WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1950
Find out what all happened October to December 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)

Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency, after Chinese troops enter the fight in support of communist North Korea. (16. December 1950)

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

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

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)

The "Storm of the Century", a violent snowstorm, takes shape on this date before paralyzing the northeastern United States and the Appalachians the next day, bringing winds up to 100 mph and sub-zero temperatures. Pickens, West Virginia, records 57 inches of snow. 353 people would die as a result of the storm. (24. November 1950)

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

Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. (9. December 1950)

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

The People's Republic of China joins the Korean War by sending thousands of troops across the Yalu river to fight United Nations forces. (19. October 1950)

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

The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950, known at the time as the "Storm of the Century", strikes New England with hurricane force winds resulting in massive forest blow-downs and storm surge damage along the Northeast coast including New York City. This storm also brings blizzard conditions to the Appalachian Mountains and Ohio Valley, becoming one of the worst storms of all time. 353 people die in the event. (25. November 1950)

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

The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea. (17. December 1950)

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

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