6 January 1950Recognition of Communist ChinaClement Richard Attlee Attlee, 1st
Britain recognises Communist China
Historical records for Great Britain in 1950, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Britain recognises Communist China
Announces a general election will be held February 23rd
Announces a general election will be held February 23rd
Becomes Minister of Labour after the 1950 election.
Death of Eric Blair, alias George Orwell
Death of George Orwell in London.
Is buried at All Saints' Church, Sutton Courtenay.
Britain signs a treaty with Norway, Denmark and Sweden for more economic cooperation
Birth of Stephen Richard Hackett, later Genesis guitarist during the classic progressive rock era.
Birth of Peter Brian Gabriel, later Genesis vocalist, lyricist and theatrical frontman.
Birth of Peter Brian Gabriel
Julie Walters is born in Edgbaston and later becomes an acclaimed actor.
Wins Birmingham Stechford after boundary changes abolish Southwark Central.
Moves to Birmingham Stechford after Southwark Central disappears during boundary changes.
A swing of 3.3% from Labour to Conservative produces a Labour majority of 6
Reduced Labour majority: Labour 315, Conservatives 298, Liberals 9 and others 8. Labour polls a popular vote not exceeded by any political party until 1992
The Labour Party wins 48.8% of votes cast, a record, and 315 MPs
Is elected Conservative MP for Bexley at the 1950 general election.
Retains Coventry East at the 1950 general election.
Helps the Conservatives recover ground in the 1950 general election
Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1950 general election.
Retains Wakefield for Labour with a substantial majority in the general election.
Healey again contests Pudsey and Otley but remains outside the House of Commons.
Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1950 general election.
General election outcome recorded for Michael Mackintosh Foot: Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1950 general election.
Government context for this general election: Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1950 general election.
Elected Member of Parliament for Bexley
Healey contests Pudsey and Otley again but does not win the seat.
Appointed Minister of Economic Affairs
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
Delivers his maiden speech in the House of Commons shortly after entering Parliament for Wolverhampton South West.
Birth of Anthony George Banks, later Genesis keyboard player and founding member.
Great Britain recognises Israel
Begins parliamentary work as a new Conservative MP in the postwar House of Commons.
1st to make a glider crossing across the Channel
Scores both goals as Arsenal defeat Liverpool 2-0 in the FA Cup final.
Monnet invites Britain to join the European Coal and Steel Community, the British refuse
Rejects France's demand for Britain to join the European Coal and Steel Community
Birth of Trevor Bolder
Makes his final recorded Hansard contribution during debate on the Schuman Plan.
The British appeal to Moscow to ask North Korea to stop the war, Russia declines
Proclaims in the Commons that "aggression should be halted at the outset"
Appointed Lieutenant Commander
Birth of Anne, Elizabeth IIs 2nd child
Birth of Anne, gives birth to Princess Anne
Birth of Mick Moody
Measures are passed in the House of Commons for more British participation in the war
British troops take up their position near Taegu
National Service is extended to two years
Birth of Michael John Cloete Crawford Rutherford, later Genesis bassist, guitarist and founding member.
Legal Aid comes into force
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
Resigns as Chancellor of the Exchequer due to ill health
Appointed Commander of the Magpie, based in Malta
Reports radio-frequency emission from M31 with Cyril Hazard, opening a new wavelength regime for studying the Andromeda Galaxy.
Pays a royal state visit to Greece
Air Corporations Act 1950 amends the powers and duties of public air corporations
Stars as Addison DeWitt in All About Eve
Is chiefly responsible for the base-32 notation used by programmers working with the Manchester and Ferranti machines.
Hoyle presented a widely heard BBC radio series explaining modern astronomy and cosmology.
Appointed President of the Board of Trade, 2nd term
Agrees to increase the defence budget from 3,400 million pounds to 4,700 million pounds under pressure from the US
Appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Proposes building a simpler child machine and educating it rather than attempting to program an adult-level mind directly.
Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1950 provides compensation for subsidence damage caused by coal mining
Colonial Development and Welfare Act 1950 extends funding and powers for colonial development and welfare
Appointed Commonwealth Secretary
Publishes Computing Machinery and Intelligence in Mind, establishing a foundational text of artificial intelligence.
Directs Dance Hall
Robson makes his debut for Fulham, recently promoted to the First Division, in a match against Sheffield Wednesday
Diseases of Animals Act 1950 consolidates animal disease control law
Enters Cheam Common Junior School
Draws up the Manifesto entitled, "This Is The Road" for the general election
The Labour Party wins 48.8% of votes cast, a record, & 315 MPs
The Conservative Party wins 43.4% of votes cast & 298 MPs
In the general election of 1950, his constituency is altered and he is narrowly elected for the new seat of Huyton, Merseyside
Joins EMI and begins working in record production, learning studio craft across classical, comedy and popular music.
Voices opposition to the establishment of a European Army
At Strasburg proposes a European Army under unified command, the motion is passed
At Strasburg proposes a European Army under unified command, the motion is passed
Contributes to additional Ferranti Mark I instructions, notably the random-number generator order.
Finance Act 1950 sets taxation and fiscal policy for the later Attlee government
Food and Drugs Milk Dairies Act 1950 amends milk and dairy regulation
Publication of "Helena"
Housing Act 1950 consolidates housing law and local authority housing powers
Recasts the question of whether machines can think as the operational imitation game later known as the Turing Test.
Publication of "Inward Companion"
Uses radar techniques in radio astronomy and meteor studies.
Handles labour questions during rearmament pressure.
Law Reform Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1950 makes miscellaneous reforms to civil and criminal law
Argues that learning and adaptation should be central to the development of intelligent machines.
Systematically examines and answers major philosophical, mathematical and practical objections to the possibility of machine intelligence.
Maintenance Orders Act 1950 consolidates and amends maintenance order enforcement
Draws up the Manifesto entitled, "This Is The Road" for the general election
Elected Member of Parliament for West Walthamstow
Elected Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament
Wins back his seat at Lanark
Elected Member of Parliament for Orkney & Shetland
Elected Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton
Appointed Minister of Labour
Completes detailed procedures for an atomic World War III
Delivers influential BBC radio talks explaining cosmology to a wider public.
Faces pressure over the cost of health services and rearmament.
Receives the Nobel Prize in Literature for writings championing humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought.
Appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Commonwealth Relations Office
Created Earl Douglas-Holme, 14th
FWA Footballer of the Year
Introduces prescription charges
Appointed President of the Board of Trade, 2nd term
Appointed President of the Scottish National Party
Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950 regulates street works by utility undertakers
Publishes One Nation with fellow Conservative thinkers, contributing to a new policy discussion within the party.
Registered Designs Act 1950 consolidates law on industrial designs
Sciama promotes Machs principle and gravitational theory questions that shape British relativity research
Designs the Scheme A method of organising programs and subroutines with Cicely Popplewell for the Ferranti Mark I.
Announces Britain cannot join talks on the Schuman Plan
Appointed Secretary to the Admiralty
Appointed Commonwealth Secretary
Appointed Minister of State at the Scottish Office
Shops Act 1950 consolidates shop hours and employment provisions
Taylors first picture under her new salary of $2,000 per week was The Big Hangover. Her first box office success in an adult role came as Kay Banks in the romantic comedy Father of the Bride alongside Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett
Voted the most popular film actor in Britain in a national cinema poll. Stas in The Happiest Days of Your Life
Hoyle published The Nature of the Universe from material developed for his BBC broadcasts.
Connects the universality of digital computers with the possibility that suitably programmed machines could display many forms of intelligent behaviour.
Pays host at a state visit by the President of the French Republic
A 2-0 result over Liverpool brings Arsenal the trophy under Whittaker.
Leads England at its first FIFA World Cup, where victories over Chile are followed by defeats to the United States and Spain.
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