WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MAY 1950
Find out what all happened February to May 1950

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

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

A barge containing munitions destined for Pakistan explodes in the harbor at South Amboy, New Jersey, devastating the city. (19. May 1950)

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

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

Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. (9. May 1950)

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

The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone. (13. May 1950)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

India and Pakistan sign the Liaquat-Nehru Pact. (8. April 1950)

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

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