Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
Scott Philip Brown is an American diplomat and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he was the United States ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa from 2017 to 2020 under Pr…
Scott Brown, American colonel and politician
Deron Leigh Cherry is an American former professional football player who was a safety for the Kansas City Chiefs in the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1991. Cherry wa…
Deron Cherry, American football player and sportscaster
Sigmar Hartmut Gabriel is a German politician who was the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2018 and the vice-chancellor of Germany from 2013 to 2018. He was Leader…
Sigmar Gabriel, German educator and politician, 17th Vice-Chancellor of Germany
Tatyana Rostislavovna Mitkova is a Russian television journalist for NTV. She became famous in 1991 for refusing to read the official Soviet Union version of the military response …
Tatyana Mitkova, Russian journalist
Mark Steven Kirk is an American retired politician and attorney who served as a United States senator from Illinois from 2010 to 2017, and as the United States representative for I…
Mark Kirk, American commander, lawyer, and politician
Peter Keleghan is a Canadian actor and writer, known for portraying Ben Bellow in the comedy series 18 to Life, Clark Claxton Sr. in the comedy series Billable Hours and Ranger Gor…
Peter Keleghan, Canadian actor and screenwriter
David John Richardson is a South African former cricketer and the former CEO of the International Cricket Council.
Dave Richardson, South African cricketer, manager, and lawyer
Victory Tischler-Blue is an American film producer, director, writer, musician and photographer. She was born and raised in Newport Beach, California. Tischler-Blue began working i…
Victory Tischler-Blue, American bass player, director, and producer
Timothy Raines Sr., nicknamed "Rock", is an American professional baseball coach and former player. He played as a left fielder in Major League Baseball for six teams from 1979 to …
Tim Raines, American baseball player, coach, and manager
Mark Lee Romanek is an American film, music video and commercial director and photographer. He is best known for directing the films One Hour Photo (2002) and Never Let Me Go (2010…
Mark Romanek, American director and screenwriter
Ryne Dee Sandberg, nicknamed "Ryno", was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop for the Phi…
Ryne Sandberg, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2025)
Joseph Norman Alessi is an American classical trombonist with the New York Philharmonic.
Joseph Alessi, American trombonist and educator
Joanna Domańska is a Polish classical pianist and music teacher from Gliwice.
Joanna Domańska, Polish pianist and educator
Meral Okay was a Turkish actress, film producer and screenwriter.
Meral Okay, Turkish actress, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
George Crin Laurențiu Antonescu is a Romanian politician and history teacher who served as Acting President of Romania in 2012. He was also candidate in the 2009 and 2025 president…
Crin Antonescu, Romanian educator and politician, former interim president of Romania
Andrzej Bernard Buncol is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Andrzej Buncol, Polish footballer
David Alan Coulier is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles as Joey Gladstone on the ABC sitcom Full House, Peter Venkman on The Real Ghostbusters, and Ani…
Dave Coulier, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
Daniel Bradford Cox is an English born American former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals (1983–1988), the Philade…
Danny Cox, English-American baseball player and coach
Corinne Drewery is an English singer-songwriter and fashion designer, best known for being the lead vocalist of the band Swing Out Sister.
Corinne Drewery, English singer-songwriter and fashion designer
Tai Reina Babilonia is an American pair skater. Together with Randy Gardner, she won the 1979 World Figure Skating Championships and five U.S. Figure Skating Championships (1976–19…
Tai Babilonia, American figure skater and talk show host
Walter Wayne Backman is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman. He is best known for his time with the New York Mets from 1980–1988 and was a member of their 1986 …
Wally Backman, American baseball player
Frank Cottrell-Boyce is a British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, known for his children's fiction and for his collaborations with film director Michael Winterbottom.…
Frank Cottrell-Boyce, English author and screenwriter
Saul Perlmutter is an American astrophysicist who is a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Franklin W. and Karen Weber Dabby Chair, a…
Saul Perlmutter, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate
Jason Alexander is an American actor and comedian. Over the course of his career, he has received an Emmy Award and a Tony Award as well as nominations for four Golden Globe Awards…
Jason Alexander, American actor, singer, and voice artist