Egypt Closes Suez Canal to Israeli Ships and Commerce May 19, 1950

The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight. Date: February 1, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1950Edith Sampson Becomes First Black U.S. UN Delegate, August 24, 1950Korean War: Seoul’s Hangang Bridge…

Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 and 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre. Date: June 28, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 28 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1950UN Security Council Resolution 79 Adopted on Arms Control,…

Korean War: beginning of the Battle of Taejon. Date: July 14, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1950Margaret Chase Smith Delivers Declaration of Conscience Speech, June 1, 1950South Amboy Munitions Barge Explosion Devastates Harbor,…

Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day. Date: June 28, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 28 📅 Events on…

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket. Date: July 24, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1950HMS Truculent Collision in Thames Estuary Kills 64, January 13, 1950Llandow…

Herzog and Lachenal of the French Annapurna expedition become the first climbers to reach the summit of an 8,000-metre peak. Date: June 3, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 3 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1950Canoe River Train Crash Kills…