The Year 1950
History and Politics
USSR and Comminist China sign 30-year pact.
Communist China's forces occupy Tibet.
Senator Joseph McCarthy advise President truman that State Dept.
is riddled with Communists and Communist sympathizers.
Riots against apartheid in Johannesburg.
Truman instructs US Atomic Energy Commission to develope hydrogen bomb.
Klaus Fuchs found guilty of betraying British atomic secrets to USSR and imprisioned;
Harry Gold, his American confederate, sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Britian recognizes Isreal.
West Germany joins Council of Europe.
N. Korean forces invade S. Korea June 25th and capture Seoul.
UN forces land in S. Korea and recapture Seoul
US recognizes Vietnam, capitol at Saigon; supplies arms and sends mission to instruct in
their use; signs military assistance pact with France, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.
Indonesia admitted to UN.
Poland and E. Germany proclaim Oder-Neisse line as frontier.
Nobel Peace Prize: Dr. Ralph J. Bunche (US)
McCarran Act passes: calling for severe restrictions against Communists, for registration of all Communist
organizations and individuals, and forbids entry into US of aliens who have belonged to toalitarian organizations.
Assassination attempt against Truman made by 2 Puerto Rican nationalists.
Science, Technology, Growth
Plutonium seperated from pitchblende concentrates.
G.T. Seaborg discovers element 98 (californium); berkelium discovered.
Einstein "General Field Theory" (attempt to expand Theory of Relativity).
Miltown, a meprobamate, comes into wide use in the US as a tranquilizer.
Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology: Philip S. Hench (US), Edward C. Kendall
(US), & Tadeusz Reichstein (Swiss,born in Poland) for thier work in hormones.
Antihistamines become popular remedy for colds and allergies.
Brooklyn-Battery tunnel opens in New York.
Daily Life
World population is approximately 2.3 billion.
US population 150,697,999; illiteracy is 3.2%.
City populations in millions; London, 8.3; New York, 7.8; Tokyo, 5.3; Moscow, 4.1.
1.5 milliom Germans are still missing.
UN reports that of the 800 million children in the world, 480 million are undernourished.
30,000 varieties are cataloged.
1.5 milliom TV sets in US. (one year later appx. 15 million)
Nobel Prize winners by nation: 49 German, 40 Britons, 45 Americans, 30 Frenchmen
World record crowd of 199,854 attends World Cup soccer game, Brazil vs. Uruguay.
US Lawn Tennis Singles won by Arthur Larsen, women's won by Margaret O. du Pont.
US Golf Assc. won by Sam Urzetta, Open won by Ben Hogan.
Australian team wins Davis Cup from US team.
Ohio State wins Rose Bowl over California, 17-14.
New York (AL) wins World Series over Philidelphia (NL), 4-0.
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