June 1950 in History

Events in History

Jun 25 North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the Korean War

Jun 26 President Gottwald of Czechoslovakia confirms Milada Horakova's death sentence

Jun 27 North Korean troops reach Seoul, UN asks members to aid South Korea, Harry Truman orders US Air Force & Navy into Korean conflict

Jun 27 South Africa heeds United Nations call to assist Korea
Jun 27 US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
Jun 28 North Korean forces capture Seoul, South Korea in opening phase of the Korean War

Jun 30 US General MacArthur visits front in South Korea, asks for US troops

Jun 1 Annemarie Jorritsma, Dutch politician and Parliamentary leader in the Senate (2015-), born in Hengelo, Netherlands
Jun 1 Gennadi Mikhailovich Manakov, colonel/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-10, TM-16)
Jun 5 Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist & political activist, born in Sta. Mesa, Manila, Philippines
Jun 14 Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, born in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Jun 15 Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist (ArcelorMittal), born in Sudulpur, India
Jun 21 Anne Carson, Canadian poet (Autobiography of Red), born in Toronto, Ontario
Jun 23 Douglas C. Lord, Canadian businessman
Jun 24 Léon Frissen, Dutch Queen's Commissioner of the province of Limburg (CDA)
Jun 24 Mercedes Lackey, American sci-fi author (Arrow's Fall, Magic's Pawn), born in Chicago, Illinois
Jun 25 Leonid Georiyevich Ivanov, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz 33), born in Safonovo, Russia (d. 1980)
Jun 28 Mauricio Rojas, Chilean-Swedish politician and political economist, born in Santiago, Chile
Jun 30 Donna Jean Willmott, FALN member (FBI most wanted), born in Akron, Ohio
Jun 30 Omprakash Valmiki, Indian Dalit writer and poet (Joothan), born in Muzaffarnagar, India (d. 2013)