Explore 2486 historical events from 1950–1959.
Meredith Ann Brooks is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A member of the Oregon music scene, she received international acclaim with her solo album Blurring the Edges (1…
Meredith Brooks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Barry Michael Cooper was an American writer, producer, and director, best known for his screenplays for the films New Jack City (1991), Sugar Hill (1994), and Above the Rim (1994),…
Barry Michael Cooper, American writer, producer and director (died 2025)
James Gurney is an American artist and author known for his illustrated book series Dinotopia, which is presented in the form of a 19th-century explorer's journal from an island u…
James Gurney, American artist and author
Nick Van Eede is an English musician. He is best known for singing and writing the 1986 No. 1 power ballad "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" for his band Cutting Crew, which saw interna…
Nick Van Eede, English singer-songwriter
Wade Anthony Boggs, nicknamed "Chicken Man", is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He spent 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily with the Bosto…
Wade Boggs, American baseball player
Riccardo Paletti was an Italian motor racing driver. Paletti was killed when he crashed on the start grid in his second Formula One start.
Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (died 1982)
Darrell Steven Griffith, also known by his nickname Dr. Dunkenstein, is an American former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Utah Jazz of the Nati…
Darrell Griffith, American basketball player
Pierre Berbizier is a French former rugby union footballer and a current coach. His usual position was at scrum-half. He played 56 times for France.
Pierre Berbizier, French rugby player and coach
Eric Reed Boucher, known professionally as Jello Biafra, is an American singer, spoken word artist and political activist. He is the former lead singer and songwriter for the San F…
Jello Biafra, American singer-songwriter and producer
Ulrike Tauber is a retired medley and butterfly swimmer from East Germany, who won the gold medal in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Qu…
Ulrike Tauber, German swimmer
Abu Sayyaf (ASG), officially known by the Islamic State as the Islamic State – East Asia Province, also known by its full name, Al Hamas Harakat Al Muqawamah Al Islamiyyah or simpl…
Warren Rodwell, Australian soldier, educator and musician
Robert Thomas Farrelly is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is one of the Farrelly brothers, alongside his brother Peter, who together are known for directin…
Bobby Farrelly, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Sam Hamad is a Canadian politician. He is the former member of National Assembly (MNA) for the riding of Louis-Hebert in the Quebec City region. A member of the Quebec Liberal Part…
Sam Hamad, Syrian-Canadian academic and politician
Jon Leibowitz is an American attorney who served as the 53rd chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a commiss…
Jon Leibowitz, American lawyer and politician
Daniel McVicar is an American actor, director and writer known for his work in European films and American television.
Daniel McVicar, American actor
Peter Altmaier is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) who served as Acting Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2018 and as Federal Minister for Economic Affair…
Peter Altmaier, German jurist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany
Gary Martin is a British actor. He is best known for voicing Sugar Puffs' mascot Honey Monster, Gnasher in the animated Dennis the Menace and Gnasher projects and Beast Man in the …
Gary Martin, British voice actor and actor
Sergei Mikhailovich Makarov is a Russian former professional ice hockey right wing. In the Soviet Union, Makarov played 11 championship seasons with CSKA Moscow, winning the Soviet…
Sergei Makarov, Russian-American ice hockey player and coach
Bernadette Jean "Kelly" Johnson was an English guitarist and singer, widely known in the UK in the early 1980s as the lead guitarist of the all-female rock band Girlschool.
Kelly Johnson, English hard rock guitarist and songwriter (died 2007)
Víctor Montoya is a Bolivian writer, cultural journalist, and pedagogue. Imprisoned by the dictatorship in his native Bolivia, he became an exile following a campaign by Amnesty In…
Víctor Montoya, Bolivian journalist and author
Gennady Ivanovich Padalka is a Russian Air Force officer and Roscosmos cosmonaut. Padalka is the only person to have served as commander of the International Space Station (ISS) fo…
Gennady Padalka, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
Rocío Banquells is a Mexican pop singer, politician, and actress, best known for her work on television, the stage and cinema of Mexico and Latin America. Her mezzo voice is one of…
Rocío Banquells, Mexican pop singer and actress
Jennifer Finney Boylan is an American author, transgender activist, professor at Barnard College, and a former contributing opinion writer for the New York Times. In December 2023,…
Jennifer Finney Boylan, American author
Bruce Lorne Campbell is an American actor and filmmaker. He starred as Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead horror series. He has also featured in many low-budget cult movies, suc…
Bruce Campbell, American actor, director, producer and writer