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Events on Wednesday 1 November 1950 2
1950Attempted assassination of Harry TrumanPuerto Rican nationalists attack Blair HouseTwo Puerto Rican nationalists, Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, attempted to assassinate President Harry Truman at Blair House, his temporary residence during White House renovations. Torresola and a White House police officer were killed in the gunfight; Truman was unharmed. The attack was tied to the broader Puerto Rican independence movement.
1950MiG-15s appear over KoreaA shock for UN air forcesMiG-15s flown by Soviet pilots in Chinese and North Korean markings attack UN aircraft near the Yalu River, outclassing every Western straight-wing fighter in the theatre.