Explore 3918 historical events from 1950–1959.
Léon Jouhaux was a French trade union leader who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951.
Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1879)
Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was a German army general and military theorist. A pioneer and advocate of the "blitzkrieg" approach, he played a central role in the development of the panz…
Heinz Guderian, Prussian-German general (born 1888)
William March was an American writer of psychological fiction and a highly decorated U.S. Marine. The author of six novels and four short-story collections, March was praised by cr…
William March, American soldier and author (born 1893)
Clemens Heinrich Krauss was an Austrian conductor and opera impresario, particularly associated with the music of Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss and Richard Wagner. He founded the…
Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor and manager (born 1893)
Charles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer, actuary and businessman. Ives was among the earliest renowned American composers to achieve recognition on a global scale. H…
Charles Ives, American composer and educator (born 1874)
Charles Albert "Chief" Bender was a Native American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball during the 1900s and 1910s. In 1911, Bender tied a record by p…
Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1884)
Robert Capa was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist. He is considered by some to be the greatest combat and adventure photographer in history.
Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (born 1913)
Lionel Pretoria Conacher, nicknamed "the Big Train", was a Canadian athlete and politician. Voted the country's top athlete of the first half of the 20th century, he won championsh…
Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (born 1900)
Antonis Benakis (1873–1954) was a Greek art collector and the founder of the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece, the son of politician and magnate Emmanuel Benakis and the brother of …
Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector and philanthropist, founded the Benaki Museum (born 1873)
Martin Andersen Nexø was a Danish writer. He was one of the authors in the Modern Breakthrough movement in Danish art and literature. He was a socialist throughout his life and dur…
Martin Andersen Nexø, Danish-German journalist and author (born 1869)
Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. He was highly influential in the development o…
Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (born 1912)
Donato Joseph "Danny" Cedrone was an American guitarist and bandleader, best known for his work with Bill Haley & His Comets on their epochal "Rock Around the Clock" in 1954.
Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (born 1920)
Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck was a Swedish-American electrical engineer, who is most commonly associated with his work in the development of the zipper.
Gideon Sundback, Swedish-American engineer, developed the zipper (born 1880)
Salih Omurtak was a Turkish general and the 4th Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.
Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (born 1889)
Andrass Samuelsen was a Faroese politician and member of the Union Party. He was the first Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands after the autonomy of the Faroe Islands in 1948 (Heim…
Andrass Samuelsen, Faroese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (born 1873)
Siegfried Adolf Handloser was a German physician and war criminal, convicted for overseeing medical atrocities at concentration camps.
Siegfried Handloser, German physician and general (born 1895)
Reginald Marsh was an American painter, born in Paris, most notable for his depictions of life in New York City in the 1920s and 1930s. Crowded Coney Island beach scenes, popular e…
Reginald Marsh, French-American painter, illustrator, and academic (born 1898)
Calogero Vizzini, also commonly known as "Don Calò", was a Sicilian Mafia boss of Villalba in the province of Caltanissetta, Sicily. He was considered to be one of the most influen…
Calogero Vizzini, Italian mob boss (born 1877)
Jacinto Benavente y Martínez was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century. He was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the happy manner in which he has…
Jacinto Benavente, Spanish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866)
Cornelia Sorabji was an Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer. She was the first female graduate from Bombay University, and the first woman to study law at Oxford University. …
Cornelia Sorabji, Indian lawyer, social reformer and writer (born 1866)
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was a Mexican painter known for her many portraits, self-portraits, and works inspired by the nature and artifacts of Mexico. Inspired by th…
Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (born 1907)
Ferdinand Friedrich Hermann Nielebock, known as Herms Niel, was a German composer of military songs and marches.
Herms Niel, German soldier, trombonist, and composer (born 1888)
George Kelly Barnes, better known by his nickname Machine Gun Kelly, was an American gangster from Memphis, Tennessee, active during the Prohibition era. His nickname came from his…
Machine Gun Kelly, American gangster (born 1895)
Herman Charles Groman was an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres for Yale University and the Chicago Athletic Club. He won a bronze medal in the 400 meters in th…
Herman Groman, American runner (born 1882)