Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
Frances Elizabeth Allan was an Australian statistician. She was known as the first statistician at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), as "the…
Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (born 1905)
David Bergelson was a Yiddish language writer born in the Russian Empire. He lived for a time in Berlin, Germany, before moving to the Soviet Union following the Nazi rise to power…
David Bergelson, Ukrainian author and playwright (born 1884)
Lydia Field Emmet was an American artist best known for her work as a portraitist. She studied with, among others, prominent artists such as William Merritt Chase, Harry Siddons Mo…
Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (born 1866)
Alberto Hurtado, SJ, popularly known as Padre Hurtado, was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer of Basque ancestry. He founded the Hogar de Cristo foundation …
Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (born 1901)
Anton Piëch was an Austrian-German lawyer and the son-in-law of Ferdinand Porsche. He headed Volkswagenwerk GmbH between 1941 and 1945, which produced the Volkswagen vehicles (KdF-…
Anton Piëch, Austrian lawyer (born 1894)
Gertrude Lawrence was an English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York.
Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, and dancer (born 1898)
Youssef Aftimus was a Lebanese civil engineer and architect who specialized in Moorish Revival architecture. Aftimus was the leading Lebanese architect and urban planner during the…
Youssef Aftimus, Lebanese engineer and architect, designed the Beirut City Hall (born 1866)
Sir John Cameron McPhee, KCMG was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was Premier of Tasmania from 15 June 1928 to 15 March 1934.
John McPhee, Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (born 1874)
Joseph-Napoléon-Henri Bourassa was a French Canadian political leader and publisher. In 1899, Bourassa was outspoken against the British government's request for Canada to send a m…
Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (born 1868)
Hugo Raudsepp was an influential and prolific Estonian playwright and politician. In 1951 he was deported to the Irkutsk region by the Soviet authorities, where he died.
Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (born 1883)
Frances Davis Alda was a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic lyric soprano. She achieved fame during the first three decades of the 20th century due to her outstanding sin…
Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (born 1879)
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg was a Finnish jurist and academic who was one of the most important pioneers of republicanism in the country. He was the first president of Finland (1919–1925…
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (born 1865)
George Santayana was a Spanish American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. Born in Spain, he moved to the United States at the age of eight.
George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (born 1863)
John Rhodes Cobb was an early to mid 20th century English racing motorist. He was three times holder of the World Land Speed Record, in 1938, 1939 and 1947, set at Bonneville Speed…
John Cobb, English race car driver and pilot (born 1899)
Major Clifford Hugh Douglas, MIMechE, MIEE, was a British engineer, economist and pioneer of the social credit economic reform movement.
C. H. Douglas, British engineer (born 1879)
Joseph William Jagersberger was an American racing driver and mechanical engineer.
Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (born 1884)
Joe Edward "Old Wagon Tongue" Adams was an American Major League Baseball player and minor league manager. He was also known as "Old Wagon Tongue."
Joe Adams, American baseball player and manager (born 1877)
Edward Sheriff Curtis was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and Native American people. Sometimes referred to as the "Shadow Catcher"…
Edward S. Curtis, American ethnologist and photographer (born 1868)
Hans Merensky was a South African geologist, prospector, scientist, conservationist and philanthropist.
Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (born 1871)
Flatwoods is a town in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States, located approximately one mile from exit 67 of Interstate 79.
Three boys in Flatwoods, West Virginia, U.S., reported seeing a ten-foot-tall (3 m) monster in the woods while…
Ernst Rüdin was a Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, eugenicist and Nazi, rising to prominence under Emil Kraepelin and assuming the directorship at the German Institute for Psychiatr…
Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (born 1874)
Hattie McDaniel was an American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress,…
Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (born 1895)
William Morris Hughes was the seventh prime minister of Australia, serving from 1915 to 1923. He led the nation during World War I, and his influence on national politics spanned s…
Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1862)
The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty, formally the Treaty of Peace between the Republic of China and Japan and commonly known as the Treaty of Taipei, was a peace treaty between Japan an…
Japan and the Republic of China signed the Treaty of Taipei, officially ending the Second Sino-Japanese War seven years