|
1950 Your chance to see what was in the news during the year that you, your children, or your family & friends were born |
|
|||||||
|
1950 1950 (Roman Numerals: MCML) was the 50th year of the 20th century. 1950 was not a leap year, and the first day of the year was a Sunday. On this page, we have listed some of the major historical, news and sporting events that took place in 1950. News Events of 1950 Korean War begins when Communist North Korea invades the South. First racing season. The Jack Benny Show makes its TV debut. New Indian constitution comes into force. India becomes a republic.  Egypt demands that Britain remove all its military forces from the Suez Canal. Peanuts comic strip first published. The Peak District becomes Britain's first national park. Myxomatosis introduced into Australia to reduce the country's population of wild rabbits. The Knesset (Israeli parliament) passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel. Sports in 1950
Back To Year Index
|
| Contact Us About/Terms of Use Privacy Advertising/Endorsements Disclosures †Disclosure: Advertising Link(s): Our company may receive a payment if you purchase a product/service after following this link. Disclosure: Our company's websites' content (including this website's content) includes advertisements for our own company's websites, products, and services, and for other organization's websites, products, and services. In the case of links to other organization's websites, our company may receive a payment, (1) if you purchase products or services, or (2) if you sign-up for third party offers, after following links from this website. Unless specifically otherwise stated, information about other organization's products and services, is based on information provided by that organization, the product/service vendor, and/or publicly available information - and should not be taken to mean that we have used the product/service in question. Additionally, our company's websites contain some adverts which we are paid to display, but whose content is not selected by us, such as Google AdSense ads. For more detailed information, please see Advertising/Endorsements Disclosures Our sites use cookies, some of which may already be set on your computer. Use of our site constitutes consent for this. For details, please see Privacy. Click privacy for information about our company's privacy, data collection and data retention policies, and your rights. Copyright © 2000-2023, Answers 2000 Limited CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED 'AS IS' AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. In Association With Amazon.com Answers 2000 Limited is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. In Association With Amazon.co.uk 
Answers 2000 Limited is a participant in the Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk. As an Amazon Associate, our company earns from qualifying purchases. Amazon, the Amazon logo, Endless, and the Endless logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. |
|