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)
United Nations Security Council Resolution 79 relating to arms control is adopted. Date: January 17, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston. Date: January 17, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)
Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. Date: January 13, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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 Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951. Date: December 25, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 25 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day…
Korean War: General Walton Walker dies in a jeep accident and is replaced by General Matthew Ridgway in the Eighth United States Army. Date: December 23, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 23 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)
The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea. Date: December 17, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cold War: Harry Gold is sentenced to 30 years in jail for helping Klaus Fuchs pass information about the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union. His testimony is later instrumental in the prosecution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Date: December 9, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events…