Explore 2487 historical events from 1950–1959.
Andrzej Zbigniew Lepper was a Polish politician, farmer, and trade unionist who led the Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland, an agrarian populist party that, between 2005 and 20…
Andrzej Lepper, Polish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (died 2011)
Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian economist who has been serving as the director-general of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. She is the first ever woman and also t…
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigerian economist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Nigeria
James Adam Belushi is an American actor and comedian. His television roles include Saturday Night Live (1983–1985), According to Jim (2001–2009), and Good Girls Revolt (2015–2016).
Jim Belushi, American actor
Zdeňka Šilhavá is a Czech retired female track and field athlete who represented Czechoslovakia. She set the world record in the women's discus throw on 26 August 1984 with a dist…
Zdeňka Šilhavá, Czech discus thrower and shot putter
Beverley Joy Whitfield was an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1970s, who won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. She was coache…
Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer (died 1996)
William Rankin Patton is an American actor. He starred as Colonel Dan Weaver in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies. He also appeared in the films The Client (1994), Armag…
Will Patton, American actor
Teresa Fay Gibbs is an American country music artist. Between 1980 and 2017, she recorded eleven studio albums, including four for MCA Records and one for Warner Bros. Records. She…
Terri Gibbs, American country music singer and keyboard player
Paul Rusesabagina is a Rwandan human rights activist and former hotelier. He worked as the manager of the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, during a period in which it housed 1,2…
Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan humanitarian
Matthew Saad Muhammad was an American professional boxer who was the WBC Light Heavyweight Champion of the World for two-and-a-half years.
Matthew Saad Muhammad, American boxer and trainer (died 2014)
Garrick Roberts was an Irish musician best known as the lead guitarist with The Boomtown Rats, a band which came into being in 1976. He and Johnnie Fingers (Moylett) had decided to…
Garry Roberts, Irish guitarist (died 2022)
Mark Linn-Baker is an American actor and director who played Benjy Stone in the film My Favorite Year and Larry Appleton in the television sitcom Perfect Strangers.
Mark Linn-Baker, American actor and director
Michael O'Brien KC is a British lawyer and former Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for North Warwickshire from 1992 to 2010, serving in a number of ministe…
Mike O'Brien, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
Louis Jay Pearlman was an American music manager and convicted felon. He was the person behind many successful 1990s boy bands, having formed and funded the Backstreet Boys. After …
Lou Pearlman, American music producer and fraudster (died 2016)
Mary Kathleen Turner is an American actress. Known for her deep, husky voice, she is the recipient of two Golden Globes, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a Grammy, and …
Kathleen Turner, American actress
Richard Stephen Wilkins is a New Zealand–born Australian television and radio presenter. He is the entertainment editor for the Nine Network and weekend announcer on smoothfm.
Richard Wilkins, New Zealand-Australian journalist and television presenter
Michael Anthony Sobolewski is an American musician who was the bassist and backing vocalist for the hard rock band Van Halen from 1974 to 2006. He performed on Van Halen's first 11…
Michael Anthony, American musician
Allan Joseph Lamb is a South African-born former English cricketer, who played for the first-class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire. Making his Test debut in 1982, he…
Allan Lamb, South African-English cricketer and sportscaster
Ilan Ramon was an Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut. He served as a Space Shuttle payload specialist on STS-107, the fatal mission of Columbia, in which h…
Ilan Ramon, Israeli colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003)
Huda Yahya Zoghbi is a Lebanese-born American geneticist, and a professor at the Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics, Neuroscience and Neurology at the Baylor College of Me…
Huda Zoghbi, American geneticist
Már Guðmundsson is an Icelandic economist and policy maker. He was the Governor of the Central Bank of Iceland from 2009 to 2019.
Már Guðmundsson, Icelandic economist, former Governor of Central Bank of Iceland
Mark Traecey Patrick Kimmitt is a retired American general and former diplomat. He served as the 16th Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs under George W. Bu…
Mark Kimmitt, American general and politician, 16th Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs
Robert Menasse is an Austrian writer.
Robert Menasse, Austrian author and academic
Freddie Prinze was an American stand-up comedian and actor, and the star of the NBC-TV sitcom Chico and the Man from 1974 until his death in 1977. He was described in a Vulture mag…
Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (died 1977)
Mario Lessard is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.
Mario Lessard, Canadian ice hockey player