Explore 3254 historical events from 1950–1959.
Susan Kay Quatro is an American-British singer, bass guitarist, songwriter, and actress. In the 1970s, she scored a string of singles that found success in Europe and Australia, wi…
Suzi Quatro, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Raymond Dumais was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gaspé, Quebec, Canada.
Raymond Dumais, Canadian bishop (died 2012)
Ronald Dyson was an American soul and R&B singer and actor. He had a lead role in the Broadway production of Hair and scored a top ten single in 1970 with "(If You Let Me Make Love…
Ronnie Dyson, American singer and actor (died 1990)
Abraham "Ditto" Pascual Sarmiento Jr. was a Filipino student journalist who gained prominence as an early and visible critic of the martial law regime of dictator Ferdinand Marcos.…
Abraham Sarmiento, Jr
Katherine Whitton Baker is an American actress. Baker began her career in theater and made her screen debut in the 1983 drama film The Right Stuff. She received the National Societ…
Kathy Baker, American actress
Sônia Maria Campos Braga is a Brazilian actress. She is known in the English-speaking world for her Golden Globe Award–nominated performances in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) and…
Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress and producer
Trevor Bolder was an English rock musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his long association with Uriah Heep and his tenure with the Spiders from Mars, the…
Trevor Bolder, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (died 2013)
Fred Jackson is an American college football coach and former player. He is currently the assistant running backs coach for the University of Michigan. He has worked with Michigan …
Fred Jackson, American football player and coach
Giorgos Kastrinakis is a retired Greek American professional basketball player. He played basketball professionally for many years in the Greek Basket League. At 2.04 m tall, he pl…
Giorgos Kastrinakis, Greek-American basketball player
Elías Sosa Martínez is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He was signed by the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB) as an amateur free agent on March …
Elías Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player
Oğuz Abadan is a Turkish musician born in Ankara.
Oğuz Abadan, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Sir Michael Louis David Fabricant is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lichfield in Staffordshire, formerly M…
Michael Fabricant, English politician
Sonia Manzano is an American actress, writer and speaker. She is best known for playing Maria on Sesame Street from 1971 to 2015. She received a Lifetime Achievement Daytime Emmy A…
Sonia Manzano, American actress
Nicholas Hugh Brown is a British former politician and trade unionist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newcastle upon Tyne East between 1983 and 2024. He represented the…
Nick Brown, English politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Gerd Zewe is a German former football player and manager.
Gerd Zewe, German footballer and manager
Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet, who served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012. Previous…
Rowan Williams, Welsh archbishop and theologian
Uğur Erdener is a Turkish physician specialized in ophthalmology and professor at the Hacettepe University, Ankara. He is currently a member of the International Olympic Committee,…
Uğur Erdener, Turkish ophthalmologist and professor
Juliana Jocelyn Azumah-Mensah is a Ghanaian politician and nurse. She was the Minister for Women and Children's Affairs. She is also the Member of Parliament for Ho East constituen…
Juliana Azumah-Mensah, Ghanaian nurse and politician
Denis George Mahan, better known as Deney Terrio, is an American choreographer and hosted the television musical variety series Dance Fever from 1979 to 1987.
Deney Terrio, American choreographer and television host
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is an Indian billionaire businessman and steel magnate. He is the executive chairman of ArcelorMittal, the world's second largest steelmaking company, as well …
Lakshmi Mittal, Indian-English businessman
Michel Clair is an administrator and former politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1976 to 1985 and …
Michel Clair, Canadian lawyer and politician
Jerry James Petrowski is a retired American Republican politician and a former ginseng, dairy, and beef farmer from Marathon County, Wisconsin. He represented Marathon County for 2…
Jerry Petrowski, American politician and farmer
Roderick Morris Buckenham de'Ath was a Welsh musician, best known for his role as drummer with Irish guitarist Rory Gallagher in the 1970s.
Rod de'Ath, Welsh drummer and producer (died 2014)
Annelie Ehrhardt was an East German hurdler. She won the gold medal in the inaugural 100 metre hurdles event at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, West Germany, setting a new…
Annelie Ehrhardt, German hurdler