Explore 1065 historical events from 1950–1959.
Ketil Bjørnstad is a Norwegian pianist, composer and author. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "…
Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist and composer
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak MP is a Russian former goaltender for the Soviet Union national ice hockey team. He was inducted into the inaugural class of the International Ice …
Vladislav Tretiak, Russian ice hockey player and coach
Jacques Jean Claude Santini is a French former professional footballer and manager. He played for Saint-Étienne during the 1970s, and reached the European Cup final with them in 19…
Jacques Santini, French footballer and coach
Laurence Allen Elder is an American conservative political commentator and talk radio host. He hosts The Larry Elder Show, based in California. The show began as a local program on…
Larry Elder, American lawyer and talk show host
George Gervin, nicknamed "the Iceman", is an American former professional basketball player who played in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Ass…
George Gervin, American basketball player
Ari Pieti Uolevi Vatanen is a Finnish former rally driver and politician and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1999 to 2009. He won the World Rally Championship driver…
Ari Vatanen, Finnish race car driver and politician
Geraldine Frances Doogue is an Australian journalist and radio and television presenter, known for her work with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Since January 2024, …
Geraldine Doogue, Australian journalist and television host
Nora Dunn is an American actress, comedian and writer. She first garnered popularity during her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 198…
Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian
Robert Craig McClure is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a left-handed pitcher from 1975 to 1993, most notably as a …
Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach
Charles Alfred Leavell is an American musician. A member of the Allman Brothers Band throughout their commercial zenith in the 1970s, he subsequently became a founding member of th…
Chuck Leavell, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Mary Eileen McDonnell is an American film, stage, and television actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles as Stands With A Fist in Dances With Wolves and May-A…
Mary McDonnell, American actress
David Peter Valentin was an American Latin jazz flautist of Puerto Rican descent.
Dave Valentin, American flautist (died 2017)
Jacques Audiard is a French film director, producer, and screenwriter. One of the most awarded French filmmakers in history, his international accolades include an Academy Award, t…
Jacques Audiard, French director and screenwriter
Jack Middelburg was a Dutch professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. Together with Wil Hartog and Boet van Dulmen, he was part of a contingent of Dutch riders who competed at…
Jack Middelburg, Dutch motorcycle racer (died 1984)
Sir Richard William Blundell CBE FBA is a British economist and econometrician.
Richard Blundell, English economist and academic
Christopher Anderson is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s, and coached in the 1990s and 2000s. An Australian Kangaroos and…
Chris Anderson, Australian rugby league player and coach
Christine Jane Baranski is an American actress. She received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryann Thorpe in the si…
Christine Baranski, American actress and singer
Joseph William Tobin is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. A member of the Redemptorist order, he has been the Archbishop of Newark since 2017. He previously served as the…
Joseph W
Edwin Mah Lee was an American politician and attorney who served as the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco from 2011 until his death in 2017.
Ed Lee, American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco (died 2017)
Chiaki Mukai is a Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut. She was the first Japanese woman in space, the first Japanese citizen to have two spaceflights, and the first Asian woman …
Chiaki Mukai, Japanese physician and astronaut
Gerrit Zalm is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessman.
Gerrit Zalm, Dutch economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
Charles Obadiah Baldwin is an American right-wing politician, radio host, and as founder he served as pastor of Independent Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida. As of 20…
Chuck Baldwin, American pastor and politician
Belinda Lynette Green OAM is an Australian model and beauty queen who won the Miss World 1972 contest at the age of 20. She became the second Australian to win the title; the firs…
Belinda Green, Australian beauty queen and 1972 Miss World
Peter Maxwell McNab was a Canadian-born American professional ice hockey player. He played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1973 to 1987, with the Buffalo Sabres…
Peter McNab, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2022)