Explore 3254 historical events from 1950–1959.
Jacques Chagnon is a retired Canadian politician who served in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1985 to 2018. A member of Quebec Liberal Party, he was appointed Minister of Edu…
Jacques Chagnon, Canadian educator and politician
Rita Frances Dove is an American poet and essayist. She served as poet laureate consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995, becoming the first African Americ…
Rita Dove, American poet and essayist
Wendelin Frederik Wiedeking is the former president and chief executive officer of the German car manufacturer, Porsche AG, a post he held from 1993 through July 23, 2009. He was a…
Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman
Steve Conway was a British singer who rose to fame in the 1940s, following the end of the Second World War. Known for romantic ballads, he made dozens of recordings for EMI's Colum…
Steve Conway, British singer (born 1921)
Leslie James Banks CBE was an English stage and screen actor, director and producer, now best remembered for playing gruff, menacing characters in black-and-white films of the 1930…
Leslie Banks, American actor, director and producer (born 1890)
Guido Castelnuovo was an Italian mathematician best known for his contributions to the field of algebraic geometry. He is also renowned for his contributions to the study of statis…
Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and statistician (born 1865)
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessor…
Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (born 1870)
Vilmos Fried, known professionally as William Fox, was a Hungarian-American film industry executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres cha…
William Fox, Austrian businessman, founded Fox Theatres (born 1879)
John Garfield was an American actor who played brooding, rebellious, working-class characters. He grew up in poverty in New York City. In the early 1930s, he became a member of the…
John Garfield, American actor (born 1913)
Philippe-Servulo Desranleau was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and the Archbishop of Sherbrooke from 1951 to 1952.
Philippe Desranleau, Canadian archbishop (born 1882)
John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century.
John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (born 1859)
Naum Torbov was a Bulgarian architect.
Naum Torbov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Central Sofia Market Hall (born 1880)
Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch was a German-Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer.
Adolf Busch, German-Austrian violinist and composer (born 1891)
Sir Harry Sutherland Wightman Lawson KCMG, was an Australian politician who served as Premier of Victoria from 1918 to 1924. He later entered federal politics, serving as a Senator…
Harry Lawson, Australian politician, 27th Premier of Victoria (born 1875)
Andrew Cowper Lawson was a Scots-born Canadian geologist who became professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the editor and co-author of the 1908 repo…
Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (born 1861)
John Whiteside Parsons was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and …
Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (born 1914)
Luigi Cristiano Fagioli was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Grand Prix motor racing from 1928 to 1949, and Formula One from 1950 to 1951. Nicknamed "the Abruzzi Robber", …
Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (born 1898)
Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May, was a Canadian flying ace in the First World War and a leading post-war aviator. He was the final Allied pilot to be pursued by Manfred von Richthofen befor…
Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (born 1896)
Max Wilhelm Dehn was a German mathematician most famous for his work in geometry, topology and geometric group theory. Dehn's early life and career took place in Germany. However, …
Max Dehn, German-American mathematician and academic (born 1878)
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau was the 14th premier of Quebec from 1920 to 1936. A member of the Parti libéral du Québec, Taschereau's near 16-year tenure remains the longest uninterru…
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (born 1867)
August Alle was an Estonian writer.
August Alle, Estonian lawyer, author, and poet (born 1890)
Rued Langgaard was a late-Romantic Danish composer and organist. His then-unconventional music was at odds with that of his Danish contemporaries but was recognized 16 years after …
Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (born 1893)
Paul Saintenoy was a Belgian architect, teacher, architectural historian, and writer.
Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (born 1862)
Herbert Henry John Murrill was an English musician, composer, and organist.
Herbert Murrill, English organist and composer (born 1909)