Explore 1065 historical events from 1950–1959.
Kenneth William Schrader is an American professional racing driver. He currently races on local dirt and asphalt tracks around the country. He also last competed part-time in the A…
Ken Schrader, American race car driver and sportscaster
Nicholas Bowen "Topper" Headon is an English drummer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the drummer of punk rock band the Clash. Headon was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall…
Topper Headon, English drummer and songwriter
Jacqueline Myriam McGlade is a British-born Canadian marine biologist and environmental informatics professor. Her research concerns the spatial and nonlinear dynamics of ecosystem…
Jacqueline McGlade, English-Canadian biologist, ecologist, and academic
Dame Caroline Jane Swift, Lady Openshaw,, formerly styled The Hon. Mrs Justice Swift, is a British barrister and former High Court judge. She was leading counsel to the Inquiry in …
Caroline Swift, English lawyer and judge
Colm Tóibín is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet.
Colm Tóibín, Irish novelist, poet, playwright, and critic
William Thomas Emmanuel is an Australian guitarist. Originally a session player in many bands, he has released many award-winning recordings as a solo artist. In June 2010, Emmanue…
Tommy Emmanuel, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Susan Essman is an American comedian, actress, producer, and writer. She is best known for her role as Susie Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024), as the voice of Mittens in …
Susie Essman, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu , born Mitsugu Akimoto , was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport.
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Japanese sumo wrestler (died 2016)
Aurelian Smith Jr. better known by the ring name Jake "the Snake" Roberts, is an American actor, podcaster and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (A…
Jake Roberts, American professional wrestler
Lorraine Mary Moller is a former athlete from New Zealand, who competed in track athletics and later specialised in the marathon. Moller's international career lasted over 20 years…
Lorraine Moller, New Zealand runner
Robert Anthony Snow was an American journalist, political commentator, anchor, columnist, musician, and the 25th White House press secretary under President George W. Bush, from Ma…
Tony Snow, American journalist, 26th White House Press Secretary (died 2008)
Dana Thomas Carvey is an American stand-up comedian, actor, podcaster, screenwriter and producer.
Dana Carvey, American comedian and actor
Nandan Mohanrao Nilekani is an Indian entrepreneur. He co-founded Infosys and is the non-executive chairman of Infosys replacing R Seshasayee and Ravi Venkatesan, who were the co-c…
Nandan Nilekani, Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
Gopalaratnam Subramaniam, known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, M…
Mani Ratnam, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter
Michael Steele is an American former musician, best known as the bassist for the Bangles. Under the name Micki Steele, she was a founding member of the Runaways but left in 1975, s…
Michael Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player
Louis H. Schiff is a retired American judge, attorney, professor, historian and author. He served as a Broward County Court Judge in Florida from 1997 to 2024, recognized for educa…
Louis H
Valarie McDermid is a Scottish crime writer of over 30 novels. Her work is considered part of a sub-genre known as Tartan Noir, and is known for uncompromising depictions of violen…
Val McDermid, Scottish author
Mary Testa is an American stage and film actress. She is a three-time Tony Award nominee, for performances in revivals of Leonard Bernstein's On the Town (1998), 42nd Street (2001)…
Mary Testa, American singer and actress
David Kirkwood, 1st Baron Kirkwood, PC, was a Scottish politician, trade unionist and socialist activist from the East End of Glasgow, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for…
David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (born 1872)
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist best known for developing the theory of relativity. Einstein also made important contributions to quantum theory. His mass–e…
Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic (born 1879)
Edward James Corbett was an Anglo-Indian hunter and author. He gained fame through hunting and killing several man-eating tigers and leopards in Northern India, as detailed in his …
Jim Corbett, British-Indian colonel, hunter, and author (born 1875)
William Thomson Sloper was an American stockbroker and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Sloper, who was 28 when the Titanic sank, traveled as a first-class passenger and…
William Thomson Sloper, American stockbroker and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic (born 1883)
George Enescu, known in France as Georges Enesco, was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, teacher and statesman. He is regarded as one of the greatest musicians in …
George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1881)
Gilbert Laird Jessop was an English cricket player, often reckoned to have been one of the fastest run-scorers cricket has ever known. He was Wisden Cricketer of the Year for 1898 …
Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (born 1874)