Show t t. t CHRONOLOGY OF OF 1950 1960 o 1 l' l January j T ont oas die el in week of rains aiNU le t blizzards flood and cold aero US U.S. t ont ona die dl in fire e at Catholic hospital Davenport la Ia t 3 die in army paratroop glider udar crash cruh at Lav Lawson son Field Ga s JO JO Crash of Bolivian transport plant plans near noar kills kUla 32 It IrD Iran earthquake kills 20 f February i 12 Tornadoes U take 43 Q lives in Shreveport Shreveport Shreve Shreve- port area of Louisiana I- I 1 1 1 17 Thirty ll Thirty killed In LJ Long Lang e Island RR wreck 24 32 Z 32 survivors of British ship Clam lost when lifeboats capsize off Ice land t March f 7 7 Thirteen Thirteen perish as Washington Washington- Seattle plane str strikes kes flagpole in Minneapolis I I B 33 23 B 50 0 crash near Hyder Ryder Ariz Ark kills 12 2 t- t U.S. 28 IS US U.S. ambassador to Canada Lawrence Law p- p p I J rence and four others J tf r killed In tn Ontario plant plans wreck April 7 20 Collision 20 Collision of Communist steamer and American liner kills 70 I 0 J 21 Crash 21 Crash of air force farce transport near r. r Tokyo kills kiUs 35 May Sixteen 18 18 Sixteen U us u.s. 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S airmen die in tn B B 29 2 crash in Azores 19 Ammunition lW-Ammunition barges at South Ambo Amboy NJ blow up killing 30 l 21 Peru 21 Peru earthquake takes 56 M lives r r 25 of Chicago streetcar and V t gasoline truck causes 33 persons to toV V 1 burn to death i r- r June J 0 19 Explosion 19 of British freighter in tn Int 10 t Red sea sen kills kill 72 72 24 Planes Plane's Planes Plane's fall into Lake Michigan i V kills 5 t I 25 West 25 West Virginia floods take 33 lives V k i July V 4 July 4 July accidents take 85 lives V 8 Colombia 8 quakes kill 13 13 B B 50 crash near Lebanon Ohio G x V kills 16 23 Air 23 Air force crash near Myrtle Beach SC kills 39 39 V it d' d t y V 10 Series Serles Series of plane crashes in tn week J r r kills Ii r J A August V 5 B 5 B 29 crash at air t. t r r. r base C Calif lIf kills 17 injures 60 60 V IS 15 killed in India by second heaviest V V VV V lest iest earthquake ever recorded t t. t 16 16 China China floods cause deaths 25 Navy 25 Navy hospital ship Benevolence collides col l I. I lides with freighter near San Francisco Fran Fran- so I i cisco killing 18 18 September 0 t tV fr ff P V Labor death toll 5 AP 5 AP reports Day s t i Y V J at 5 3 i V V 7 Coal 7 Coal mine cave In near New CumI Cum Cum- V I nock Scotland kills 13 J that 9 Indian e Indian government go reports 4 r 4 V IV 1 V i 1 1000 died in August 15 Assam earth earth- quake J i 1 11 Train U Train wreck takes lives of 33 Penn V V f sylvania national guardsmen 19 l Navy 19 Navy air transport crash off Marshall MarI Mar Mar- V I V I L iJ shall Islands kills 26 V j t 26 26 Eighty Eighty miners die in colliery fir Un firs at Creswell England V October 0 34 17 London 17 London plane crash kills 28 V V 18 Worst IS-Worst Worst hurricane in 24 years batters batten Florida causing 15 million damage y zI 4 killing t three ree injuring 65 air crash takes 28 78 i 31 Second 31 Second London lives r V V f V V J I November 4 Bombay 4 to London plane pIano missing 1 V with 48 aboard i 1 r V p V 8 Wreckage 8 of plane found near Butts Butte Mont containing 22 dead c 22 22 Long Long Island NY train crash kills r. r V 77 77 I ii K V December V i x 10 Three IG-Three Three killed 1 15 seriously Inured Insured in Cincinnati Cincinnat plant blast r s J. V i Aid Arms and Alliances r U f t k i j January f e t. t S Truman 5 rules out American defense t V of Formosa f j 5 Britain 5 Britain recognizes Communist government gov- gov of China V V 9 U.S. s-U.S. US U.S. it will help Yugoslavia reV re re- says tbt S r. r f i V silt Invasion V ti V t 5 12 12 Secy Acheson accuses Russia of 3 grabbing Chinese territory f V. V 19 19 Bulgaria Bulgaria demands recall of US U.S. tf l' l v rl l' l k t f minister as L a Q spy 2 20 2 India becomes a republic with no 1 s L V V ties to British crown V I I 31 31 Truman Truman orders orden US U.S. production of V V V fc- fc 0 hydrogen super bomb as ns warning V f to foreign aggressors t February I f t. t f i t J t V i 3 Top 3 Top British scientist Klaus Fuchs ri 1 k K t f V arrested as os Soviet atomic spy V 1 7 Western 7 powers recognize pro pro- French Frenc Viet Nam Narn i V 5 V 14 14 Russia Russia and Red China sl sign year 30 pact If V V V L sentenced in 10 Hunt HunI Hun- Hun to- to 21 21 Two 21 Two Americans AmerIcana r t t I J 4 V gary eary as all spies V 21 U.S. 21 US U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with a- a X V Bulgaria V. V March r u. u V 1 Chiang 1 Kal reclaims Chinese k j presidency V V I Klaus I-Klaus Klaus Fuchs receives receive 14 year len sen 0 t j tence a as atom spy p- p 12 Belgian 12 Belgian King ICIng Leopold wins narrow II ic t 4 v i fy T e j- j V V plebiscite victory 1 22 West West Germany offers plan for 22 jp ti rii r f S 4 of Germany and a union beV be be- I V tween Germany and France 31 U.S. 31 U-U U US U.S. S house bouse passes passe foreign aid bill bW ii f. f 1 April n f Mr 4 4 l r 1 Unified I-Unified Unified Atlantic defense plan ory or or- y t C i f dered dared Into effect k W V V India I India and nd Pakistan end trite strUt t M t u 1 Ir ti nh r J cU ta Arab sags rma eXI I U.S. 22 US U.S. promises to defend west against Reds Eeds lI IS Red invaders Invader overrun Halnan Hainan island liland May s Chines Red Reds announce full tull jr r of Hainan Halnan t U.s. I-U.s. approves approve arms aid ale for Indo Indo- lO-Acheson lO 10 wants want west Germany German a as al partner in cold war 15 15 15 LI Lit talks with Stalin in tn Mos Mos- cow 28 M 23 Berlin survives survive east German youth rall June 4 Pro 6 win narrow election victory In Belgium 14 Trusteeship 16 council gives elves up UN U.N. rul of Jerusalem 25 North U-North North Koreans march on South Korean Koreans Ko Ko- rean reans reans bringing biggest war crisis since inc World War II Il 27 President 27 Truman orders US U.S. force forces for for- ce ces to help repel North Korean communists com corn and says they will act as part of at UN police force Navy ord or- or d dued dired red to repel any Formosan In tn July 13 South 13 US South Korean retreat continues eon con during third week 24 Reds Beds Reds strengthen dictatorship In East Germany U.S. 25 2 25 US U.S. forces lose 20 2 18 Five more nations offer troops to toUN toUN toUN UN as AI US U.S. plans to mothball de 48 warships August 1 Belgian I-Belgian King Leopold agrees to abandon throne after uprisings Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia ala returns to security council as Malik presides but fails falls in move to expel Nationalist China I 3 Security s council rebuffs Russia continue Korean discussion 10 US U.S. forces Soviet to admit in UN U.N. that Korean Reds have Russian weapons Russian chairman deadlocks dead locks security council over procedural procedural pro pro- question 18 Belgium's II Communist leader assas 20 Burma 20 Burma o Surgeon Seagrave held alaide as al asaide asaide aide to Karen rebels 22 Canadian 22 Canadian railroads tied up in strike 24 Red 24 Red China asks UN to oust US U.S. fore forc es Cs from Formosa 27 Red 27 Red China says US U.S. planes have bave attacked ManchurIan targets 31 Russia's 31 Russia's Malik ends month as security se council chairman September 8 Russia S Russia vetoes North anti Korean measure In UN U.N. 19 Atlantic 19 Atlantic foreign ministers announce their nations will fight if U Reds attack attack attack at at- tack west Germany agree aliree to increase in in crease west German police and steel production ease occupation curbs disagree over use of German troops 20 U.N. 20 UN U.N. assembly convenes as US U.S. proposes world peace plan 26 North 26 North Atlantic foreign ministers agree on creating Joint army 28 Indonesia 28 becomes UNs UN SOth mem mem- memI I ber 29 U 28 U.N. 29 UN U.N. N security council invites Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese Reds to November hearings bearings on Formosa October 1 Fighting I Intensifies in French Indo Indo- China 12 Russia U Russia vetoes new term for UN U.N. Secretary General Try Trygve ve Lie l 19 U.N. UN U.N. approves US U.S. veto proof plan to enforce peace 19 Sir 19 Sir Stafford CrIpps resigns as BritIsh BritIsh British Brit Brit- ish chancellor of ot the exchequer 23 Chinese 25 Chinese Reds announce they will Invade In tn- vade Tibet 27 India n India denounces Chinese invasion of Tibet 31 U.N. 31 UN U.N. adds three years yean to Secretary General Trygve Lies Lie's terms and favors ending boycott of Spain November 1 Puerto I-Puerto Puerto Rican revolt crushed 4 French 4 army routed again in IndoChina Indo Indo- China as Reds threaten Hanoi the capital city 4 U.N. 4 UN U.N. rescinds diplomatic ban against Spain u u 0 Yugoslavia e win will side with UN U.N. on China policy 6 Yugoslavia S asks that Italy be admitted ad to UN U.N. 0 Burma C-Burma Burma court reduces reduce treason charges charles against Dr Gordon S. S Seagrave o. 8 U.N. I-U.N. UN U.N. Invites Chinese Reds to answer US U.S. charges of aggression in Korean war 8 Chinese S Red invaders near Tibetan capital 30 30 President President Truman's suggestion w we use uso atom bomb frightens world December 6 Truman G-Truman Attlee reject appeasement of China 10 Reds Redl Reds say Europe theirs U if US U.S. starts taru war I June 25 North 25 North Korean Reds Invade Souti Sout Korea 25 U.N. 25 UN U.N. security council issues cease fire order 27 President 27 President Truman orders U US U.S. S air naval forces under General MacArthur MacArthur Mac Mac- Arthur to help repel North Korean invaders and orders navy to defend Formosa 27 27 Security Security council minus Russia RussI invokes in in- vokes yokes military sanctions against North Korea 28 Seoul 28 Seoul abandoned to Red Invaders J July uly 1 First I-First First American troops land In Korea as British navy goes into action 5 U.S. D-U.S. US U.S. troops enter Korean battle and Reds advance 15 miles I 7 U.N. 7 UN U.N. authorizes U US U.S. S. S to establish unWed unified UN U.N. command in Korea 8 a Chonan C echon fall faU and Truman names MacArthur UN U.N. command command- er US U.S. second Infantry alerted for Korean duty 12 U.S. 12 U S. S troops retreat across Kum a as 10 US U.S. tanks are destroyed in iii first tank battle at and won wan I 10 South 16 South Koreans repel Reds above U US U.S. S. S first cavalry lands at and the Infantry division at 20 U.S. 20 US U.S. abandons 24 Reds 24 Reds in western Korea reach south coast and turn toward I 31 31 First First marine division and second infantry in tn fantry reach Korea August 1 Americans I-AmerIcans counterattack 30 miles mUes west west est of 3 Americans 3 fall back to river line IIno eight miles from as Reds drive to within 40 mUes mile of Security council rebuffs Russia Rus Bus ala sia and votes to continue continuo Koriun Korsan di Weekly Publishers Select Top Ten Stories Here are the top ten news stories tories of 01 1950 as selected by bya a representative panel of 01 weekly weekly week week- ly newspaper publishers polled on their choices by The Publishers Publishers' Publishers Publishers Publishers' Publish Publish- ers' ers Auxiliary 7 J. Chinese Red intervention in Kor Korea a. a 2 The initial invasion of 01 South I Korea and the UN U.N. decision decision deci deci- sion sian to send military assist assist- ance 3 President escapes assassination tion attempt 4 4 Alger Hiss convicted of 01 per per- jury 5 5 Trial of 01 Dr Herman Sander on mercy killing charge 6 Brinks Brink's robbery in Boston 7 Senate investigates McCarthy McCarthy McCar McCar- thy charges 8 MacArthur sends t troops r roo o o P s north of 01 the parallel 9 President a 0 orders r d e r s H-bomb H production 10 Pope proclaims dogma of 01 S e assumption of 01 Virgin Mary 10 Reds 10 Reds strike at on east coast as Americans near Soviet has to admit North Koreans have Russian weapons 13 13 Reds Reds cross as US U.S. air forces stop using airstrip 16 I 29 16 B 29 raid results in recapture by allies of and repelling of at Reds Reda southeast of 17 Reds 17 Reds near as South Koreans enter re-enter Po l 10 Reds 18 Reds halted at 20 Reds Reds' Reds Reds' river bridgehead eliminated as UN U.N. starts offensive north of 26 AllIes 26 Allies retreat near 27 Reds 27 Reds take Red China laYUS says laY US U.S. planes attacked Manchuria 28 Reds 28 Reds ousted from as first British troops arrive In South Korea 31 MalIk II-MalIk Malik ends month as os security council coun cil head battle subsides September I 15 U.N. 15 UN U.N. forces land at stop Reds In south 21 21 Marines Marines approach Seoul In Korean offensive October 4 U.N. 4 UN U.N. gives elves green light for out all-out drive against North Korea 6 MacArthur sends UN U.N. units across parallel falls Truman MacArthur l 15 hold meeting on Wake Island l 19 U.N. 19 UN U.N. troops enter Pyon Pyongyang yan North Korea the capital city South 26 2 20 South Koreans reach Manchurian border November 1 Red I-Red Red Chinese stop atop UN U.N. drive In Korea 3 North 3 North Korean and Red Chinese drive back UN U.N. elements 50 miles and trap several thousand U US U.S. S. S troops 0 MacArthur S-MacArthur officially lashes Red Chinas China's Intervention In 10 Korea In note to UN U.N. 21 U.N. 21 UN U.N. troops reach Manchurian border border bor bor- der at 2 20 Enemy 26 Enemy counterattacks stall UN U.N. push 29 General 29 General MacArthur sa says s 's s we ue face new war In Jn facing Chinese in Korea Reds continue advance December 3 Two 3 Two Red drives threaten rout of UN U.N. forces 0 U.N. 5 UN U.N. forces retreat to new line above Seoul 5 Army 5 Army spokesmen say our position in Korea not hopeless 11 Encircled ll Encircled marines reach escape port 11 U Indias India's Indias UN U.N. delegate drafts cease fire plan as ns Reds group Just north of parallel Spies A Hog in the January 3 Congress 3 reconvenes Truman asks passage of Fair Deal program V I I slight aUght rise in taxes 9 e be begins series o of or wildcat strikes heightening coa coal shortage 9 Truman i-Truman submits third deficit budget et Income et-Income income billion outgo billion 21 Alger 21 Alger Hiss convicted of perjury gets gelt five years Jl U 31 US S. S Missouri L is Ls pulled out of the mud February 8 Truman 6 Invokes Taft-Hartley Taft act against coal miners I 11 John ll John L I. Lewis' Lewis miners refuse his advice they obey two court injunctions in tn En junctions and return to work 22 Senate 22 Senate votes to investigate Senator McCarthys McCarthy's charges charees there are Reds Beds in state department March 2 2 acquitted of contempt of court 7 Soft 7 Soft coal industry signs new contract contract contract con con- tract with miners I 10 Senate 15 Senate passes 3 billion housing bill bUl 20 McCarthy 28 names Prof Owen J. J Lattimore as s top Soviet agent allent in US U.S. April 4 Thomas 4 Finletter becomes air force secretary 10 Harry IG Harry Brid Bridges es gets five tIve years year in m prison for perjury 26 Administration 25 asks for defense defense- budget increase May 7 President 7 President begins whistle stop top to W 4 Fair Em D Deal al 10 Twenty s Twenty sven ven tate state railroad strike begins 16 day Six Six day railroad strike ends 23 General 23 General Motors signs year five-year contract con eon tract with June Junel 15 l Second 15 Second US U.S. U S chemist Alfred Dean Slack arrested as Soviet spy 25 25 switchmen strike five western wester and mid western mid western railroads July 6 6 Strike Strike against four of five railroads ends Truman 7 7 Truman asks ask for money for the H 7 Army 7 Army calls for draftees 9 W. e-W. W. W Stuart Symington becomes civilian civil ian mobilization chief 12 Government 12 reports say profiteers send end food and other prices climb Ing Ine 17 one 17 One atom spy confesses fourth a ar rested 24 Truman U-Truman Truman asks for 10 S billion to Increase In tn crease armed force by 23 Truman 8 Truman calls for 4 billion Increase in tn |