WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1950
Find out what all happened January to July 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 Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burns down. (2. July 1950)

Cold War: In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs. (20. July 1950)

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

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name "californium". (17. March 1950)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Australian-born Field Marshal in Australian history. (8. June 1950)

The Great Brinks Robbery – 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston, Massachusetts. (17. January 1950)

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

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

Communist Czechoslovakia's ministry of foreign affairs asks nuncios of Vatican to leave the country. (16. March 1950)

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

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

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