Explore 2487 historical events from 1950–1959.
Dafydd "David" Rhys Williams is a Canadian physician, public speaker, CEO, author and retired CSA astronaut. Williams was a mission specialist on two Space Shuttle missions. His fi…
Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
Richard Aldo Cerone is an American former professional baseball player, television sports color commentator and minor league baseball team owner. He played in Major League Baseball…
Rick Cerone, American baseball player and sportscaster
Lena Einhorn is a Swedish director and writer and former physician.
Lena Einhorn, Swedish director, writer and physician
Hōchū Ōtsuka is a Japanese voice actor and narrator affiliated with the talent management firm Crazy Box.
Hōchū Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor
Phillip Hugh Norman Rudd is an Australian musician, best known as the drummer of AC/DC across three stints. On the 1977 departure of bass guitarist Mark Evans from AC/DC, Rudd beca…
Phil Rudd, Australian-New Zealand drummer
David Alexander Paterson is an American politician who served as the 55th governor of New York, succeeding Eliot Spitzer, who resigned, and serving out nearly three years of Spitze…
David Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New York
Colin John MacLean Sutherland, Lord Carloway is a Scottish advocate and judge who served as the Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General from 2015 until his …
Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway, Scottish lawyer and judge
Marc Ribot is an American guitarist and composer.
Marc Ribot, American guitarist and composer
Barbara May Cameron was a Native American photographer, poet, writer, and human rights activist in the fields of lesbian/gay rights, women's rights, and Native American rights.
Barbara May Cameron, Native American human rights activist (died 2002)
Shuji Nakamura is a Japanese–American electronics engineer and co-inventor of the blue LED, a major breakthrough in lighting technology. For this achievement, Nakamura, together wi…
Shuji Nakamura, Japanese-American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate
Gerard Joseph Armstrong is a Northern Irish former footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur.
Gerry Armstrong, Northern Irish international footballer
John Alexander Beck is an English former footballer and manager. As a player, he made nearly 500 English Football League appearances for five clubs between 1972 and 1989.
John Beck, English footballer and manager
Michael James Devine was an Irish militant and Republican activist. He was a volunteer in the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), and the last hunger striker to die during the 1…
Michael Devine, Irish Republican hunger strike participant (died 1981)
Sir Alan James Hollinghurst is an English novelist, poet, short story writer and translator. He won the 1989 Somerset Maugham Award and the 1994 James Tait Black Memorial Prize. In…
Alan Hollinghurst, English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator
Marvelous Marvin Hagler was an American professional boxer who competed from 1973 to 1987. He reigned as the undisputed champion of the middleweight division from 1980 to 1987, mak…
Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer and actor (died 2021)
Muraleedharan Pillai, popularly known as Murali, was an Indian film, stage and television actor and author. He mainly appeared in Malayalam films and a few Tamil films. He won the …
Murali, Indian actor, producer, and politician (died 2009)
Denis Lebel is a Canadian politician who served as mayor of Roberval, Quebec, and deputy leader of the Official Opposition.
Denis Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Transport
Pauline Lee Hanson is an Australian politician who is the leader of One Nation. She has been a senator for Queensland since 2016, and was the member of Parliament (MP) for the Quee…
Pauline Hanson, Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician
Jackie Ray Slater, nicknamed "Big Bad Jackie", is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for 20 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). …
Jackie Slater, American football player and coach
João Carlos de Oliveira, also known as "João do Pulo" was a Brazilian athlete who competed in the triple jump and the long jump.
João Carlos de Oliveira, Brazilian jumper (died 1999)
Youri Aleksandrovich Egorov was a Soviet and Dutch classical pianist.
Youri Egorov, Russian pianist and composer (died 1988)
Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith is a British cultural historian specialising in the history of art, design and architecture. He was the secretary and chief executive of the Royal…
Charles Saumarez Smith, English historian and academic
Péter Szilágyi was a Hungarian music conductor and politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Berettyóújfalu between 1994 and 2002. He was a member of the Committee on Ed…
Péter Szilágyi, Hungarian conductor and politician (died 2013)
Robert Beaser is an American composer.
Robert Beaser, American composer and educator