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Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and
Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of A
The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their
The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notab
The Uniform Code of Military Justice takes effect as the legal system of the United States Armed Forces
Washington State Ferries, the largest ferry system in the United States, begins operation under state ownership after a
Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges…
William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
Egypt announces that the Suez Canal is closed to Israeli ships and commerce
The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea
The United States decides to send troops to fight in the Korean War
Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 and 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre
Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow
Korean War: The Korean People's Army kills almost a thousand doctors, nurses, inpatient civilians and wounded soldiers i