Explore 1065 historical events from 1950–1959.
Al Sarrantonio was an American horror and science fiction writer, editor, and publisher who authored more than 50 books and 90 short stories. He also edited numerous anthologies.
Al Sarrantonio, American author and publisher
Gordon Harold Smith is an American politician, businessman, and religious leader who served as a United States senator from the state of Oregon. A Republican, he served two terms i…
Gordon H
Roger Briggs is an American composer, conductor, pianist, and educator.
Roger Briggs, American pianist, composer, conductor, and educator
Daniel Grodnik is an American film producer living in Los Angeles, California.
Daniel Grodnik, American screenwriter and producer
Kerry Fraser is a hockey analyst, broadcaster and former senior referee in the National Hockey League. During his career, he called 1,904 regular season games, 12 Stanley Cup Final…
Kerry Fraser, Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and sportscaster
Carole Hélène Marthe Andrée Achache was a French writer, photographer and actress. She was the daughter of French writer Monique Lange and the mother of French-Moroccan film direct…
Carole Achache, French writer, photographer and actress (died 2016)
Karlheinz Bartos is a German musician and composer, known for his contributions to the electronic band Kraftwerk.
Karl Bartos, German singer-songwriter and keyboard player
Şenol Güneş is a Turkish football manager and former player who is currently the director of professional football for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. His most notable managerial achie…
Şenol Güneş, Turkish footballer and manager
Mihaela Loghin is a shot putter from Romania. She won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics, one centimetre behind Claudia Losch, and a bronze medal at the 1986 European Indoor Champ…
Mihaela Loghin, Romanian shot putter
Bronisław Maria Komorowski is a Polish politician and historian who served as the 5th president of Poland from 2010 to 2015. Komorowski previously served as Marshal of the Sejm fro…
Bronisław Komorowski, Polish historian and politician, 5th President of Poland
Steve Conway was a British singer who rose to fame in the 1940s, following the end of the Second World War. Known for romantic ballads, he made dozens of recordings for EMI's Colum…
Steve Conway, British singer (born 1921)
Leslie James Banks CBE was an English stage and screen actor, director and producer, now best remembered for playing gruff, menacing characters in black-and-white films of the 1930…
Leslie Banks, American actor, director and producer (born 1890)
Gary Bruce Bettman is an American sports executive who serves as the commissioner of the National Hockey League (NHL), a post he has held since February 1, 1993. Previously, Bettma…
Gary Bettman, American sports executive, 14th Commissioner of the National Hockey League
Dambudzo Marechera was a Zimbabwean novelist, short story writer, playwright, and poet. His short career produced a book of stories, two novels, a book of plays, prose, and poetry,…
Dambudzo Marechera, Zimbabwean author and poet (died 1987)
Guido Castelnuovo was an Italian mathematician best known for his contributions to the field of algebraic geometry. He is also renowned for his contributions to the study of statis…
Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (born 1865)
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessor…
Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (born 1870)
Vilmos Fried, known professionally as William Fox, was a Hungarian-American film industry executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres cha…
William Fox, Austrian businessman, founded Fox Theatres (born 1879)
John Garfield was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters. He grew up in poverty in New York City. In the early 1930s, he became a member of the…
John Garfield, American actor (born 1913)
Philippe-Servulo Desranleau was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and the Archbishop of Sherbrooke from 1951 to 1952.
Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (born 1882)
John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century.
John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (born 1859)
Naum Torbov was a Bulgarian architect.
Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (born 1880)
The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty, formally the Treaty of Peace between the Republic of China and Japan and commonly known as the Treaty of Taipei, was a peace treaty between Japan an…
Japan and the Republic of China signed the Treaty of Taipei, officially ending the Second Sino-Japanese War seven years
The First Indochina War, known alternatively internationally as the French Indochina War, was fought in French Indochina between France and the Viet Minh and their respective allie…
First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces overran a French and Laotian garrison at Muong Khoua, leaving only four survivors
The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far fro…
London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain