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* February 9 - In his speech to the Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with 205 Communists. | * February 9 - In his speech to the Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator [[Joseph McCarthy]] accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with 205 Communists. | ||
* February 10 to April 2 - The [[1950 East Pakistan riots]] take place. | * February 10 to April 2 - The [[1950 East Pakistan riots]] take place. | ||
* February 14 - The Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance is signed by the [[Communist Party of China]] and the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]. | |||
* April 8 - In the first shootdown of an American military aircraft by the Soviet Union during the [[Cold War]], two Soviet Lavochkin La-11 fighters intercepted and downed a U.S. Navy PB4Y-2 Privateer surveillance plane that was flying over or near the Latvian SSR with ten men on board, the first of over 350 American servicemen lost in Cold War missions. | |||
* June 25 - North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the [[Korean War]]. | * June 25 - North Korea invades South Korea, beginning the [[Korean War]]. | ||
* July 25 - [[Walter Ulbricht]] is named First Secretary of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]. | * July 25 - [[Walter Ulbricht]] is named First Secretary of the [[Socialist Unity Party of Germany]]. | ||