Date: June 1, 1950
British submarine HMS Truculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men. Date: January 13, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1950Llandow Air Disaster Kills 80 in Wales, March 12, 1950Linnanmäki…
American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury. Date: January 21, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1950Margaret Chase Smith Delivers Declaration of Conscience Speech, June 1, 1950Chinchaga Fire Ignites, North…
Robert Schuman presents the "Schuman Declaration", considered by some to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. Date: May 9, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 9 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1950Inaugural Formula…
In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board 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. Date: January 7, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7…
The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster. Date: March 12, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 12 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)…
The iconic Volkswagen Type 2 "Bus" begins production. Date: March 8, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1950Stasi Established in East Germany, February 8, 1950Klaus Fuchs Convicted of Soviet Atomic Bomb Spying, March 1,…