Explore 3918 historical events from 1950–1959.
Deshamanya Louis Rohan Duleep Mendis, known as Duleep Mendis, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer and former captain of the team. Mendis captained Sri Lanka to their first Test series…
Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
Bryon Donald Baltimore is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, who played in the NHL and WHA.
Bryon Baltimore, Canadian ice hockey player
Michael Jeter was an American actor. Known for his career on stage and screen, Jeter played diverse characters. He won a Tony Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. He portrayed Herman …
Michael Jeter, American actor (died 2003)
William F. Shortz is an American cruciverbalist and editor of The New York Times crossword. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in the invented field of enigmatology…
Will Shortz, American journalist and puzzle creator
Paul Reubens was an American actor and comedian, widely known for creating and portraying the character Pee-wee Herman.
Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian (died 2023)
Jacques Chagnon is a retired Canadian politician who served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 2018. A member of Quebec Liberal Party, he was appointed Minister of Edu…
Jacques Chagnon, Canadian educator and politician
Rita Frances Dove is an American poet and essayist. She served as poet laureate consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995, becoming the first African Americ…
Rita Dove, American poet and essayist
Wendelin Frederik Wiedeking is the former president and chief executive officer of the German car manufacturer, Porsche AG, a post he held from 1993 through July 23, 2009. He was a…
Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman
Karen S. Hesse is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults, often with historical settings. She received the Newbery Medal for Out of the Dust (1…
Karen Hesse, American author and poet
Donald Allen Schlitz Jr. was an American songwriter who wrote more than twenty number-one hits on the country music charts. He was best known for his song "The Gambler", and as the…
Don Schlitz, American Hall of Fame country music songwriter (died 2026)
Deborah Van Valkenburgh is an American actress best known for her screen debut as Mercy in the 1979 cult film The Warriors, and her role as Jackie Rush for five seasons (1980–1985)…
Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress
Simon Bainbridge was a British composer. He was also a professor and head of composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and visiting professor at the University of Louisvil…
Simon Bainbridge, English composer and educator (died 2021)
Wojciech Fibak is a Polish former professional tennis player, entrepreneur, and art collector. Fibak is best known for his doubles success with Dutch pro Tom Okker and Australian K…
Wojtek Fibak, Polish tennis player
The Radiators, also known as The New Orleans Radiators, are an American rock band from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The band's musical style, which draws from blues, rock…
Dave Malone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Kim Kashkashian is an American violist. She has spent her career in the U.S. and Europe and collaborated with many major contemporary composers. In 2013 she won a Grammy Award for …
Kim Kashkashian, American viola player and educator
Herbert Reul is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who has been serving as State Minister for Internal Affairs in the government of successive Ministers-Pr…
Herbert Reul, German politician
Michael Groo Massee was an American actor. Active on screen for three decades, he frequently portrayed villainous characters. His film roles include Funboy in the dark fantasy The …
Michael Massee, American actor (died 2016)
Juan José Cruz Martínez was a Mexican politician. During his political career, he belonged to the Labour Party (PT), the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) and, finally, the …
Juan Cruz Martínez, Mexican politician (died 2026)
James Scott Connors is an American former professional tennis player as well as an author, a tennis commentator, and a coach. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by t…
Jimmy Connors, American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
Mihhail Lotman is an Estonian literature researcher and politician, son of Juri Lotman and Zara Mints.
Mihhail Lotman, Estonian linguist, scholar, and politician
Shakti Kapoor is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Bollywood films. Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films, he has featured in over 700 films. In the 198…
Shakti Kapoor, Indian actor
Stephen Easley was an American businessman and politician.
Stephen Easley, American businessman and politician (died 2013)
David Glen Eisley is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor.
David Glen Eisley, American rock singer-songwriter and actor
Sir Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns is a British politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford since being elected at the 1987 general election until the 2017 gener…
Simon Burns, English politician, Minister of State for Transport