Explore 2486 historical events from 1950–1959.
Kirk Harold Gibson is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager. Gibson spent most of his career in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers, but a…
Kirk Gibson, American baseball player and manager
Benjamin Clark Howland is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the men's head coach at Mississippi State University from to 2015 to 2022. He served as t…
Ben Howland, American basketball player and coach
Steven John Lindsey Croft is a British bishop in the Church of England and a theologian specialising in mission. He has been Bishop of Oxford since the confirmation of his election…
Steven Croft, English bishop and theologian
Thomas Jeb Hensarling is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 5th congressional district from 2003 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he…
Jeb Hensarling, American lawyer and politician
Mohsen Makhmalbaf is an Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer. He has made more than 20 feature films, won 50 awards, and served as a juror in more than 15 major…
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian film director
Michael Andrew Clayton is an Australian professional golfer, golf course architect and commentator on the game. He won the 1984 Timex Open on the European Tour and won six times on…
Mike Clayton, Australian golfer
Jeffrey Hawkins is an American businessman, computer scientist, neuroscientist and engineer. He co-founded Palm Computing where he co-created the PalmPilot, the Palm Treo and Hands…
Jeff Hawkins, American neuroscientist and engineer
Mark Thomas Lawrenson is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is best known for his time at Liverpool, during the 1980s. After a short career as a manager,…
Mark Lawrenson, English footballer and manager
Neil McNab is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Neil McNab, Scottish footballer
James Downey Craig is an American former ice hockey goaltender who is best known for being part of the U.S. Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Winter Olympics.…
Jim Craig, American ice hockey player
Tinsley Ellis is an American blues and rock musician, who was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, and grew up in South Florida. According to Billboard, "nobody has released mo…
Tinsley Ellis, American electric blues guitarist and singer
Juan Luis Guerra Seijas is a Dominican musician, singer, composer, and record producer. Throughout his career, he has won numerous awards including 31 Latin Grammy Awards, three Gr…
Juan Luis Guerra, Dominican singer, composer, and record producer
Scott Raymond Adams was an American cartoonist, author, and conservative commentator. He was best known as the creator of the Dilbert comic strip and nonfiction works of business, …
Scott Adams, American author and illustrator (died 2026)
Randy John Read was a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow and professor of protein crystallography at the University of Cambridge.
Randy Read, English crystallographer and academic
Timothy Busfield is an American actor and director. He played Arnold Poindexter in the first two Revenge of the Nerds films, Elliot Weston on the television series Thirtysomething,…
Timothy Busfield, American actor, director, and producer
Mohammad Javed Miandad, PP, SI, popularly known as Javed Miandad, is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer known for his unconventional style of captaincy and…
Javed Miandad, Pakistani cricketer and coach
Ronald Areshenkoff was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He was drafted in the second round, 32nd overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1977 NHL amateur draft. He played i…
Ron Areshenkoff, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2019)
Roy Asberry Cooper III is an American politician and lawyer who was the 75th governor of North Carolina from 2017 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 50th attorne…
Roy Cooper, American lawyer and politician, 75th Governor of North Carolina
Bruce Flowers is an American former professional basketball player. At a height of 2.04 m tall, he played as a power forward. Flowers is one of the few American players to have won…
Bruce Flowers, American basketball player
Andrzej Morozowski is a Polish journalist, television personality and writer, connected with Radio ZET and TVN 24.
Andrzej Morozowski, Polish journalist and author
Dicky Thompson is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.
Dicky Thompson, American golfer
Brett Morgan Butler is an American former center fielder in Major League Baseball and coach. He played for five different teams from 1981 through 1997. A leadoff hitter for the maj…
Brett Butler, American baseball player and coach
Ian Buchanan is a Scottish television actor who has appeared on multiple American soap operas including General Hospital, Port Charles, The Bold and the Beautiful, All My Children,…
Ian Buchanan, Scottish-American actor
Leeona June Dorrian, Lady Dorrian PC, KC is a Scottish advocate and judge who served as the Lord Justice Clerk from 2016 until her retirement from judicial office on 3 February 202…
Leeona Dorrian, Lady Dorrian, Scottish lawyer and judge