Robert Robinson recalls the events of June 1950.
The Korean War began - by 27 June Communist troops reached Seoul, the capital of South Korea; the Schumann Plan for Iron and Steel Corporation in Europe laid the foundations of the future Common Market; and Sylvia Peters was prevented from wearing a strapless dress on television -'the BBC fears it might give viewers the impression that the bareness continued beyond the screen.'
Brian Glanville recounts England's ignominious World Cup defeat by the USA in Brazil.
On film, Gussy Moran arrived to play tennis at Wimbledon; Norman St John Stevas and Robin Day rowed against each other and Phyllis Dixey stripped.