African-American woman to be a competitor on theworld tennis tour. |
| 08 september | The Defense Production Act that was approved of by Congress requires various economic measures, including wage and price controls. |
| 02 october | Peanuts, the syndicated comic strip by Charles M. Schulz,featuring Charlie Brown and his pet Snoopy, was first published in majornewspapers. |
| 11 october | A field-sequential color system developed by Hungarian-Americanengineer Peter Goldmark became the first color television system to beadopted for commercial use, but it was abandoned only a year later. |
| 21 october | Korean War-British and Australian troops of the 27th BritishCommonwealth Brigade engaged in heavy fighting with North Korean forcesin the Battle of Yongju. |
| 01 november | Two Puerto Rican nationalists attempted to assassinate U.S.President Harry S. Truman. |
| 05 november | Korean War-The 27th British Commonwealth Brigade succeeded inpreventing a Chinese break-through at Pakchon in the Battle of Pakchon. |
| 17 november | Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, was enthroned as Tibet'shead of state at the age of fifteen. |
| 21 november | Two trains collided near Valemount, British Columbia, Canada;the subsequent trial catapulted future Prime Minister of Canada JohnDiefenbaker into the political limelight. |
| 24 november | The 'Storm of the Century', a large extratropical cyclone,struck the east coast of the United States before moving northeast. |
| 25 november | Several feet of snow fell on a single day in many of the northeastern States today and combined with hurricane force winds in excess of 100 MPH caused millions of dollars in property damage and kills 160 people. |
| 26 november | The Chinese army counter attack into Korea driving 16 miles behind the U.N. lines. |
| 26 november | Korean War-With the battles of Chosin Reservoir and theCh'ongch'on River, China launched a massive counterattack against UnitedNations forces. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1950:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 01 June | Jean Lambert / Politician / United Kingdom |
| 01 February | Rich Williams / Writer / United States of America |
| 01 June | Michael McDowell / Author / United States of America |
| 02 August | Jussi Adler-Olsen / Author / Denmark |
| 03 January | Linda Steiner / Journalist / United States of America |
| 05 November | Thorbjørn Jagland / Politician / Norway |
| 08 June | Kathy Baker / Actress / United States of America |
| 08 December | Rick Baker / Actor / United States of America |
| 10 June | Elías Sosa / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 11 March | Bobby McFerrin / Writer / United States of America |
| 12 May | Bruce Boxleitner / Actor / United States of America |
| 13 May | Danny Kirwan / Writer / United Kingdom |
| 13 September | Jeff Lowe / Mountaineer / United States of America |
| 14 April | Francis Collins / Physician / United States of America |
| 18 April | Tina Chow / Model / United States of America |
| 18 June | Annelie Ehrhardt / Hurdler / Germany |
| 20 January | Daniel Benzali / Actor / United States of America |
| 24 June | Bob Carlos Clarke / Photographer / United Kingdom |
| 24 December | Dana Gioia / Poet / United States of America |
| 29 August | Doug DeCinces / Baseball Player / United States of America |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1950:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 27 November | Anil Dhawan / Actor / India |
| 20 April | N. Chandrababu Naidu / Politician / India |
| 22 September | Pawan Kumar Chamling / Politician / India |
| 30 May | Paresh Rawal / Actor / India |
| 01 December | Manju Bansal / Academic / India |
| 15 November | Ashok Gadgil / Scientist / India |
| 14 January | Rambhadracharya / Scholar / India |
| 20 April | N. Chandrababu Naidu / Politician / India |
| 10 January | Suchitra Bhattacharya / Writer / India |
| 03 September | Govind Namdev / Actor / India |
| 24 September | Mohinder Amarnath / Cricketer / India |
| 18 September | Vishnuvardhan / Actor / India |
| 05 August | Mahendra Karma / Politician / India |
| 19 August | Sudha Murthy / Author / India |
| 12 December | Rajinikanth / Actor / India |
| 23 November | Nrisingha Prasad Bhaduri / Author / India |
| 14 October | Arun Khetarpal / Soldier / India |
| 05 August | Mahendra Karma / Politician / India |
| 01 January | Deepa Mehta / Writer / India |
| 11 May | Sadashiv Amrapurkar / Actor / India |
