WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1950
Find out what all happened January to June 1950

Public Transport: Green Hornet disaster. A Chicago Surface Lines streetcar crashes into a fuel truck, killing 33. (25. May 1950)

Standard practice uses this day as the origin of the age scale Before Present (1. January 1950)

The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. (29. May 1950)

Bhumibol Adulyadej marries Queen Sirikit after their quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 19, 1949. (28. April 1950)

The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight. (14. January 1950)

The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War. (27. June 1950)

The Llandow air disaster occurs near Sigingstone, Wales, in which 80 people die when their aircraft crashed, making it the world's deadliest air disaster at the time. (12. March 1950)

Bhumibol Adulyadej crowns himself King Rama IX of Thailand. (5. May 1950)

Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge to in attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. (28. June 1950)

Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers, argued to be between 100,000 and 200,000 are executed in the Bodo League massacre. (28. June 1950)

Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists. (9. February 1950)

Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce. (19. May 1950)

President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb. (31. January 1950)

Korean War: Seoul is captured by North Korean troops. (28. June 1950)

American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury. (21. January 1950)

Communist Czechoslovakia's ministry of foreign affairs asks nuncios of Vatican to leave the country. (16. March 1950)

Argentina becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. (19. April 1950)

Korean War: North Korean Army conducted Seoul National University Hospital Massacre. (28. June 1950)

The first successful ascent of an Eight-thousander; the summit of Annapurna is reached by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal. (3. June 1950)

The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India. (26. January 1950)