1950
 
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  • Chinese invade Tibet 
  • North Korea invades South Korea
  • UN forces drive North Koreans out of South Korea
  • Vietnam divided into North and South
  • Senator McCarthy begins enquiry into "un-American activities"
  • Colombo Plan to aid South Asia begun
  • Credit cards introduced in the United States
  • First food processor (the Kenwood Chef)
  • Antihistamines introduced
  • New York subway commuters stampede when they think a short-circuited signal is the start of World War Three
  • Petrol and butter rationing ends in Australia
  • British Empire Games in Auckland
  • Peanuts comic strip begins
  • Work begins on overhead railway at Circular Quay
  • First "bodgies" and "widgies"
  • First commercial bauxite discovery in Australia at Marchimber Is, WA
  • Australian Basic Wage increased from £7/2/- to £8/2/-
  • Australia's rabbit population reaches 1,000,000,000
  • Myxomatosis used to kill rabbits in Australia
  • "Hokey-pokey" dance craze

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Korea
The early phase of the Korean War
seemed like an easy victory
for the United Nations forces.

 

  

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The Menzies Era 1950
 

 

    

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