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1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1950th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 950th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1950s decade. Events January January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: Aeroflot Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 aboard are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur. January 6 – The UK recognizes the People's Republic of China; the Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Britain in response. January 7 – A fire in the St Elizabeth's Ward of Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, United States, kills 41 patients. January 9 – The Israeli government recognizes the People's Republic of China. January 12 – Submarine HMS Truculent collides with Swedish oil tanker Divina in the Thames Estuary and sinks; 64 die. January 13 – Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. January 21 – In the United States, suspected spy Alger Hiss is convicted on two counts of perjury. January 23 – The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. January 24 – Cold War: Klaus Fuchs, German émigré and physicist, confesses to an MI5 interrogator that he is a Soviet spy: for seven years, he passed top secret data on U.S. and British nuclear weapons research to the Soviet Union. Fuchs is formally charged on February 2. January 26 – India promulgates its constitution, forming a republic, and Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first president. The Kingdom of Mysore is merged into the new republic. January 31 United States President Harry S. Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949. The last Kuomintang troops surrender in mainland China. February February 1 – Chiang Kai-shek is re-elected as president of the Republic of China. February 6 In West Virginia, 372,000 coal miners strike (they remain out until March 3). The first Cabinet Secretary (N.R. Pillai) is appointed in India. February 8 The Stasi is founded in East Germany, and acts as a secret police until 1990. A payment is first made by Diners Club card, in New York, United States (the first use of a charge card). February 11 Two Viet Minh battalions attack a French base in French Indochina. Finland recognizes Indonesia. February 12 The European Broadcasting Union is founded. Albert Einstein warns that nuclear war could lead to mutual destruction. February 13 – British Columbia B-36 crash: The U.S. Air Force loses a Convair B-36 bomber that carried a Mark 4 nuclear bomb off the west coast of Canada, and produces the world's first Broken Arrow. February 14 – Cold War: The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty (terminated in 1979). In an election speech at Edinburgh, Winston Churchill proposes "a parley at the summit" with Soviet leaders, the first use of the term "summit" for such a meeting. February 15 – Juho Kusti Paasikivi is re-elected president of Finland. February 19 – Konrad Adenauer tries unsuccessfully to negotiate with East Germany, to begin unification. February 21 – Cunard liner Aquitania arrives at the scrapyard in Faslane at the end of a 36-year career, the longest of any in the 20th Century. February 23 – 1950 United Kingdom general election: The Labour Party, led by Clement Attlee, remains in office, but the Tories, led by Winston Churchill, increase their seats in the House of Commons. February – The Ad Hoc Committee on Slavery of the United Nations is formally inaugurated with its first meeting at Lake Success in February 1950. March March 1 Klaus Fuchs is convicted in London of spying against both Britain and the United States for the Soviet Union, by giving to the latter top secret atomic bomb data. Acting Chinese President Li Zongren ends his term in office. Chiang Kai-shek resumes his duties as Chinese president, after moving his government to Taipei, Taiwan. March 3 – Poland indicates its intention to exile all Germans. March 8 – The first Volkswagen Type 2 (also known as the Microbus) rolls off the assembly line in Wolfsburg, Germany. March 12 – A plane carrying returning rugby fans from Ireland to Wales crashes near Llandow, with the loss of 80 lives. March 13 – Royal Question: Belgian monarchy referendum, 1950 – In Belgium, the referendum over the monarchy shows 57.7% support the return of King Leopold III, 42.3% against. March 18 – The Belgian government collapses, after the March 12 referendum favouring of the return from exile of King Leopold III. March 20 – The Polish government enacts a law to take possession of properties owned by Roman Catholic churches. March 22 – Egypt demands that Britain remove all its troops in the Suez Canal. March 23 – The 22nd Academy Awards Ceremony is held. April April 14 – Influential British comic Eagle is launched. April 15 – Belgian King Leopold III announces that he is ready to abdicate in favor of his son, Baudouin. April 21 – A mass stabbing occurs in Nainital, killing 22 members of the Harijan castle. April 24 – Jordan formally annexes the West Bank. April 27 Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating the races. Britain formally recognises Israel. May May 1 – UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, begins operations. May 5 – Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), king of Thailand since 1946, is crowned, at The Grand Palace in Bangkok. May 6 Cazin rebellion in Bosnia against Communist agrarian reforms. Tollund Man is unearthed in Denmark. May 9 – Robert Schuman presents his proposal for the creation of a pan-European organisation, which he believes to be indispensable to the maintenance of permanently peaceful relations between the different nations of the continent. This proposal, known as the "Schuman Declaration", is considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. May 11 – The Kefauver Committee hearings into U.S. organized crime begin. May 13 – The first race in the inaugural FIA Formula One World Championship in automobile racing is held, at Silverstone, England. May 14 – The Huntsville Times runs the headline "Dr. von Braun Says Rocket Flights Possible to Moon." May 17 – Israeli Air Force Spitfires intercept a Royal Air Force Short Sunderland when it inadvertently crosses into Israeli airspace, forcing it to land at Lod Airport. The Sunderland's crew have been issued maps that do not depict Israel, as Britain had not recognized the Jewish state at the time they were issued. May 22 Celâl Bayar becomes the third president of Turkey. Adnan Menderes of the DP forms the new government of T.... Discover the Charles River Editors Arthur Leon Imbert popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Charles River Editors Arthur Leon Imbert books.