1950 Timeline

1950 Bertrand Russell is Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950 was awarded to Bertrand Russell "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought".
1950 Ferrari Produces the 195 Inter
The 195 Inter is a grand tourer produced by Ferrari in 1950. Introduced at the 1950 Paris Motor Show, it was similar to the 166 Inter shown a year earlier and was aimed at the same afflue...
1950 Fidel Castro graduates with a doctorate in law
Although Castro considered enrolling at Columbia University, a private university in Manhattan, he returned to Cuba to complete his degree. Castro started to have money problems. He refu...
1950 Ford Zephyr is First Produced
The Ford Zephyr is a car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in the United Kingdom. Between 1950 and 1972, it was sold as a more powerful six-cylinder saloon to complement the four-cyl...
1950 Jackie Robinson stars as himself in biographical movie, "The Jackie Robinson Story"
Jackie Robinson appears in a film biography, "The Jackie Robinson Story" in which he played himself. Actress Ruby Dee played Rachael "Rae" (Isum) Robinson.
1950 Nissan Safari is First Produced
The Nissan Safari is a four-wheel drive vehicle manufactured by Nissan in Japan since 1980. Outside of Japan, it is known as the Nissan Patrol—a name carried over from the Safari's predec...
1950 The Boy Scouts of America Celebrate their 40th Anniversary with 'Strengthen the Arm of Liberty' Campaign
On May 27, 1950, nearly 1,000 Boy Scouts marched through downtown Cheyenne, Wyo., on their way to the state capitol grounds to dedicate an eight-foot-tall replica of the Statue of Liberty...
1950 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe published
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. Written in 1950 and set in approximately 1940, it is the first-published book of The Chronicles of Nar...
1950 U.S. Decides to Defend South Korea
North Korea Invades South Korea
1950 Jan 1 Rhys M. Sale Becomes President & CEO of Ford of Canada
When he retired as Chairman of the Board of Ford of Canada in 1962, the tall, athletic figure of Rhys Manly Sale had been a part of the growth of the company for 47 years. Those 47 years ...
1950 Jan 7 Mercy Hospital Fire
A fire in the mental ward of Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa killed 41 people today. "The flames spread rapidly through the 60-year-old brick structure, one of four buildings comprising...
1950 Mar 1 Chiang Kai-Shek Moves His Capital to Taipei
Chiang moved the government to Taipei, Taiwan, where he formally resumed his duties as president on 1 March 1950.Chiang was reelected by the National Assembly to be the President of the R...
1950 Mar 3 "Love Happy" is Released
Love Happy (1949) was the 14th (including Humor Risk), and virtually the last, Marx Brothers movie (they would return to the big screen in 1957 for brief, separate appearances in The Stor...
1950 Mar 4 Cinderella is released
Cinderella is a 1950 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale "Cendrillon" by Charles Perrault. Twelfth in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, t...
1950 Mar 12 Llandow Air Disaster
On 12 March 1950, an Avro 689 Tudor V owned by Airflight Limited and being operated under the Fairflight name, took off from Dublin Airport in Ireland, on a private passenger flight to Ll...
1950 Mar 23 22nd Academy Awards
The twenty-second Academy Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, March 23, 1950 at the RKO Pantages Theatre. The evening's program was hosted by Paul Douglas.
1950 Mar 28 CCNY Beats Bradley in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship
The 1950 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. ...
1950 Apr 6
to 1950 Apr 9
 Jimmy Demaret wins the 14th Masters Tournament
With his victory at the 1950 Masters, Jimmy Demaret became the first three-time winner of the tournament. The flashily attired, quick-with-a-quip Texan also won the 1940 and 1947 Masters ...
1950 Apr 23 Detroit Red Wings win Stanley Cup
The 1950 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the New York Rangers and the Detroit Red Wings. It was the Rangers' first appearance in the Final since their Stanley C...
1950 May 9 The Schuman Declaration
"Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity. The coming together of the nat..." —Robert Schuman
1950 May 13 Stevie Wonder is Born
Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950; name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer...
1950 May 21 Ferrari Debuts in the Formula One World Championship
Ferrari debuted in the Formula One World Championship in the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix with the 125 F1, sporting a supercharged version of the 125 V12, and two experienced and successful dri...
1950 May 23 "The Asphalt Jungle" Is Released
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) is an Academy Award nominated film noir directed by John Huston. The caper film is based on the novel of the same name by W.R. Burnett and stars an ensemble cast...
1950 Jun Agatha Christie publishes A Murder is Announced
A Murder is Announced is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in June 1950 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in the...
1950 Jun 16 "Father Of The Bride" Is Released
Father of the Bride is a 1950 comedy film which tells the story of a man trying to cope with all of the disasters that happen along the way from the time that his daughter announces that ...
1950 Jun 23 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 Disappears
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 was a DC-4 propliner operating its daily transcontinental service between New York City and Seattle when it disappeared on the night of June 23, 1950...
1950 Jun 23 "The Gunfighter" Is Released
The Gunfighter is a 1950 western film starring Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott, Millard Mitchell and Karl Malden (who came back after a three year hiatus). This film was directed by Henry Ki...
1950 Jun 25 North Korean army invades South Korea
June 25, 1950 At approximately 4 a.m. (Korean Standard Time) on a rainy Sunday morning Democratic People's Republic of Korea Army (DPRK - North Korea) artillery and mortars open fire o...
1950 Jul 'If I Ran The Zoo' is Published
In 1950, Dr. Seuss published a book called “If I Ran the Zoo.” It contained the sentence: “I’ll sail to Ka-Troo, and bring back an IT-KUTCH, a PREEP, and a PROO, a NERKLE, a NERD, and a S...
1950 Jul 5 Battle of Osan
The Battle of Osan was the first engagement between United States and North Korean forces during the Korean War. U.S. Task Force Smith of 540 men suffered 180 casualties while inflicting ...
1950 Jul 16 Uruguay Defeats Brazil to Win the 1950 FIFA World Cup
The 1950 FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July, was the fourth FIFA World Cup, and the first staged in 12 years due to World War II. Brazil was chosen as the host country...
1950 Jul 19 Treasure Island is released
Treasure Island is a 1950 Disney film, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. It starred Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins, and Robert Newton as Long John Silver. It was Dis...
1950 Jul 20 "The Men" Is Released
The Men is a 1950 film directed by Fred Zinnemann. It tells the story of a World War II lieutenant, who is seriously injured in combat, and the struggles he faces as he attempts to re-ent...
1950 Aug
to 1950 Dec
Battle of Pusan Perimeter
The Battle of Pusan Perimeter was fought in August and September 1950 between United Nations Command forces combined with South Korean forces and the forces of North Korea. The Pusan Peri...
1950 Aug 1 Ronald Reagan Appears as Harold 'Hal' Norton in "Louisa"
Louisa is a 1950 comedy film directed by Alexander Hall and starring Ronald Reagan and Spring Byington in the title role. This film was Piper Larie's film debut. Plot Synopsis Grand...
1950 Aug 15 Mariana UFO Incident Produces Some of the Earliest Film Footage of a UFO
The Mariana UFO Incident occurred in August 1950 in Great Falls, Montana. Nicholas "Nick" Mariana, the general manager of the Great Falls "Electrics" minor-league baseball team, and his s...
1950 Aug 19 The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) First Airs Saturday Morning Television Shows For Children
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of D...
1950 Aug 25 "Rashomon" Is Released
Rashomon (羅生門, Rashōmon?) is a 1950 Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, working in close collaboration with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa. It stars Toshirō Mifune, Takashi Shimura,...
1950 Sep Elvis Presley worked as an usher at Loew's State Theater
In September 1950, Presley occasionally worked evenings as an usher at Loew's State Theater—his first job—to boost the family income, but his mother made him quit as she feared it was aff...
1950 Sep 1 TWA Flight 903 Crashes
TWA Flight 903 from Bombay, India to New York was carried out by TWA's Constellation "Star of Maryland". Departure from Bombay was at 08:34, August 30 and arrival at Cairo at 22:17. A com...
1950 Sep 5 Ronald Reagan Hosts "Startime" - The Swingin' Singin' Years
Star Time was a short-lived TV series which aired on the DuMont Television Network from September 5, 1950 to February 27, 1951. It featured singer Frances Langford and consisted of Jazz o...
1950 Sep 7 'Across the River and Into the Trees' is Published
Across the River and Into the Woods has a frame story of 50-year-old Colonel Cantwell duckhunting in Trieste. The first chapter is set in the present, then using the technique of stream o...
1950 Sep 15
to 1950 Sep 19
 Battle of Inchon
The Battle of Inchon (Korean: 인천 상륙 작전, Hanja: 仁川上陸作戰, Incheon Sangnyuk Jakjeon; code name: Operation Arthur) was an amphibious invasion and battle of the Korean War that resulted in a de...
1950 Oct
to 1950 Dec
Chinese forces intervene in Korean War
The United Nations troops drove the North Koreans back past the 38th parallel. Urban combat in Seoul, 1950, as U.S. Marines fight North Koreans holding the city The UN forces cros...
1950 Oct 4
to 1950 Oct 7
 1950 World Series
The 1950 World Series was the 47th World Series between the American and National Leagues for the championship of Major League Baseball. The Philadelphia Phillies as 1950 champions of the...
1950 Oct 10 "Seven Days To Noon" Is Released
Seven Days to Noon is a 1950 British drama / thriller film directed by John Boulting and Roy Boulting. Paul Dehn and James Bernard won the Academy Award for Best Story for this film.
1950 Oct 13 "All About Eve" Is Released
All About Eve is a 1950 American drama film, written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on the short story "The Wisdom of Eve," by Mary Orr. The film stars Bette Davis as Marg...
1950 Oct 30 Albizu-Campos And Other Puerto Rican Nationalists Lead A 3-Day Revolt Against The United States
On October 30, 1950, Albizu-Campos and other nationalists led a 3-day revolt against the United States in various cities and towns of Puerto Rico. The most notable occurred in Jayuya and ...
1950 Nov 1 Puerto Rican Nationalists Griselio Torresola And Oscar Collazo Attempt To Assassinate President Harry S Truman
On October 30, 1950, Albizu-Campos and other nationalists led a 3-day revolt against the United States in various cities and towns of Puerto Rico. The most notable occurred in Jayuya and ...
1950 Nov 3 Air India's Malabar Princess Crashes on the Mont Blanc
1950 November 3, "Malabar Princess", a Lockheed Constellation of the Air India company, registered VT-CQP, was connecting Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva, the next stopover. It ...