WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO AUGUST 1950
Find out what all happened July to August 1950

Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis. (22. August 1950)

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

Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations. (24. August 1950)

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

Korean War: United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Naktong River and assault the city of Taegu. (20. August 1950)

Korean War: Task Force Smith – American and North Korean forces first clash, in the Battle of Osan. (5. July 1950)

Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre—American POWs are massacred by North Korean Army. (12. August 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)

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

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

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

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

Julien Lahaut, the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium is assassinated by far-right elements. (18. August 1950)

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

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

Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn. (29. July 1950)

Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there. (29. August 1950)

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