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Events
- February 8 - The Stasi is founded to serve as the secret police of East Germany.
- 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.
- 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 26 to 29 - The No Gun Ri Massacre takes place.
- October 12 - The Pathet Lao is founded.
Births
Villain births
- May 24 - Lorenzo Gilyard
- June 25 - Jim Adkisson
- July 1 - David Duke
- July 9 - Viktor Yanukovych
- September 17 - Narendra Modi
- September 20 - Eli Stutzman
- September 24 - Carlton Gary
- December 26 - Randall Woodfield