Explore 1065 historical events from 1950–1959.
The Peak District is an upland area in central-northern England, at the southern end of the Pennines. Mostly in Derbyshire, it extends into Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordsh…
The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park
The National University of San Marcos is a public research university located in Lima, the capital of Peru. In the Americas, it is the first officially established and the oldest c…
The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the fir
The Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) is the foundation of the system of military justice of the armed forces of the United States. The UCMJ was established by the United Sta…
The Uniform Code of Military Justice takes effect as the legal system of the United States Armed Forces
Ioan Mihai Cochinescu is a Romanian novelist and essayist. He is also a film script author and director, an art photographer, teacher, musicologist and composer.
Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian author and photographer
Olivia Hussey was an Argentine and British actress. The daughter of Argentine singer Osvaldo Ribó, Hussey was born in Buenos Aires and spent most of her early life in her mother's …
Olivia Hussey, Argentinian-English actress (died 2024)
The Korean War was an armed conflict the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, whil…
Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and
The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc …
Cold War: American journalist William N
The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, w…
Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of A
The Committee on Armed Services, sometimes abbreviated SASC for Senate Armed Services Committee, is a committee of the United States Senate empowered with legislative oversight of …
The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their
Anders Börje Salming was a Swedish ice hockey player. He was a defenceman who played professionally for 23 seasons, for the clubs Brynäs IF, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings,…
Börje Salming, Swedish ice hockey player and businessman (died 2022)
Tony Danza is an American actor and retired professional boxer. He is known for co-starring in the television series Taxi (1978–1983) and Who's the Boss? (1984–1992), for which he …
Tony Danza, American actor and producer
Michael Hartley Freedman is an American mathematician at Microsoft Station Q, a research group at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1986, he was awarded a Fields Meda…
Michael Freedman, American mathematician and academic
Robert August Varsha is an American broadcast journalist who specializes in covering motorsports. He is best known for being the lap-by-lap commentator for Formula 1 and CART serie…
Bob Varsha, American sportscaster
The Talyllyn Railway is a narrow-gauge railway in Wales running for 7+1⁄4 miles (12 km) from Tywyn on the Mid-Wales coast to Nant Gwernol near the village of Abergynolwyn. The line…
Trains run on the Talyllyn Railway in Wales for the first time since preservation, making it the first railway in the wo
A transatlantic flight (TATL) is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa, South Asia, or the Middle East to North America, South America, or vice ve…
The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Air
The 9th Street Art Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture is the official title artist Franz Kline hand-lettered onto the poster he designed for the Ninth Street Show. Now considere…
The opening of the Ninth Street Show, otherwise known as the 9th Street Art Exhibition: A gathering of a number of notab
Tibet is a region in the southwestern part of China, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau. It is the homeland of the Tibetans. Other ethnic groups also reside on the plateau, inclu…
Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a public ferry system in the U.S. state of Washington that carries passengers and vehicles. A division of the Washington State Department of Trans…
Washington State Ferries, the largest ferry system in the United States, begins operation under state ownership after a
Stephen James Vickers is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers from 1972 to 1982. He…
Steve Vickers, Canadian ice hockey player
Aivars Kalējs is a Latvian composer, organist and pianist.
Aivars Kalējs, Latvian organist, composer, and pianist
Ana María Shua is an Argentine writer. She is particularly well known for her work in microfiction.
Ana María Shua, Argentinian author and poet
Martin Gerard Bayerle is an American treasure hunter and author, best known for discovering the wreck of the RMS Republic, a White Star Line passenger ship that sank in 1909. He wa…
Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter
Jóannes Dan Eidesgaard is a former Faroese politician. He was the prime minister of the Faroe Islands from 2004, starting shortly after the general election of 20 January 2004, unt…
Jóannes Eidesgaard, Faroese educator and politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer. Over his career, he achieved eleven consecutive RIAA-certified platinum albums and…
Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2005)