Explore 3254 historical events from 1950–1959.
Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley was an American musician who was the original lead guitarist, occasional vocalist, and a founding member of the rock band Kiss. He invented the persona o…
Ace Frehley, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2025)
Timothy George Congdon CBE is a British economist.
Tim Congdon, English economist and politician
Larry W. Smith, CQ is a Canadian athlete, businessperson and member of the Senate of Canada. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Senate from April 2017 until November 2019…
Larry Smith, Canadian football player and politician
Jonathan Donald Stanhope is a former Australian politician who was Labor Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory from 2001 to 2011. Stanhope represented the Ginninderra …
Jon Stanhope, Australian politician
Tibet is a region in the southwestern part of China, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau. It is the homeland of the Tibetans. Other ethnic groups also reside on the plateau, inclu…
Tibetans sign the Seventeen Point Agreement with China
Washington State Ferries (WSF) is a public ferry system in the U.S. state of Washington that carries passengers and vehicles. A division of the Washington State Department of Trans…
Washington State Ferries, the largest ferry system in the United States, begins operation under state ownership after a
The UNIVAC I was the first general-purpose electronic digital computer for business applications produced in the United States. It was designed principally by J. Presper Eckert and…
UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U
SS United States is a retired American ocean liner that was built during 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines. She is the largest ocean liner to be entirely constructed in the Uni…
The ocean liner SS United States is christened and launched
The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, known from 1948 to 1960 as the Czechoslovak Republic, Fourth Czechoslovak Republic, or simply Czechoslovakia, was the Czechoslovak state from 1…
Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges…
Vuoristorata is a wooden roller coaster located at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. It was built in the winter of 1950 by Linnanmäki's staff on the basis of draw…
Vuoristorata, one of the oldest still-operating wooden roller coasters in Europe, is opened at the Linnanmäki…
Sir Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge is a Barbadian retired cricketer who represented the West Indies in Test and One Day International (ODI) teams for 17 years, as well as Barbados and H…
Gordon Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer and coach
Sally Mann is an American photographer known for making large format black and white photographs of people and places in her immediate surroundings: her children, husband, and rura…
Sally Mann, American photographer
John Glascock was a British musician. He was the bassist and occasional lead vocalist of the rock band Carmen from 1972 to 1975; and the bass guitarist for progressive rock band Je…
John Glascock, English singer and bass player (died 1979)
Ferrari S.p.A, currently competing as Scuderia Ferrari HP, is the racing division of luxury Italian auto manufacturer Ferrari and the racing team that competes in Formula One racin…
Ferrari take their first Formula One grand prix victory at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Abdullah I was the ruler of Jordan from 11 April 1921 until his assassination in 1951. He was the Emir of Transjordan, a British protectorate, until 25 May 1946, after which he was…
King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Soviet space program used dogs for suborbital and orbital space flights as proof-of-concept to determine whether human spaceflight was feasible. The Sov…
Soviet space dogs: Dezik and Tsygan were launched into a sub-orbital spaceflight from Kapustin Yar and became the…
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the …
Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.
Jóannes Dan Eidesgaard is a former Faroese politician. He was the prime minister of the Faroe Islands from 2004, starting shortly after the general election of 20 January 2004, unt…
Jóannes Eidesgaard, Faroese educator and politician, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. was an American R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer. Over his career, he achieved eleven consecutive RIAA-certified platinum albums and…
Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2005)
Christopher Cross is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He won five Grammy Awards for his eponymous debut album released in 1979. The singles "Sailing" (1980), and "Art…
Christopher Cross, American singer-songwriter and producer
Tatyana Nikitichna Tolstaya is a Russian writer, TV host, publicist, novelist, and essayist from the Tolstoy family.
Tatyana Tolstaya, Russian author and publicist
Colleen Wakako Hanabusa was an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district from 2011 to 2015 and again from 2016 to…
Colleen Hanabusa, American lawyer and politician
Sigmund Esco "Jackie" Jackson is an American singer and songwriter. He is a founding member and the sole constant member of the Jackson 5, for which he was inducted into the Rock a…
Jackie Jackson, American singer-songwriter and dancer
Ralph Dale Earnhardt was an American professional stock car driver and racing team owner, who raced from 1975 to 2001 in the former NASCAR Winston Cup Series, most notably driving …
Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (died 2001)