Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. In his previous military career, he commanded the Allied Expeditionary Force d…
President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear…
John Mansfield Brumby is the current Chancellor of La Trobe University and former Victorian Labor Party politician who was Premier of Victoria from 2007 to 2010. He became leader o…
John Brumby, Australian politician, 45th Premier of Victoria
James Devine is a former Labour Party politician in Scotland. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Livingston from 2005 until 2010 and chairman of the Scottish Labour Party bet…
Jim Devine, British politician
François Bon is a French writer and translator.
François Bon, French writer
Cha Bum-kun is a South Korean former football manager and player. A forward, he was nicknamed Tscha Bum or "Cha Boom" in Germany because of his name and thunderous ball striking ab…
Cha Bum-kun, South Korean footballer and manager
Paul Mariner was an English football player and coach.
Paul Mariner, English footballer, coach, and manager (died 2021)
Alfred Molina is a British and American actor. He is known for roles on the stage and screen. Molina has received a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for two British Academy …
Alfred Molina, English actor
V, formerly Eve Ensler, is an American playwright, author, performer, feminist, and activist. V is best known for her play The Vagina Monologues. In 2006 Charles Isherwood of The N…
Eve Ensler, American playwright and producer
Arielle Dombasle is an American-born French singer, actress, director and model. Her breakthrough roles were in Éric Rohmer's Pauline at the Beach (1983) and Alain Robbe-Grillet's …
Arielle Dombasle, French-American actress and model
Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, singer and songwriter best known as the bassist, guitarist, and vocalist of alternative rock band Sonic Youth. Born in Rochester, New Yor…
Kim Gordon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Sir Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He w…
Tony Blair, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Michael Gordon Oldfield is a retired English musician, songwriter and producer best known for his debut album Tubular Bells (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commerci…
Mike Oldfield, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Kitanoumi Toshimitsu , born Toshimitsu Obata , was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Sōbetsu, Hokkaido. He entered professional sumo at the age of 13 and set several youth…
Kitanoumi Toshimitsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 55th Yokozuna (died 2015)
Stan Masahiko Sakai is a Japanese-born American cartoonist and comic book creator. He is best known as the creator of the comic series Usagi Yojimbo.
Stan Sakai, Japanese-American author and illustrator
Gaetano Scirea was an Italian professional footballer who is considered one of the greatest defenders in football history. He spent most of his career with Juventus.
Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer (died 1989)
Donald McAllister is an English former professional footballer who played as a central defender for Bolton Wanderers, Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic, Tampa Bay Rowdies and Ro…
Don McAllister, English footballer and manager
Pierre Gauthier is a Canadian former general manager of the Montreal Canadiens, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, and Ottawa Senators. He is currently the director of player personnel of th…
Pierre Gauthier, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
James Mark Hunter, nicknamed "Jungle Jim", is a Canadian former alpine ski racer who represented Canada at two Winter Olympic Games in 1972 and 1976, and won a bronze medal in the …
Jim Hunter, Canadian skier
Victoria Wood was an English comedian, actress, musician, screenwriter, and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over several …
Victoria Wood, English actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (died 2016)
Daniel Alberto Passarella is an Argentine former footballer and manager, who is considered one of the greatest defenders of all time. As a player for Argentina, he was part of two …
Daniel Passarella, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
Janet Kay Hagan was an American lawyer, banking executive, and politician who served as a United States senator from North Carolina from 2009 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Pa…
Kay Hagan, American lawyer and politician (died 2019)
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo is a British journalist, broadcaster, and retired politician. His broadcast series include railway documentaries such as Great British Railway Journe…
Michael Portillo, English journalist, politician and TV presenter
Daniel Robert Elfman is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician. He came to prominence as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter for the new wave band Oingo B…
Danny Elfman, American film composer, singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Colm J. Meaney is an Irish actor. Known for his performances across screen and stage, he has received seven nominations from the Irish Film & Television Academy, winning twice for …
Colm Meaney, Irish actor