The following events occurred in May 1950:
May 6, 1950: Tolund man discovered 22 centuries after his death (Nationalmuseet photo)
May 15, 1950: China's Mao Zedong....
May 9, 1950: Future Wal-Mart mogul opens his first store
... gives North Korea's Kim Il-sung go-ahead for invasion
The following events occurred in January 1950:
January 24, 1950: Dr. Fuchs confesses giving the Soviets the means to make the atomic bomb
January 17, 1950: USS Missouri gets stuck
January 31, 1950: U.S. President Truman announces that U.S. will develop the hydrogen bomb
January 10, 1950: Soviet Union delegation leaves UN Security Council