360What happened in 1950?
2 moments from 1950 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 9 May 1950
The Schuman Declaration proposes European cooperation
On 9 May 1950, French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman proposed that France and Germany pool their coal and steel industries, to make war between them 'materially impossible'. It led to the European Coal and Steel Community and later the European Union. The date is celebrated as Europe Day.
- On this day · 2 October 1950
The Peanuts comic strip is first published
On 2 October 1950, Charles M. Schulz's comic strip Peanuts first appeared in seven American newspapers, introducing Charlie Brown and, soon, his dog Snoopy. It ran for almost 50 years and was published in thousands of newspapers in dozens of languages.