WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1950
Find out what all happened March to December 1950

Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history. (8. June 1950)

Goyang Geumjeong Cave Massacre started. (9. October 1950)

The People's Liberation Army takes control of the town of Qamdo; this is sometimes called the "Invasion of Tibet". (19. October 1950)

Hill 303 massacre: American POWs are shot to death by the North Korean Army. (17. August 1950)

Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy. (7. March 1950)

US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe. (19. November 1950)

The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951. (25. December 1950)

President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike. (25. August 1950)

Paula Ackerman, the first woman appointed to perform rabbinical functions in the United States, leads the congregation in her first services. (12. December 1950)

Cold War: In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs. (20. July 1950)

The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone. (13. May 1950)

Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races. (27. April 1950)

Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race. (4. September 1950)

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

Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon (15. September 1950)

Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data. (1. March 1950)

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

India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact. (8. April 1950)

Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published (2. October 1950)

Lhamo Dondrub is officially named the 14th Dalai Lama. (17. November 1950)