Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
Engelbert Zaschka was a German chief engineer, chief designer and inventor. Zaschka is one of the first German helicopter pioneers and he is a pioneer of flying with muscle power a…
Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer (born 1895)
Hermann Max Pechstein was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and a member of the Die Brücke group. He fought on the Western Front during World War I and his art was clas…
Max Pechstein, German painter and academic (born 1881)
Edward Lawson VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Co…
Edward Lawson, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1873)
Ali Naci Karacan was a Turkish journalist and publisher. He was involved in founding the Turkish daily newspapers Akşam (1918) and Milliyet (1955), and his family, including grands…
Ali Naci Karacan, Turkish journalist and publisher (born 1896)
Donald Bentley Beauman was a British racing driver who took part in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix.
Don Beauman, English race car driver (born 1928)
Felipe Adolfo de la Huerta Marcor was a Mexican politician, the 45th President of Mexico from 1 June to 30 November 1920, following the assassination of President Venustiano Carran…
Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (born 1881)
Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian was an Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He played a major role in making the petroleum reserves of the Middle East available to Western developme…
Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (born 1869)
Cordell Hull was an American politician and diplomat who served as the United States secretary of state for nearly twelve years under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, from 1933 to …
Cordell Hull, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 47th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate…
Joseph Alfred Pierre Hormisdas "Pit" Lépine was a Canadian ice hockey forward and coach. He was born in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec.
Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1901)
Wallace Stevens was an American modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as an exe…
Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (born 1879)
Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, known professionally as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed "the Brazilian Bombshell," she was known …
Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (born 1909)
Paul Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic…
Thomas Mann, German author and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1875)
James Batcheller Sumner was an American biochemist. He discovered that enzymes can be crystallized, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946 with John Howard Northr…
James B. Sumner, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
George Herbert Putnam was an American librarian. He was the eighth Librarian of Congress from 1899 to 1939. He implemented his vision of a universal collection with strengths in ma…
Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, Librarian of Congress (born 1861)
Emmett Louis Till was an African-American boy who, at 14 years old, was abducted and lynched in Mississippi in 1955. The brutality of his murder and the acquittal of his killers dr…
Emmett Till, African-American kidnapping and lynching victim (born 1941)
Haydn William Bunton was an Australian rules footballer who represented Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL), Subiaco in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and P…
Haydn Bunton Sr., Australian footballer and coach (born 1911)
Carl Rudolf Hermann Friedberg was a German pianist and teacher of Jewish origin.
Carl Friedberg, German pianist and educator (born 1872)
Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery, also known as L. S. Amery, was a British Conservative Party politician and journalist. During his career, he was known for his interest in m…
Leo Amery, Indian-English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (born 1873)
John David Dingell Sr. was an American politician who represented Michigan's 15th congressional district from 1933 to 1955. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the fath…
John D. Dingell Sr., American journalist and politician (born 1894)
Martha Maria Norelius was a Swedish-born American competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder in five different freestyle swimming events.
Martha Norelius Swedish-born American swimmer (born 1909)
Louis Leon Thurstone was an American pioneer in the fields of psychometrics and psychophysics. He conceived the approach to measurement known as the law of comparative judgment, an…
Louis Leon Thurstone, American psychologist (born 1887)
Hubert Maitland Turnbull FRS was a British pathologist.
Hubert Maitland Turnbull, British pathologist (born 1875)
James Byron Dean was an American actor. He became one of the most influential figures in Hollywood in the 1950s, and his impact on cinema and popular culture was profound, although…
James Dean, American actor (born 1931)
Charles Herbert Christie and Alfred Ernest Christie were Canadian motion picture entrepreneurs.
Charles Christie, American film producer who founded Christie Film Company (born 1880)