Explore 1065 historical events from 1950–1959.
Diomedes Díaz Maestre was a Colombian vallenato singer and composer. He has been named the "King of Vallenato" and is nicknamed El Cacique de La Junta, which was given to him by an…
Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
François Legault is a Canadian politician and businessman who served as the 32nd premier of Quebec from 2018 to 2026. A founding member of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), he led…
François Legault, Canadian businessman and politician
Roberto Ravaglia is an Italian former racing driver, who currently runs ROAL Motorsport, who operate a Chevrolet operation in the World Touring Car Championship. Before retiring in…
Roberto Ravaglia, Italian racing driver
Dag Terje Andersen is a Norwegian politician for the Norwegian Labour Party. In addition to professional politics he has worked at a steel mill and as a lumberjack, something that …
Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour
Nitin Jairam Gadkari is an Indian politician who is serving as the 40th Minister of Road Transport & Highways since 2014. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport…
Nitin Gadkari, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Transport
Eddie Harsch was a Canadian keyboardist and member of Detroit-based jam band Bulldog. Previous to that he was The Black Crowes' keyboardist from 1991 to 2006. Harsch was replaced o…
Eddie Harsch, Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (died 2016)
Susan Janet Ballion, known as Siouxsie Sioux, is an English singer and songwriter. She came to prominence as the singer and main lyricist of the rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees…
Siouxsie Sioux, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer
Colin Barnes is an English former professional footballer born in Notting Hill, London, who played as a forward in the Football League for Torquay United.
Colin Barnes, English footballer
Kirk Harold Gibson is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager. Gibson spent most of his career in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers, but a…
Kirk Gibson, American baseball player and manager
Benjamin Clark Howland is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the men's head coach at Mississippi State University from to 2015 to 2022. He served as t…
Ben Howland, American basketball player and coach
Steven John Lindsey Croft is a British bishop in the Church of England and a theologian specialising in mission. He has been Bishop of Oxford since the confirmation of his election…
Steven Croft, English bishop and theologian
Mohsen Makhmalbaf is an Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer. He has made more than 20 feature films, won 50 awards, and served as a juror in more than 15 major…
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian film director
Michael Andrew Clayton is an Australian professional golfer, golf course architect and commentator on the game. He won the 1984 Timex Open on the European Tour and won six times on…
Mike Clayton, Australian golfer
Jeffrey Hawkins is an American businessman, computer scientist, neuroscientist and engineer. He co-founded Palm Computing where he co-created the PalmPilot, the Palm Treo and Hands…
Jeff Hawkins, American neuroscientist and engineer
Mark Thomas Lawrenson is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is best known for his time at Liverpool, during the 1980s. After a short career as a manager,…
Mark Lawrenson, English footballer and manager
Thomas Jeb Hensarling is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 5th congressional district from 2003 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he…
Jeb Hensarling, American lawyer and politician
James Downey Craig is an American former ice hockey goaltender who is best known for being part of the U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics.…
Jim Craig, American ice hockey player
Neil McNab is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Neil McNab, Scottish footballer
Pieter Henricus van der Hoog, also known after converting to Islam as Mohammed Abdul-Ali, was a Dutch bacteriologist, dermatologist, and Islamicist. Born in The Hague, Van der Hoog…
Pieter van der Hoog, Dutch bacteriologist, dermatologist, and Islamicist (born 1888)
Gichin Funakoshi was the founder of Shotokan karate. He is known as a "father of modern karate". Following the teachings of Anko Itosu and Anko Asato, he was one of the Okinawan k…
Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (born 1868)
Oskar-Heinrich "Pritzl" Bär was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. Bär flew more than one thousand combat missions, and fought in the Weste…
Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (born 1913)
Leopold Löwenheim [ˈle:o:pɔl̩d ˈlø:vɛnhaɪm] was a German mathematician doing work in mathematical logic. The Nazi regime forced him to retire because under the Nuremberg Laws he wa…
Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (born 1878)
Ezio Fortunato Pinza was an Italian opera singer. Pinza possessed a rich, smooth and sonorous voice, with a flexibility unusual for a bass. He spent 22 seasons at New York's Metro…
Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (born 1892)
Alfonso Antonio Vicente Eduardo Ángel Blas Francisco de Borja Cabeza de Vaca y Leighton, 11th Marquess of Portago, GE, best known as Alfonso de Portago, was a Spanish aristocrat, r…
Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and racing driver (born 1928)