141 notable events from 1950 — air crashes, wars and massacres. Page 1 of 2.
- McCarthyism
1950–1954 · United States · War & armed conflict
- David Carpenter
Jan 1, 1950–May 2, 1981 · Attack (other)
- Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China
Oct 6, 1950 · China · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Battle of Inchon
Sep 15, 1950–Sep 19, 1950 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- Kinkaku-ji arson
Jul 2, 1950 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
Apr 24, 1950 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- Las Poquianchis
Jan 1, 1950–Jan 1, 1963 · Mexico · Murder & homicide
- Bodo League massacre
1950 · South Korea · Massacre
- 1950s quiz show scandals
1950s · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501
Jun 23, 1950 · United States · Aviation accident
- Bétharram scandal
1950 · France · Crime & justice
- No Gun Ri massacre
Jul 26, 1950–Jul 29, 1950 · South Korea · Massacre
- Bombing of North Korea
Jun 1950–Jul 1953 · North Korea · Bombing & explosion
- Billy Cook (criminal)
Dec 30, 1950–Jan 21, 1951 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Hollow Nickel Case
1950s · Crime & justice
- Zaita River case
Feb 28, 1950 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Sunagawa case
1950s–1960s · Japan · Crime & justice
- Air India Flight 245
Nov 3, 1950 · France · Aviation accident
- Attempted assassination of Harry S. Truman
Nov 1, 1950 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash
Jan 5, 1950 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes
1950s–2003 · Iraq · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries
Jan 1, 1950–Jan 1, 1953 · China · War & armed conflict
- 1950 British Columbia B-36 crash
Feb 13, 1950 · Canada · Aviation accident
- 1950–1951 Baghdad bombings
Apr 1950 · Iraq · Terrorism
- 1950 Douglas C-54D disappearance
Jan 26, 1950 · Canada · Aviation accident
- Seoul National University Hospital massacre
Jun 28, 1950 · South Korea · Massacre
- Hill 303 massacre
Aug 17, 1950 · South Korea · Massacre
- 1950 Assam–Tibet earthquake
Aug 15, 1950 · India · Earthquake
- Futamata Incident
Jan 6, 1950 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Gîsca school bombing
Apr 4, 1950 · Moldova · Terrorism
- Hungnam evacuation
Dec 24, 1950 · North Korea · War & armed conflict
- Sinchon Massacre
Oct 17, 1950–Dec 7, 1950 · North Korea · Massacre
- 1950 East Pakistan riots
Feb 1950–Mar 1950 · India · Riot & unrest
- Umeda incident
1950s · Japan · Murder & homicide
- South Amboy powder pier explosion
May 19, 1950 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Oscar Collazo
Nov 1, 1950 · United States · Shooting
- Ojima case
May 10, 1950 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- John Rodney McRae
Jan 1, 1950–Jan 1, 1987 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Fonderie Riunite massacre
Jan 9, 1950 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Hangang Bridge bombing
Jun 28, 1950 · South Korea · Bombing & explosion
- Mad Dog killings
Mar 23, 1950–Jan 26, 1957 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Puerto Rican Nationalist Party insurgency
Oct 30, 1950–Mar 1, 1954 · Puerto Rico · War & armed conflict
- Exodus of Turks from Bulgaria (1950–1951)
Jan 1, 1950–Jan 1, 1951 · Bulgaria · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Jayuya Uprising
Oct 30, 1950 · Puerto Rico · War & armed conflict
- Invasion of Ambon
Nov 5, 1950 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- National Defense Corps incident
Dec 11, 1950–Apr 30, 1951 · South Korea · Scandal & controversy
- 1950 Bahrain Air France Douglas DC-4 crashes
Jun 12, 1950 · Bahrain · Aviation accident
- Murder of Annarella Bracci
Feb 18, 1950 · Holy See (Vatican City State) · Murder & homicide
- TWA Flight 903
Aug 31, 1950 · Egypt · Aviation accident
- Kokura Black Soldiers Mass Desertion Incident
Jul 11, 1950 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Llandow air disaster
Mar 12, 1950 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- 1950 Rivière-du-Loup B-50 nuclear weapon loss incident
Nov 10, 1950 · Canada · Aviation accident
- Bukit Kepong incident
Feb 23, 1950 · Malaysia · War & armed conflict
- Naruo incident
Sep 9, 1950 · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- Chaplain–Medic massacre
Jul 16, 1950 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- Asylum case
Jan 1, 1950 · Peru · Crime & justice
- Henri Martin affair
1950s · France · Scandal & controversy
- Disappearance of Richard Colvin Cox
Jan 14, 1950 · United States · Disappearance
- Utuado uprising
from Oct 30, 1950 · Puerto Rico · War & armed conflict
- Bloody Gulch massacre
Aug 12, 1950 · South Korea · Massacre
- Chinchaga fire
Oct 1, 1950 · Canada · Fire
- Suppression of Communism Act, 1950
1950 · South Africa · War & armed conflict
- Cazin rebellion
May 1, 1950 · Bosnia and Herzegovina · War & armed conflict
- John E. Day
Dec 23, 1950 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- Indonesian invasion of South Maluku
May 1950–Dec 6, 1966 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- San Juan Nationalist revolt
Oct 30, 1950 · Puerto Rico · Riot & unrest
- 1950 Australian National Airways Douglas DC-4 crash
Jun 26, 1950 · Australia · Aviation accident
- Lloyd Gomez
Jan 1, 1950–Jan 1, 1951 · Attack (other)
- Murder of Carlos Delgado Chalbaud
Nov 13, 1950 · Venezuela · Murder & homicide
- 1950 Fairfield-Suisun Boeing B-29 crash
Aug 5, 1950 · United States · Aviation accident
- Nagata Ward Office attack incident
Nov 20, 1950–Nov 27, 1950 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Notre-Dame Affair
Apr 9, 1950 · France · Scandal & controversy
- Panair do Brasil Flight 099
Jul 28, 1950 · Brazil · Aviation accident
- 1950 Tête de l'Obiou C-54 crash
Nov 13, 1950 · France · Aviation accident
- Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307
Mar 7, 1950 · United States · Aviation accident
- Kew Gardens train crash
Nov 22, 1950 · United States · Rail accident
- Makassar Uprising
Apr 21, 1950 · Indonesia · War & armed conflict
- Canoe River train crash
Nov 21, 1950 · Canada · Rail accident
- Goyang Geumjeong Cave massacre
Oct 9, 1950 · South Korea · Massacre
- Sunchon tunnel massacre
Oct 30, 1950 · North Korea · Massacre
- Atami Great Fire
Apr 13, 1950 · Japan · Fire
- Cusco earthquake of 1950
May 21, 1950 · Peru · Earthquake
- Ernest Ingenito
Nov 17, 1950 · War & armed conflict
- 1950 Calama earthquake
Dec 9, 1950 · Chile · Earthquake
- Grâce-Berleur shootings
Jul 30, 1950 · Belgium · Massacre
- 1950 Red River flood
Apr 15, 1950–Jun 12, 1950 · Canada · Natural disaster
- J. K. Rideout
Feb 16, 1950 · Disappearance
- Massacre of Celano
Apr 30, 1950 · Italy · Massacre
- December massacres
Dec 15, 1950 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- Kim Sa-ryang
Oct 1, 1950 · South Korea · War & armed conflict
- Rockville Centre train crash
Feb 17, 1950 · United States · Rail accident
- Knockshinnoch disaster
Sep 7, 1950 · United Kingdom · Industrial & structural disaster
- James Lammers
Dec 12, 1950 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Penang ambush
Jan 22, 1950 · Malaysia · War & armed conflict
- Muladi massacre
Feb 20, 1950 · India · Massacre
- 1950 Chicago streetcar crash
May 25, 1950 · United States · Rail accident
- Waseda University incident
Oct 17, 1950 · Japan
- 1950 Karaganda Ilyushin Il-12 crash
Jul 30, 1950 · Kazakhstan · Aviation accident
- 1953 Ogatsutama powder mill Explosion
1950s · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- 1950 Heathrow BEA Vickers Viking crash
Oct 31, 1950 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident