WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO MAY 1950
Find out what all happened January to May 1950

American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury. (21. January 1950)

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

Chinese Civil War: The National Revolutionary Army instigates the unsuccessful Battle of Tianquan against the People's Liberation Army. (14. February 1950)

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

President Harry S. Truman announces a program to develop the hydrogen bomb. (31. January 1950)

The Llandow air disaster occurs near Sigingstone, Wales, in which 80 people die when their aircraft crashed, making it the world's deadliest air disaster at the time. (12. March 1950)

The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. (29. May 1950)

Public Transport: Green Hornet disaster. A Chicago Surface Lines streetcar crashes into a fuel truck, killing 33. (25. May 1950)

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

Bhumibol Adulyadej marries Queen Sirikit after their quiet engagement in Lausanne, Switzerland on July 19, 1949. (28. April 1950)

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

Bhumibol Adulyadej crowns himself King Rama IX of Thailand. (5. May 1950)

Second Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists. (9. February 1950)

The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response. (6. January 1950)

The Constitution of India comes into force, forming a republic. Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first President of India. Observed as Republic Day in India. (26. January 1950)

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

The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established. (8. February 1950)

The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight. (14. January 1950)

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

The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. (23. January 1950)