Explore 4242 historical events from 1950–1959.
Anne, Princess Royal, is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the sister …
Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
Hasely Joachim Crawford TC, OLY is a former track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. In 1976, he became his country's first Olympic champion. Hasely Crawford Stadium, in P…
Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian runner
Marshall Manesh is an Iranian-American actor.
Marshall Manesh, Iranian-American actor
Jeffrey Robert Thomson is a former Australian cricketer. Known as "Thommo", he is one of the fastest bowlers in the history of cricket; he bowled a delivery with a speed of 160.6 k…
Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer
Geraint Jarman was a Welsh musician, poet and television producer whose career dates back to the early years of Welsh popular music. He recorded many albums as a solo artist and wi…
Geraint Jarman, Welsh musician, poet and television producer (died 2025)
Dennis Leslie Elliott is a British musician and artist who was the original drummer for the rock band Foreigner. He played with the band from 1976 until leaving between 1991 and 19…
Dennis Elliott, English drummer and sculptor
Jennifer Bond is an English journalist and television presenter. Bond worked for fourteen years as the BBC's royal correspondent. She has also hosted Cash in the Attic and narrated…
Jennie Bond, English journalist and author
Sudha Murty is an Indian educator, author, and philanthropist. She is the Founder-Chairperson of the non-profit charitable organization Infosys Foundation. She is married to the co…
Sudha Murty, Indian author and teacher, head of Infosys Foundation
Patrick Juvet was a Swiss singer-songwriter, who had a string of hit records in Europe. While his early career was focused on making pop records, he found international success as …
Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer-songwriter and model (died 2021)
Arthur Herman Bremer is an American convicted criminal who attempted to assassinate U.S. Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace on May 15, 1972, in Laurel, Maryland, leav…
Arthur Bremer, American attempted assassin of George Wallace
Bertram Ray Burris is an American former pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB), and the current rehabilitation pitching coordinator in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He p…
Ray Burris, American baseball player and coach
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is an American lawyer and former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. He became known as a high-ranking staff person to be indicted by a grand jur…
Scooter Libby, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
Luigi Delneri, often incorrectly written as Del Neri, is an Italian football manager and a former player.
Luigi Delneri, Italian footballer and manager
Willy DeVille was an American singer and songwriter. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, DeVille created songs ro…
Willy DeVille, American singer and songwriter (died 2009)
Charles Fambrough was an American jazz bassist, composer and record producer from Philadelphia.
Charles Fambrough, American bassist, composer, and producer (died 2011)
Philip Neil Murray is a Scottish musician, best known as the former bassist of Whitesnake, the Brian May Band, Black Sabbath, and Gary Moore.
Neil Murray, Scottish bass player and songwriter
Edmund S. C. Weiner is the former co-editor of the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary (1985–1989) and Deputy Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary (1993–presen…
Edmund Weiner, English lexicographer and author
Ronald Ames Guidry, nicknamed "Louisiana Lightning" and "Gator", is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Ne…
Ron Guidry, American baseball player and coach
Charles Fleischer is an American actor, stand-up comedian, musician, and writer, best known for his recurring role as Carvelli in Welcome Back, Kotter, and for appearing in films s…
Charles Fleischer, American comedian and actor
William Anthony Husband was a British cartoonist known for his black humour. He was mainly known for his work in Private Eye magazine, and his work has appeared in The Times, the D…
Tony Husband, English cartoonist (died 2023)
Douglas Vernon DeCinces is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a third baseman from 1973 to 1987 for the Baltimore Orioles,…
Doug DeCinces, American baseball player
Frank Henenlotter is an American film director, screenwriter and film historian. He is known primarily for directing horror comedies, especially Basket Case (1981), Brain Damage (1…
Frank Henenlotter, American director and screenwriter
David George Reichert is an American retired police officer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 8th congressional district from 2005 to 2019. A mo…
Dave Reichert, American soldier and politician
Aki Yashiro , real name Akiyo Masuda , née Hashimoto , was a Japanese enka singer and painter. Her stage name "Yashiro" was adopted from her hometown Yatsushiro.
Aki Yashiro, Japanese singer (died 2023)