1950

Jan 18 - PRC recognizes Communist North Vietnam

Jan 23 - Knesset resolves Jerusalem as capital

Jan 31 - Truman orders development of h-bomb

Feb 6 - Viet Minh offensive near Chinese border

Feb 7 - U.S. recognizes State of Vietnam

Feb 9 - Joseph McCarthy rises to prominence

Mar 1 - Chiang Kai-shek elected president

May 14 - von Braun predicts flight to the moon

June 25 - North Korean troops invade south

Jun 27 - Truman orders troops to South Korea

Sept 17 - MAAG Indochina established

Dec 30 - Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia gain independence