Explore 5191 historical events from 1950–1959.
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 SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband…
An ocean liner is a type of passenger ship that was primarily used for transportation across seas or oceans. Ocean liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used fo…
The ocean liner SS United States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to…
Esther Roth-Shahamorov is a former Israeli track and field athlete. She specialized in the 100-meter hurdles and the 100-meter sprint.
Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler
Pierre Guité is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 377 games in the World Hockey Association. He played for the Quebec Nordiques, Michigan Stags, Baltimore…
Pierre Guité, Canadian ice hockey player
General Sir John Chalmers McColl, is a retired senior British Army officer and a past Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. McColl previously served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Eur…
John McColl, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
John Webster Robertson is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Anniesland and Glasgow North West from 2000 to 2015. Until 2010, he wa…
John Robertson, Scottish businessman and politician
The 1952 Kern County earthquake occurred on July 21 in the southern San Joaquin Valley and measured 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale. The main shock occurred at 4:52 am Pacific Da…
The 7.3 Mw Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme),…
The Night of the Murdered Poets occurred on 12 August 1952, and it involved the execution of 13 Soviet Jews in the Lubyanka Prison in Moscow. Arrests were made in September 1948 an…
The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by …
American experimental composer John Cage's 4’33” premieres at Maverick Concert Hall, played by American pianist David…
On 6 September 1952, a prototype de Havilland DH.110 jet fighter crashed during an aerial display at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England. The jet disintegrated mid-air du…
A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on…
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a Crown corporation that serves as the n…
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
Simon Maxwell Cowell was a British conservationist, television presenter, and author best known for hosting the Animal Planet documentary series Wildlife SOS from 1996 to 2014. He …
Simon Cowell, English conservationist and author (died 2024)
Louka Katseli is a Greek politician and economist. She is Professor Emerita at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She served as chair of the National Bank of Greec…
Louka Katseli, Greek economist and politician
Gerald Lyn Early is an American essayist and American culture critic. He is currently the Merle Kling Professor of Modern letters, of English, African studies, African-American stu…
Gerald Early, American author and academic
Dame Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chesham and Amersham from 1992 until her death in 2021. A member of the Conser…
Cheryl Gillan, British businesswoman and politician, Secretary of State for Wales (died 2021)
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in b…
After being accused of financial improprieties, Senator Richard Nixon delivers his "Checkers speech" nationwide on…
Operation Hurricane was the first test of a British atomic device. A plutonium implosion device was detonated on 3 October 1952 in Main Bay, Trimouille Island, in the Montebello Is…
The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon in the Montebello Islands, Western Australia, to become the…
The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash was a three-train collision at Harrow and Wealdstone station in Wealdstone, Middlesex during the morning rush hour of 8 October 1952. The crash…
The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash in England kills 112 people.
The 17 October affair was an event during which Indonesian soldiers pressured the president to disband the Provisional People's Representative Council, at the behest of the adminis…
Indonesian Army elements surrounded the Merdeka Palace demanding President Sukarno disband the Provisional People's…
Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, was Governor of Southern Rhodesia from 1942 to 1944, High Commissioner for Southern Africa from 1944 to 1951, and Governor of Kenya fro…
The Governor of Kenya Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders…
Narada Michael Walden is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He was given the name Narada by guru Sri Chinmoy.
Narada Michael Walden, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
Jean Paul Gaultier is a French haute couture and prêt-à-porter fashion designer.
Jean Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
Ralph Frederick Winter is an American film producer who has helped to produce blockbuster movies such as the X-Men, Fantastic Four and Star Trek series as well as I, Robot and Plan…
Ralph Winter, American film producer
Ketil Bjørnstad is a Norwegian pianist, composer and author. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "…
Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist and composer