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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…
Enda Kenny is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2011 to 2017, Leader of Fine Gael from 2002 to 2017, Minister for Defence from May to July 2014 and …
Enda Kenny, Irish educator and politician, 13th Taoiseach of Ireland
Sir Ian McCartney is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Makerfield from 1987 to 2010. McCartney served in Tony Blair's Cabinet from 2003 …
Ian McCartney, Scottish politician, Minister of State for Trade
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.
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of…
The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, United States, from the Japanese…
Sir John Dominic Battle, is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Leeds West from 1987 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he served in government…
John Battle, English politician
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
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of India from 193…
George VI, king of the United Kingdom, has his left lung removed in an operation after a malignant tumour was found.
Color television or colour television is a television transmission technology that also includes color information for the picture, so the video image can be displayed in color on …
CBS makes the first color televisions available for sale to the general public, but the product is discontinued less…
The First Battle of Maryang-san, also known as the Defensive Battle of Maliangshan, was fought during the Korean War between United Nations Command (UN) forces—primarily Australian…
Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.
Liaquat Ali Khan was a Pakistani lawyer, politician and statesman who served as the first prime minister of Pakistan from 1947 until his assassination in 1951. He played a key role…
The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
The Johnny Bright incident was a violent on-field assault against African-American player Johnny Bright by Wilbanks Smith, a white opposing player during an American college footba…
The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs during a football game between the Drake Bulldogs and Oklahoma A&M Aggies.
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)
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