1950 in the United States

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1950 in the United States
Years: 1947 1948 194919501951 1952 1953

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Events from the year 1950 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal Government

Events

January–March

February 9: Joseph McCarthy rises to prominence after claiming the State Department employs communists

April–June

June 25: North Korea invades South Korea beginning the Korean War

July–September

  • August 5 – A bomb-laden B-29 Superfortress crashes into a residential area in California; 17 are killed, 68 injured.
  • August 8 – Winston Churchill supports idea of a pan-European army allied with Canada and the U.S.
  • August 23 – Legendary singer-actor Paul Robeson, whose passport has recently been revoked because of his alleged Communist affiliations, meets with U.S. officials in an effort to get it reinstated. He is unsuccessful, and it is not reinstated until 1958.
  • September 4
  • September 5 – Viking Press publishes On the Road by Jack Kerouac.
  • September 7 – The game show Truth or Consequences debuts on television.
  • September 8 – The Defense Production Act is enacted into law in the U.S., shaping American military contracting for the next 60 years.
  • September 9 – The U.S. state of California celebrates its centennial anniversary.
  • September 15 – Korean WarBattle of Inchon: Allied troops commanded by Douglas MacArthur land in Inchon, occupied by North Korea, to begin a U.N. counteroffensive.
  • September 30 – NSC-68 is enacted by President Truman, setting U.S. foreign policy for the next 20 years.

October–December

Undated

Ongoing

Births

Deaths

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Year by Year 1950" – History Channel International

External links

  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons