What is 1950?
{{Year nav|1950}} {{Year in various calendars|1950}} '''1950''' ([[Roman numerals|MCML]]) was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1950th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1950}}. == Events == * [[January 5]] – [[U.S. Senator]] [[Estes Kefauver]] introduces a law asking for the government to study crime in the U.S. * [[January 9]] – The [[Israeli]] government say's that the [[People's Republic of China]] is a country * [[January 11]] – [[Huk]] [[guerrilla warfare|guerrillas]] attack the town of [[Hermosa, Bataan|Hermosa]] in [[Bataan]], [[Philippines]]. * [[January 12]] – British [[submarine]] ''Truculent'' crashes into a [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[oil tanker]] in [[River Thames]] – 64 people died. * [[January 13]] – [[Finland]] is friendly with the [[People's Republic of China]] * [[January 15]] – [[Volcanic]] cloud kills 5000 in [[Mount Lamington]], [[New Guinea]] * [[January 17]] – The [[Great Brinks Robbery]] – 11 thieves steal more than $2 million from an [[armored car]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]] * [[January 23]] – The [[Knesset]] passes an agreement that says [[Jerusalem]] is the capital of [[Israel]]. * [[January 24]] – [[Cold War]]: [[Klaus Fuchs]] tells about his wartime [[espionage]] at [[Los Alamos]] to [[United Kingdom|British]] [[interrogator]]s – formally charged [[February 2]] * [[January 28]] – [[Somaliland]] is put under [[Italy|Italian]] rule * [[January 29]] – [[Lord Balfour]] disagrees with the fact that [[rationing]] is still in force in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] * [[January 31]] – [[President (United States)|President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] announces a program to develop the [[hydrogen bomb]] * [[January 31]] – Last [[Kuomintang]] troops [[wikt:surrender|surrender]] in continental [[China]] * [[June 5]]- [[The Korean War]] begins * [[October 2]] – [[Charles M. Schulz]] publishes the first [[Peanuts]] comic strip. == Births == * [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Victoria Principal]], Japanese-Am