WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO JULY 1950
Find out what all happened April to July 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)

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

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

Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank. (11. July 1950)

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket. (24. July 1950)

Radio Free Europe first broadcasts. (4. July 1950)

A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city. (19. May 1950)

Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army. (16. July 1950)

The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea. (25. June 1950)

Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn. (29. July 1950)

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

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

Korean War: Task Force Smith – American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan. (5. July 1950)

Guam is organized as a United States commonwealth. (1. May 1950)

Zionism: the Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel. (5. July 1950)

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

Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. (9. May 1950)

The Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down. (2. July 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)

Korean War: North Korean troops initiate the Battle of Taejon. (14. July 1950)