Explore 2487 historical events from 1950–1959.
David Ronald Musgrove is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 62nd governor of Mississippi from 2000 to 2004. A Democrat, he previously served as the 29th lieutenant…
Ronnie Musgrove, American lawyer and politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi
Faustino Rupérez Rincón is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1979 and 1985. Ruperez is most famous for capturing the overall title at the 1980 Vue…
Faustino Rupérez, Spanish cyclist
Delta Burke is an American actress, producer and author. From 1986 to 1991, she starred as Suzanne Sugarbaker in the CBS sitcom Designing Women, for which she received two Emmy Awa…
Delta Burke, American actress
Réal Cloutier is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Cloutier spent five prolific seasons as a winger in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Quebec Nordiques.…
Réal Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player
Georg Gänswein is a German prelate of the Catholic Church who was named Apostolic Nuncio to Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia on 24 June 2024. He served as Prefect of the Papal Househ…
Georg Gänswein, German prelate, Prefect of the Pontifical Household, and former personal secretary to Pope Benedict XVI
Anita Faye Hill is an American lawyer, educator and author. She is a professor of social policy, law, and women's studies at Brandeis University and a faculty member of the univers…
Anita Hill, American lawyer and academic
Soraida Martinez is an American visual artist of Puerto Rican descent known for her contemporary abstract expressionist paintings and social commentary. She is the creator of the a…
Soraida Martinez, American painter and educator
Charles Gordon MacArthur was an American playwright, screenwriter, and 1935 winner of the Academy Award for Best Story.
Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1895)
Günther Edward Arnold Schneider was an American actor of the stage and screen.
Edward Arnold, American actor (born 1890)
Fred Marriott was an American race car driver. In 1906, he set the world land speed record at 127.659 mph (205.5 km/h) at the Daytona Beach Road Course, while driving the Stanley L…
Fred Marriott, American race car driver (born 1872)
Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb was a German Generalfeldmarschall of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes. Leeb was a highly …
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (born 1876)
Alben William Barkley was an American lawyer and politician from Kentucky who served as the 35th vice president of the United States from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Trum…
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LeRoy Perry Samse was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. Samse represented the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in …
LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (born 1883)
Carl Henry Vogt, known by his stage name Louis Calhern, was an American actor. Described as a “star leading man of the theater and a star character actor of the screen,” he appeare…
Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (born 1895)
Joan Graeme Malleson was an English physician, specialist in contraception and prominent advocate of the legalisation of abortion.
Joan Malleson, English physician (born 1889)
Austin Osman Spare was an English artist and occultist who worked as a draughtsman, writer and painter. Influenced by symbolism and Art Nouveau, his art was known for its clear use…
Austin Osman Spare, English painter and magician (born 1886)
Maurice William Tate was an English cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s and the leader of England's Test bowling attack for a long time during this period. He was also the first Susse…
Maurice Tate, English cricketer (born 1895)
Harry Burnett Reese was an American inventor and businessman known for creating Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and founding the H. B. Reese Candy Company. In 2009, he was posthumously…
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Zoltán Imre Ödön Halmay de Erdőtelek was a Hungarian Olympic swimmer. He competed in four Olympics, winning the following medals:1900: silver, bronze 1904: gold 1906: gold, silve…
Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (born 1881)
Harry Bensley was an English rake and adventurer, best remembered as the subject of an extraordinary wager between John Pierpont Morgan and Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsda…
Harry Bensley, English businessman and adventurer (born 1877)
Gustav Suits is considered one of the greatest Estonian poets. He was also an early leader of the literary movement group Noor-Eesti.
Gustav Suits, Latvian-Estonian poet and politician (born 1883)
Martha Annie Whiteley, was an English chemist and mathematician. She was instrumental in advocating for women's entry into the Chemical Society, and was best known for her dedicati…
Martha Annie Whiteley, English chemist and mathematician (born 1866)
Katherine Agnew MacDonald was an American stage and film actress, film producer, and model. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was the older sister of actresses Miriam Ma…
Katherine MacDonald, American actress and producer (born 1881)
Sir Henry Maximilian Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist and caricaturist under the signature Max. He first became known in the 1890s as a dandy and a humorist. He was the d…
Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (born 1872)