WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1950
Find out what all happened June to November 1950

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

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

Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San, primarily pitting Australian and British forces against communist China, begins. (3. October 1950)

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

Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations. (24. August 1950)

Korean War: heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade and the North Korean 239th Regiment during the Battle of Yongju. (21. October 1950)

Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history. (8. November 1950)

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

Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there. (29. August 1950)

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

Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis. (22. August 1950)

Pope Pius XII witnesses the "Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican. (30. October 1950)

The Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down. (2. July 1950)

Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea. (29. November 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 Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Naktong River and assault the city of Taegu. (20. August 1950)

Television: CBS's mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. (11. October 1950)

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

Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea. (21. November 1950)

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