WHAT HAPPENED IN 1950.
Look what happened the 1950.

Standard practice uses this day as the origin of the age scale Before Present (1. January 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 first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight. (14. January 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)