Year of record

1950

16 verified events recorded in 1950.

16 events From Jan 1, 1950 To Dec 29, 1950 Open in filter view →
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1950 · 16 events19501950
DateEventLanesStatus
1950-12-29Celler-Kefauver Act Closes Merger Loopholes, Strengthens Government Power to Block Anticompetitive Consolidation
U.S. Congress · Representative Emanuel Celler · Senator Estes Kefauver · Harry Truman · +1
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1950-12-16Truman Proclaims National Emergency for Korean War: Declaration Remains Legally Operative for 26 Years
Harry S. Truman · Dean Acheson · George Marshall
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1950-09-23McCarran Internal Security Act Passes Over Truman Veto, Codifies Red-Scare Surveillance Apparatus
Patrick McCarran · Harry S. Truman · Subversive Activities Control Board · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1
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1950-09-23McCarran Internal Security Act Passes Over Truman Veto, Requires Communist Registration
Pat McCarran · Karl Mundt · Harry Truman · Hubert Humphrey · +5
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1950-09-08Defense Production Act Institutionalizes Korean War Industrial Mobilization, Defense Budget Quadruples to $50 Billion
Harry Truman · Office of Defense Mobilization · Boeing · Lockheed · +2
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1950-09-01State Loyalty Oaths Spread as California Passes Levering Act, Requires Public Employee Pledges
California Legislature · Earl Warren · University of California Board of Regents · American Civil Liberties Union
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1950-08-23CIA Secretly Purchases Civil Air Transport, Creating Template for Intelligence Front Companies
Central Intelligence Agency · Claire Chennault · Whiting Willauer · Civil Air Transport · +1
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1950-08-01State Department Revokes Paul Robeson Passport for Political Views and Soviet Support
Paul Robeson · State Department · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation
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1950-06-27Truman Commits U.S. Forces to Korean War by Executive Action Alone, Establishing 'Police Action' Precedent
Harry S. Truman · Dean Acheson · Robert Taft · U.S. Congress · +1
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1950-06-26Congress for Cultural Freedom Founded with CIA Money: Intellectual Capture Across 35 Countries
CIA · Frank Wisner · Michael Josselson · Melvin Lasky · +2
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1950-06-22Red Channels Published, Launching Broadcasting Blacklist and Corporate "Smear and Clear" Racket
American Business Consultants · John G. Keenan · Kenneth M. Bierly · Theodore C. Kirkpatrick · +6
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1950-06-01Margaret Chase Smith Delivers Declaration of Conscience Against McCarthy Witch Hunt
Margaret Chase Smith · Joseph McCarthy · Wayne Morse · George Aiken · +4
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1950-05-23Treaty of Detroit - GM-UAW Contract Establishes Labor Containment Model
General Motors · United Auto Workers · Walter Reuther · Charles Wilson
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1950-04-07NSC-68 Directive Creates Permanent Military-Industrial Establishment - Defense Spending to Triple
Harry S. Truman · Paul Nitze · Dean Acheson · George Kennan · +1
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1950-02-09McCarthy Wheeling Speech Claims 205 Communists in State Department Launching Witch Hunt
Joseph McCarthy · Harry S. Truman
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1950-01-01Corporate Anti-Communist Network Coordinates Labor Suppression Through NAM, Chamber of Commerce Infrastructure
National Association of Manufacturers · U.S. Chamber of Commerce · American Legion · J.B. Matthews · +2
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