WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1950
Find out what all happened June to December 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)

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

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

General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas. (13. November 1950)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations. (26. September 1950)

Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House. (1. November 1950)

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

Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A blue moon is seen as far away as Europe. (24. September 1950)

Pope Pius XII claims papal infallibility when he formally defines the dogma of the Assumption of Mary. (1. November 1950)

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