Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
Paula Margaret Duncan is an Australian actress, known for her television roles in Number 96 as Carol Finlayson, The Young Doctors as Lisa Brooks, Cop Shop as Danni Francis and Pris…
Paula Duncan, Australian actress
Richard Brodeur, is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was one of a select group of goaltenders to play in every season of the seven-year existence of the Wor…
Richard Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Professor Samuel Ratnajeevan Herbert Hoole is a Sri Lankan Tamil engineer and academic. He was a member of the Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
Ratnajeevan Hoole, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
Kelly Dean Keagy is an American drummer and vocalist, best known for his work with the hard rock band Night Ranger. Keagy sang lead vocals on several of their hits, such as "Sister…
Kelly Keagy, American singer and drummer
Sir Thomas Anthony Cunningham is a British politician who served as member of parliament (MP) for Workington from 2001 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of the E…
Tony Cunningham, English educator and politician
Česlovas Laurinavičius is a Lithuanian historian and political scientist, In 2003, he was the recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Order for Merits to Lithuania. Since 2001, he h…
Česlovas Laurinavičius, Lithuanian historian
Karen Muir was a South African competitive swimmer. Born and raised in Kimberley, she attended the Diamantveld High School, where she matriculated in 1970.
Karen Muir, South African swimmer and physician (died 2013)
Philip Andre "Mickey" Rourke Jr. is an American actor and former professional boxer who has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films. In a film care…
Mickey Rourke, American boxer and actor
Harold Solomon is an American former professional tennis player who played during the 1970s and 1980s. He achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 5 in singles in 1980, and of N…
Harold Solomon, American tennis player and coach
Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos is a Greek politician who was a Member of the European Parliament for New Democracy; part of the European People's Party.
Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician
Richard Andrew Pitino is an American basketball coach who is the head men's basketball coach at St. John's University. He has been the head coach of several teams in NCAA Division …
Rick Pitino, American basketball player and coach
Rhys Chatham is an American composer, guitarist, trumpet player, and multi-instrumentalist, primarily active in avant-garde and minimalist music. He is best known for his "guitar o…
Rhys Chatham, American trumpet player, guitarist, and composer
Henry Kaiser is an American guitarist and composer, known as an idiosyncratic soloist, a sideman, an ethnomusicologist, and a film score composer. Recording and performing prolific…
Henry Kaiser, American guitarist and composer
George David Warrington was an American transportation official, who served New Jersey Transit for 28 years, latterly in the post of executive director.
George Warrington, American businessman (died 2007)
David Charles Gregory is an English guitarist from Swindon, best known for his work with the rock band XTC. He was a member of the group between the single "Life Begins at the Hop"…
Dave Gregory, English guitarist and keyboard player
John David Beckett Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick is a member of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In 1996, at the age of 44, he became one of the younge…
John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick, English lawyer and politician
Robert William Goodlatte is an American politician, attorney, and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for Virginia's 6th congressional district from 1993 to 2019. A Repu…
Bob Goodlatte, American lawyer and politician
Mom Rajawongse Sukhumbhand Paribatra is a Thai politician belonging to the Democrat Party. From 2009 to 2016 he was the Governor of Bangkok. He was removed from the post in October…
Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Thai political scientist and politician, 15th Governor of Bangkok
Javier Hernández Padilla is a semi-retired Mexican professional wrestler best known under the ring name Américo Rocca. Hernández also worked as the enmascarado (masked) Ponzoña fro…
Américo Rocca, Mexican wrestler
Mark Joseph Bego is an author known for his biographies on the rock and roll and show business genres. Bego has written 59 books, two of which have gone on to become New York Times…
Mark Bego, American author
Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad was an Indian cricketer and two-time Indian national cricket coach. In a career spanning over a decade, he played 40 Test matches and 15 One Day Interna…
Anshuman Gaekwad, Indian cricketer
Dennis Patrick Lamp is an American former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1977 through 1992, the breaking ball specialist played for the Chicago Cubs, …
Dennis Lamp, American baseball player
Kim Duk-soo is a South Korean traditional musician and the founding professor of the School of Korean Traditional Arts at the Korea National University of Arts. He is best known fo…
Kim Duk-soo, Korean musician
James Forrest Morrison is an American former professional baseball second baseman and third baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1977 to 1988 for the Philadelphia…
Jim Morrison, American baseball player and manager