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This is a list of sovereign states in the 1950s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1950 and 31 December 1959. It contains 108 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty .
Over 50% of the world's borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] An unambiguous measure is the date of national constitutions ; but as constitutions are an almost entirely modern concept, all formation dates by that criterion are modern or early modern (the oldest extant constitution being that ...
In personal union with the UK and many other countries until 1950. August 15, 1947 United Kingdom Pakistan: In personal union with the UK and many other countries until 1956. January 4, 1948 United Kingdom Burma: Independence restored after British rule. Initial establishment in 849 Name changed to Myanmar in 1989. February 4, 1948 United Kingdom
Graph of global conflict deaths from 1945 to 1989 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1945 and 1989.Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
The 1950s (pronounced nineteen-fifties; commonly abbreviated as the "Fifties" or the "' 50s") (among other variants) was a decade that began on January 1, 1950, and ended on December 31, 1959. Throughout the decade, the world continued its recovery from World War II , aided by the post-World War II economic expansion .
On June 25, 1950, Kim Il Sung's North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel, [17] invaded South Korea, and eventually advanced as far as the Pusan Perimeter in south-east Korea. United Nations forces entered the war on side of the South, and American General Douglas MacArthur , having forced a Communist retreat, proposed to end the war by ...
The Berlin Blockade of 1948 to 1949 was an early confrontation, as was the Korean War of 1950 to 1953, which ended in a stalemate. US involvement in regime change during the Cold War included support for anti-communist and right-wing dictatorships and uprisings, while Soviet involvement included the funding of left-wing parties , wars of ...
1950 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1950th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 950th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1950s decade.