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Events
- A tear-off calendar left on March 1950 hung in the basement of the White Church on Terralysium in 2257.[1]
- The science fiction periodical Galaxy is published for the first time.[2]
- Benny Russell first visits the offices of Incredible Tales of Scientific Wonder.[3]
- Korean War
- War on the Korean peninsula on Earth, lasting until 1953.[4]
- February
- The element californium discovered in the United States on the planet Earth, named for California.[5][4]
- September
- Silver Slipper opens on Earth, lasting until 1988.[4]
- December
- I, Robot published.[4]
Births and deaths
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- Claire Raymond is born.[6]
- Jahn is born around this year on Miri's homeworld.[7]
- 1 March
- Alfred Korzybski dies.[4]
- 19 March
- Edgar Rice Burroughs dies.[4]
- 19 October
- Edna St. Vincent Millay dies.[4]
Appendices
References and notes
- ↑ DSC episode: "New Eden"
- ↑ ST reference: Star Trek Encyclopedia
- ↑ DS9 novelization: Far Beyond the Stars
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Historical fact.
- ↑ ST reference: Star Fleet Medical Reference Manual.
- ↑ TOS novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 2
- ↑ TOS episode & Star Trek 1 novelization: Miri
External links
- 1950 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- 1950 article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.