1950 in Colombia

← 1949 1948 1947 1950 in Colombia → 1951 1952 1953
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1950 Timeline of Colombian history

Bogotá Cathedral in 1950

Events of 1950 in Colombia.

Incumbents

• President:
  • Mariano Ospina Pérez (1946–1950).
  • Laureano Eleuterio Gómez Castro (1950–1953). ^{[n 1]}
• Vice President: N/A. ^{[n 2]}

Events

Ongoing

• La Violencia

January

• 4 January – A decree is passed amending petroleum law. ^[1]

February

• 1 February – The Universidad de Medellín is founded. ^[2]

March

• 17 March – 1950 Campeonato Profesional: The División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano (DIMAYOR) announces that all teams in the tournament must wear jersey numbers and follow the predetermined times for matches from now on. ^[3]

June

• 4 June – The original date of the Presidential Election; it was moved up to 27 November 1949. ^[1]

July

• 1 July – 1950 Campeonato Profesional: A game between the Huracán and América clubs ends in a 6–6 draw. ^[3]

August

• 7 August – Laureano Eleuterio Gómez Castro of the Conservative Party becomes the 18th President of Colombia.

October

• 14 October – Copa Colombia tournament is founded.

November

• 20 November – The International Court of Justice hands down their decision on Colombia v. Peru or the Asylum case , siding with Peru. This allows Peru to deny Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, leader of the American People's Revolutionary Alliance, safe passage to political asylum in Colombia. ^[4]

Births

• date unknown – Daniel Bermúdez, architect.
• 5 January – Adolfo Andrade, footballer.
• 18 January – Blanca Caldas a.k.a. Claudia de Colombia, singer and actress.
• 9 March – Diana Turbay, journalist and kidnapping victim (d. 1991).
• 18 March – Tomás González, author.
• 1 April – Andrés Uriel Gallego, civil engineer, politician, and 8th Minister of Transport (d. 2014).
• 20 April – Sergio Cabrera, film director.
• 3 August – Ernesto Samper, politician and 29th President of Colombia.
• 10 December – Antonio Caro, artist and social advocate (d. 2021).

Deaths

• date unknown – Arturo Acevedo Vallarino, film director (b. 1873).

Notes

1. Gómez would step down in 1951 due to health concerns, leaving Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez as acting president until the 1953 coup.
2. The Office of the Vice President was officially abolished by the 1905 National Constituent Assembly on 28 March 1905, and it was only reinstituted after the ratification of the new 1991 Constitution and filled in the following presidential election of 1994.

References

1. "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950, The United Nations; The Western Hemisphere, Volume II". Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute, United States Department of State. 8 May 1950. Archived from the original on 10 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
2. Olarte Sañudo, Pedro (1 February 1950). "Acta de Fundación de la Universidad de Medellín" [Act of Foundation of the University of Medellín]. Universidad de Medellín | Repositorio Institucional (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 23 July 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
3. "Asociación de Clubes del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano: Historia" [Association of Colombian Professional Football Clubs: History]. División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano (DIMAYOR) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
4. "Colombia/Peru - Asylum - Judgment of 20 November 1950 - (including the declaration of Judge Zoricic) - Judgments [1950] ICJ 6; ICJ Reports 1950, p 266; [1950] ICJ Rep 266 (20 November 1950)". World Legal Information Institute. 20 November 1950. Archived from the original on 22 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.

External links

• Media related to 1950 in Colombia at Wikimedia Commons