Explore 2486 historical events from 1950–1959.
David Andrew Stieb is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) starting pitcher who spent the majority of his career with the Toronto Blue Jays. A seven-time All-Star, he won…
Dave Stieb, American baseball player
Josephine Grace Brand is an English comedian, presenter, actress and writer. Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-…
Jo Brand, English comedian, actress, and screenwriter
Nikolaos Georgalis, commonly known as either Nikos Galis or Nick Galis, is a Greek former professional basketball player. Galis, who during his playing days was nicknamed "Nick The…
Nikos Galis, American basketball player
Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh was a Dutch film director. He directed Submission: Part 1, a short film written by Somali writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which criticised the treat…
Theo van Gogh, Dutch actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004)
Quentin Mcdonald Willson was an English television presenter and producer, motoring journalist, author and car dealer. He was best known as a presenter of the popular television mo…
Quentin Willson, English TV presenter, Top Gear
Pamela Yvonne Tillis is an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. She is the eldest child of country singer Mel Tillis. After recording unsuccessf…
Pam Tillis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
Mark James Hunter is a British Liberal Democrat politician and former leader of Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council who became Member of Parliament (MP) for Cheadle at a 2005 by…
Mark Hunter, English politician
Stephen Gregory Podborski is a Canadian former World Cup and Olympic downhill ski racer.
Steve Podborski, Canadian skier
Norman John Baker is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewes in East Sussex from the 1997 general election until his def…
Norman Baker, Scottish politician
Nana Visitor is an American actress, best known for playing Major, later Colonel, Kira Nerys in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Jean Ritter in the television s…
Nana Visitor, American actress
William Ray Engvall Jr. is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and television host. He has released stand-up comedy albums through Warner Records and BNA Records, which is defunc…
Bill Engvall, American comedian, actor, and producer
Liam Patrick Davison was an Australian novelist and reviewer. He was born in Melbourne, where, until 2007, he taught creative writing at the Chisholm Institute in Frankston.
Liam Davison, Australian author and educator (died 2014)
Viktor Nikolaevich Gavrikov was a Lithuanian-Swiss chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1984.
Viktor Gavrikov, Lithuanian-Swiss chess player (died 2016)
Nellie Vladimirovna Kim is a retired Soviet and Belarusian gymnast of Sakhalin Korean and Tatar descent who won three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in …
Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast and coach
Antonio Adamo is an Italian pornographic film director. He won the 2003 AVN Award for "Best Director, Foreign Release" for the film Gladiator I.
Antonio Adamo, Italian director and cinematographer
James William Cartwright is an American former professional basketball player and a former coach. A 7-foot-1-inch (2.16 m) center, he played 16 seasons in the National Basketball A…
Bill Cartwright, American basketball player and coach
Clinton Merrick Hurdle is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager. Hurdle played for the Kansas City Royals, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets, and St. Louis C…
Clint Hurdle, American baseball player and manager
Nery Alberto Pumpido is an Argentine football coach and former goalkeeper who played for Argentina in two World Cups. After retirement, Pumpido moved into club management. His neph…
Nery Pumpido, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
Leopold Löwenheim [ˈle:o:pɔl̩d ˈlø:vɛnhaɪm] was a German mathematician doing work in mathematical logic. The Nazi regime forced him to retire because under the Nuremberg Laws he wa…
Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (born 1878)
Ezio Fortunato Pinza was an Italian opera singer. Pinza possessed a rich, smooth and sonorous voice, with a flexibility unusual for a bass. He spent 22 seasons at New York's Metro…
Ezio Pinza, Italian actor and singer (born 1892)
Pieter Henricus van der Hoog, also known after converting to Islam as Mohammed Abdul-Ali, was a Dutch bacteriologist, dermatologist, and Islamicist. Born in The Hague, Van der Hoog…
Pieter van der Hoog, Dutch bacteriologist, dermatologist, and Islamicist (born 1888)
Gichin Funakoshi was the founder of Shotokan karate. He is known as a "father of modern karate". Following the teachings of Anko Itosu and Anko Asato, he was one of the Okinawan k…
Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (born 1868)
Oskar-Heinrich "Pritzl" Bär was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. Bär flew more than one thousand combat missions, and fought in the Weste…
Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (born 1913)
Joseph Raymond McCarthy was an American politician who served as a Republican senator from Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most …
Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1908)