In early 1950, the U. S. took its first efforts to oppose communist forces in Vietnam ; planned to form a West German army, and prepared proposals for a peace treaty with Japan that would guarantee long-term U. S. military bases there.

Included in that collection were “ Judgment Night ” ( first published in August and September, 1943 ), the lush rendering of a future galactic empire with a sober meditation on the nature of power and its inevitable loss ; “ The Code ” ( July, 1945 ), an homage to the classic Faust with modern theories and Lovecraftian dread ; “ Promised Land ” ( February, 1950 ) and “ Heir Apparent ” ( July, 1950 ) both documenting the grim twisting that mankind must undergo in order to spread into the solar system ; and “ Paradise Street ” ( September, 1950 ), a futuristic take on the Old West conflict between lone hunter and wilderness-taming settlers.

The road to West Beach was created in 1950, opening up a stretch of beach to hordes of vehicles.

Between 1950 and the Six Day War in 1967, although not widely recognized, Jordan claimed and administered an additional 5, 880 square kilometers encompassing the West Bank ; in 1988 and with continuing Israeli occupation, King Hussein relinquished Jordan's claim to the West Bank in favor of the Palestinians.

This was followed by a sequel in 1950, My Friend Irma Goes West.

Cotten's career cooled in the 1950s with a string of less high-profile roles in films such as the dark Civil War Two Flags West ( 1950 ), the Joan Fontaine romance September Affair ( also 1950 ), and the Marilyn Monroe vehicle Niagara ( 1953 ), after James Mason turned down the role.

* Two Flags West ( 1950 )

It has been the capital of Kołobrzeg County in West Pomeranian Voivodship since 1999, and previously was in Koszalin Voivodship ( 1950 – 1998 ).

The transfer to Poland decided at Potsdam in 1945 was officially recognized by East Germany in 1950, by West Germany under Chancellor Willy Brandt in the Treaty of Warsaw signed in 1970, and finally by the reunited Germany by the Two Plus Four Agreement in 1990.

* The play Romulus the Great ( 1950 ), by Friedrich Dürrenmatt ; an " Ungeschichtliche historische Komödie " ( Unhistorical historical comedy ) about " Romulus Augustus's " reign, and the end of the Roman Empire in the West.

1950 film about West Pakistan

This led to the Cold War and proxy wars with the West, including wars in Korea ( 1950 – 1953 ) and Vietnam ( 1957 – 1975 ).

After unsuccessfully contesting the Labour Party's ultra-safe seat of Normanton at a by-election in 1947 ( when the Labour majority was 62 %), he was elected as Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Wolverhampton South West in the 1950 general election.

In 1987, Sergio Leone contacted his old collaborators Sergio Donati and Fulvio Morsella, pitching an idea for a TV miniseries about a Colt revolver that passed from owner to owner throughout the Old West, similar to Anthony Mann's film Winchester ' 73 ( 1950 ).

A staunch believer in economic liberalism, Erhard joined the Mont Pelerin Society in 1950 and used this influential body of neoliberal economic and political thinkers to test his ideas for the reorganization of the West German economy.

Joseph McCarthy's involvement with the ongoing cultural phenomenon that would bear his name began with a speech he made on Lincoln Day, February 9, 1950, to the Republican Women's Club of Wheeling, West Virginia.

Frank Merlo in Key West, 1950

On 24 April 1950 the Jordan House of Deputies and House of Notables formally annexed the West Bank and East Jerusalem, declaring " complete unity between the two sides of the Jordan and their union in one state ... at whose head reigns King Abdullah Ibn al Hussain ".

* 1950: The Way West by A.

** Stratford West Ham ( UK Parliament constituency ) ( 1918 – 1950 ), in East London

Restoration efforts by the Native Sons of the Golden West in 1915 and 1950 saved the surviving portion of the Mission wing and converted it into a museum, set in the gracious surroundings of flowers and palm trees.

Before the end of January 1950, the GWU and the People's Committee were holding joint public meetings and discussing issues such as devaluation, labour legislation, the proposed West Indies Federation, and constitutional reform.

* Royal Dutch East Indies Army ( KNIL ), informally known as " Dutch Foreign Legion " ( 1830 – 1950 )

* David Murray ( cricketer ) ( born 1950 ), former West Indies wicketkeeper

Trueman's first match in the 1950 season was for Yorkshire against the West Indies tourists at Park Avenue.

* Romeo Challenger ( born 19 May 1950, St John's, Antigua, West Indies ) — drums.

On 25 April 1950, demobilized ex-Royal Dutch East Indies Army ( KNIL ) soldiers and other South Moluccan men who remained loyal to the Dutch crown, staged a revolt and proclaimed an independent " Republic of South Maluku " ( Indonesian: Republik Maluku Selatan ).

The regiment was named after J. B. van Heutsz a former Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, and was formed on July 1, 1950.

In 1950, HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, the last surviving granddaughter of Queen Victoria, became the first Chancellor of the University College of the West Indies.

After the War he became Second-in-Command of the Carrier Fleet and in 1948 he was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station ; he retired in 1950.

He drew twice against a weak New Zealand in 1949 and lost to the West Indies in 1950.

He represented England in two Tests in 1950, against the touring West Indies.

Shackleton's talent was soon recognised, and he played his first Test against the West Indies in 1950.

Constantine also extended his work in journalism and broadcasting, as a cricket reporter and as a radio commentator when the West Indies toured England in 1950.

In 1946, the bishop of Madrid Leopoldo Eijo y Garay was appointed Patriarch of the West Indies, but without the Military Ordinariate ( a military archbisophric would be established in 1950 ).

At Lord's in 1950, West Indies defeated England in England for the first time.

In 1950 – 51, McCool was the leading wicket taker in the Sheffield Shield competition, however he was not selected in the Test team against the touring English ; nor against the West Indies the following season.

West Indies were the tourists in 1950, in the first Test at Old Trafford, Evans made his maiden Test century.

This lineup released an album of cover songs entitled Project 1950 and toured for several years.

Under his direction the orchestra toured South America in 1940 and the United States in 1950.

The orchestra toured the United States in 1950, thus becoming the first British orchestra to visit America since the London Symphony Orchestra in 1912.

With this band, which toured extensively throughout the United States as the California Rhythm and Blues Caravan, he had a long string of rhythm and blues hits through 1950.

Beginning in 1983, a major exhibition of works by Cranbrook's faculty and graduates, entitled " Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision 1925 – 1950 ", toured major museums in the United States and Europe.

Notable exceptions include the 1950 Shield, which involved the England World Cup team against an FA team that had toured Canada that summer, and the 1961 Shield, when Tottenham Hotspur became the first team of the 20th century to win the Double, and played a Football Association XI in the 1961 edition.

In 1950 Smith toured the Mexican Mission of the church.

From 1950 to 1954 Erdman toured annually with her company in the US.

Walt Disney toured amusement parks, including Children ’ s Fairyland, in 1950, seeking ideas for what turned out to be Disneyland.

Elektro toured North America in 1950 in promotional appearances for Westinghouse, and was displayed at Pacific Ocean Park in Venice, California in the late 1950s and early 1960s.