Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
A flood on 14 October 1957 in Valencia, Spain, resulted in significant damage to property and caused the deaths of at least 81 people. In response to the tragedy, the Spanish gover…
At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.
Patricia De Martelaere was a Flemish philosopher, professor, author and essayist. Born in Zottegem, Belgium, her full name was Patricia Marie Madeleine Godelieve. She graduated in …
Patricia De Martelaere, Belgian philosopher, author, and academic (died 2009)
Teresa "Teri" Austin is a Canadian animal care activist and former actress. She had her greatest acting success in the 1980s and 1990s, and is best known for her role as Jill Benne…
Teri Austin, Canadian actress
Lance Taylor, known professionally as Afrika Bambaataa, was an American disc jockey, rapper and record producer. He was notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tra…
Afrika Bambaataa, American disc jockey (died 2026)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is an intergovernmental organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its use for any military …
The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command is a bi-national mutual defense organization in Canada and the United States. Established 12 September 1957 as the North American Air D…
The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissol…
The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental…
The United States Senate is a chamber of the bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, and the U.S. House of Representatives is the lower house. Together, the Senate…
U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the United States Senate from voting on the Civil Rights…
The civil rights movement was a social movement in the United States from 1954 to 1968 which aimed to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement i…
American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to prevent…
Dwane Lyndon Casey is an American retired basketball coach who most recently served as the head coach of the Detroit Pistons before transitioning to a front office position with th…
Dwane Casey, American basketball coach
Dame Julia Wendy Macur, DBE, known as The Rt Hon Lady Justice Macur, is a British judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Between April 2017 and December 2019, she was t…
Julia Macur, English lawyer and judge
Frank McDonough is a British historian of the Third Reich and international history.
Frank McDonough, British historian
Hervé Le Tellier is a French writer and linguist, and a member of the international literary group Oulipo. He is its fourth president. Other notable members have included Raymond Q…
Hervé Le Tellier, French linguist and author
The Cuban Revolution was the military and political movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, who had ruled Cuba from 1952 to 1959. The revolution began after …
Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
Pamir was a four-masted barque built for the German shipping company F. Laeisz. One of their famous Flying P-Liners, named after the Pamir Mountains, she was the last commercial sa…
Pamir, a four-masted barque, was shipwrecked and sank off the Azores during Hurricane Carrie.
Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas. It occup…
In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in…
Little Rock schools integration crisis: President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little…
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") is a light infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations. The 101st is desig…
President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
Herbert Wetterauer is a German painter, sculptor and author. He is known for his paintings in ink and life-sized figures made of paperboard, for which he developed his own techniqu…
Herbert Wetterauer, German painter, sculptor, and author
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, is a British former politician. As a member of the Labour Party, he was appointed a life peer in 1998.
Nazir Ahmed, Baron Ahmed, Pakistani-English businessman and politician
Theo de Rooij is a retired Dutch former bicycle racer and former manager of the Rabobank cycling team - a position from which he resigned after the 2007 Tour de France. De Rooij wa…
Theo de Rooij, Dutch cyclist and manager
Dietmar Keck is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Greater Linz since December 2002.
Dietmar Keck, Austrian politician
Willie Clay Upshaw is an American former Major League Baseball player who played first base for the Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians (1988), both of the American League.
Willie Upshaw, American baseball player and manager
Little Rock Central High School (LRCH) is an accredited comprehensive public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. The school was the site of the Little Rock Crisis …
Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.