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| 1950 |
| | | North Korean troops cross the 38th parallel to invade the southern half of the region | |
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| 1950 |
| | | North Korean forces press far enough south to capture the South Korean capital of Seoul | |
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| 1950 |
| | | UN troops are sent to defend South Korea, as the invasion from the north rolls on | |
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| 1950 |
| | | Le Corbusier begins a 15-year project designing Chandigarh as a new joint capital for Punjab and Hariyana | |
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| 1952 |
| | | Albanian missionary Mother Teresa opens the Nirmal Hriday, or Kalighat Home for Dying Destitutes, in Calcutta | |
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| 1953 |
| | | New Zealander Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa Tenzing Norgay stand together on the top of Everest | |
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| 1955 |
| | | Indian director Satyajit Ray makes his first film, Pather Panchali | |
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| 1955 |
| | | With US backing, South Vietnam declares itself an independent republic | |
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| 1958 |
| | | Ayub Khan, commander-in-chief of the Pakistani army, replaces Iskander Mirza as president in a bloodless coup | |
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| 1959 |
| | | The Dalai Lama escapes from Tibet to India after the Chinese suppression of an armed uprising costing thousands of lives | |
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