Explore 1065 historical events from 1950–1959.
Meg Gardiner is an American thriller writer and author of fifteen published books. Her best-known books are the Evan Delaney novels, first published in 2002. In June 2008, she publ…
Meg Gardiner, American-English author and academic
Juan José Ibarretxe Markuartu is a former president of the Basque Autonomous Community in Spain. Also a leading member of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) during the period, he h…
Juan José Ibarretxe, Spanish politician
Pascual Gross Pérez was a Dominican professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Atlanta Braves, Montreal Expos, and New York…
Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (died 2012)
Louis Rodman Whitaker Jr., nicknamed "Sweet Lou", is an American former professional baseball second baseman. Whitaker spent his entire career with the Detroit Tigers. From 1977 to…
Lou Whitaker, American baseball player
Manuel "Mar" Araneta Roxas II is a Filipino former politician who served as a senator of the Philippines from 2004 to 2010. He is the grandson and namesake of former Philippine Pre…
Mar Roxas, Filipino economist and politician, 24th Secretary of the Interior and Local Government
Kevin Ross Adkisson is an American retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Kevin Von Erich. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under a "Legends" deal a…
Kevin Von Erich, American football player and wrestler
Michael Cretu is a Romanian-German musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He gained worldwide fame as the founder and musician behind the musical project Enig…
Michael Cretu, Romanian-German keyboard player and producer
Professor Dame Henrietta L. Moore, is a British social anthropologist and leading global thinker on prosperity. She is Founder and Director of the UCL Institute for Global Prosperi…
Henrietta Moore, English anthropologist and academic
Joan Benoit Samuelson, née Joan Benoit, is an American marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics…
Joan Benoit, American runner
Benjamin Lloyd Stormont Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, is a British peer, businessman and Conservative Party politician.
Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, English politician
Yuri Yulianovich Shevchuk is a Soviet and Russian rock musician and singer/songwriter who leads the rock band DDT, which he founded with Vladimir Sigachyov in 1980.
Yuri Shevchuk, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Anthony Tudor St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso is a British peer, politician, businessman and solicitor. He is one of the ninety hereditary peers elected to remain in the Hous…
Anthony St John, 22nd Baron St John of Bletso, English lawyer and businessman
Robert Allen Suter was an American ice hockey defenseman and member of the U.S. national team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Bob Suter, American ice hockey player and coach (died 2014)
William J. Laimbeer Jr. is an American former professional basketball coach and player who spent the majority of his career with the Detroit Pistons. Known for his physical style o…
Bill Laimbeer, American basketball player and coach
James Michael Nugent Reyne OAM is an Australian musician. He achieved fame as the lead singer of Australian Crawl and Company of Strangers and subsequently went on to a successful …
James Reyne, Nigerian-Australian singer-songwriter
Yoshihiko Noda is a Japanese politician who served as the Prime Minister of Japan from 2011 to 2012. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 2000.
Yoshihiko Noda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 62nd Prime Minister of Japan
James L. Bailey is an American former professional basketball player. A 6-foot-9-inch (2.06 m) forward/center from Rutgers University, he was selected with the 6th pick of the 1979…
James Bailey, American basketball player
Nadine Vanessa Dorries is a British author and former politician who served as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 2021 to 2022. She was the Member of Par…
Nadine Dorries, English politician
Edward Ernest "Judge" Reinhold Jr. is an American actor who is best known for his work in Hollywood films during the 1980s. He has starred in several popular films such as Stripes …
Judge Reinhold, American actor and producer
Renette Pauline Soutendijk, known professionally as Renée Soutendijk, is a Dutch actress. A gymnast in her youth, Soutendijk began her acting career in the late 1970s. She was a fa…
Renée Soutendijk, Dutch actress
Lisa Ann Murkowski is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from the state of Alaska, having held the seat since 2002. She is the first wo…
Lisa Murkowski, American lawyer and politician
Alastair John Campbell is a British journalist, author, strategist, broadcaster, and activist. Campbell worked as Tony Blair's spokesman and campaign director in opposition (1994–1…
Alastair Campbell, English journalist and author
Edward Lee is an American horror novelist who has written 40 books, more than half of which have been published by mass-market New York City paperback companies such as Leisure/Dor…
Edward Lee, American author
Robert Rene Joseph Picard is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
Robert Picard, Canadian ice hockey player